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Title: Investigating the Snow Climate of Turnagain Pass, Alaska: Date: 2012; Authors: Wendy Wagner; Description: Turnagain Pass, Alaska, which is a popular destination for backcountry enthusiasts located 40 miles southeast of Anchorage, does not fit neatly into ...; Object ID: issw-2012-913-917.pdf; Keywords: backcountry, snow climate, avalanche terrain; View additional details about Investigating the Snow Climate of Turnagain Pass, Alaska

Title: Geoavalanche - Spatial Data Infrastructure for Avalanche Awareness Warning: Date: 2012; Authors: Bartoli F.; Description: Avalanches are a serious problem across the Alps even more in the latest years, considering the number of people playing outdoor activities on snow a...; Object ID: issw-2012-367-374.pdf; Keywords: backcountry recreationists, avalanche awareness, risk; View additional details about Geoavalanche - Spatial Data Infrastructure for Avalanche Awareness Warning

Title: Internet and Social Networking: A Chance for Avalanche Education?: Date: 2012; Authors: Thierry VallÃ©e; Description: Community websites about backcountry skiing are the places where avalanches are discussed. Beginners can learn, experienced people and professionals ...; Object ID: issw-2012-381-386.pdf; Keywords: backcountry recreationists, weather measurments, public safety; View additional details about Internet and Social Networking: A Chance for Avalanche Education?

Title: Monitoring Lift-Served Backcountry Access Gates in Real Time: Skintrackâ€™s First Season at Ski Loveland, Colorado: Date: 2012; Authors: Marc J. Rubin, Tracy Camp; Description: In this article, we present details from the inaugural deployment of a wireless sensor system called SkinTrack. SkinTrack is a wireless embedded syst...; Object ID: issw-2012-487-493.pdf; Keywords: wireless sensors, backcountry, ski resorts, avalanche transceiver; View additional details about Monitoring Lift-Served Backcountry Access Gates in Real Time: Skintrackâ€™s First Season at Ski Loveland, Colorado

Title: Talking the Talk: Human Factors, Group Communication, and the Next Frontier in Snow Safety: Date: 2012; Authors: Bruce Edgerly, Paul Baugher; Description: Over the past several decades, a major evolution has taken hold in snow safety: a paradigm shift from organized rescue to companion and, most recently...; Object ID: issw-2012-494-496.pdf; Keywords: snow safety, rescue, backcountry recreationists, self rescue; View additional details about Talking the Talk: Human Factors, Group Communication, and the Next Frontier in Snow Safety

Title: Exploring Opportunities for Snowmobile Avalanche Education: Date: 2012; Authors: Miranda L. Murphy; Description: Avalanches are a significant risk for those who choose to recreate in the mountains. Despite efforts to raise avalanche awareness and educate people, ...; Object ID: issw-2012-523-527.pdf; Keywords: avalanche awareness, avalanche fatality, backcountry; View additional details about Exploring Opportunities for Snowmobile Avalanche Education

Title: On the Practical Knowledge About Snow and Avalanches - What Are the Improvements in the Last Century or Do We Still Use Well-Known Findings?: Date: 2010; Authors: Peter HÃ¶ller; Description: This somewhat provocative title induces a couple of further provocative questions: Are welltried findings which were already identified 80 to 100 year...; Object ID: ISSW_O-021.pdf; Keywords: avalanche education, historical overview, backcountry skiing; View additional details about On the Practical Knowledge About Snow and Avalanches - What Are the Improvements in the Last Century or Do We Still Use Well-Known Findings?

Title: When To Dig? Thoughts On Estimating Slope Stability: Date: 2010; Authors: Sascha Bellaire, Bruce Jamieson, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Information about the snow cover stability is crucial for avalanche forecasting and for winter backcountry recreation. For a reliable estimation of sn...; Object ID: ISSW_P-020.pdf; Keywords: slope stability, avalanche forecasting, winter backcountry recreation; View additional details about When To Dig? Thoughts On Estimating Slope Stability

Title: Group Dynamics and Decision Making: Backcountry Recreationists in Avalanche Terrain: Date: 2010; Authors: L. Shay Bright; Description: Although avalanche literature emphasizes group communication and decision making, little empirical evidence exists regarding how these groups communic...; Object ID: ISSW_P-035.pdf; Keywords: decision making, group dynamics, backcountry recreationists, avalanche terrain, leadership; View additional details about Group Dynamics and Decision Making: Backcountry Recreationists in Avalanche Terrain

Title: Simple Calculations of Avalanche Risk for Backcountry Skiing: Date: 2009; Authors: Bruce Jamieson, JÃ¼rg Schweizer, Cora Shea; Description: The avalanche risk from backcountry skiing and its dependence on the regional danger ratings have not been estimatedâ€”notably in North America. ...; Object ID: issw-2009-0336-0340.pdf; Keywords: avalanche risk, backcountry skiing, comparative risk, skier-triggering, regional avalanche danger; View additional details about Simple Calculations of Avalanche Risk for Backcountry Skiing

Title: Avalanche Education Based on the Information-Sharing Concept at Japan Avalanche Network: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Degawa Azusa, Hirota Yusuke; Description: Japan Avalanche Network (JAN) is a non-profit organization founded in 2000 for the purpose of avalanche education and information sharing. In Japan, u...; Object ID: P__8090.pdf; Keywords: avalanche education, avalanche bulletin, backcountry users; View additional details about Avalanche Education Based on the Information-Sharing Concept at Japan Avalanche Network

Title: New Trends of Avalanche Accidents in Backcountry Terrain in Switzerland: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Stephan Harvey, Benjamin Zweifel; Description: In the last 10 years equipment and knowledge of recreationists and organised rescue teams in avalanche terrain has developed. More and more people are...; Object ID: P__8169.pdf; Keywords: avalanche accident, avalanche accident statistics, avalanche forecast, avalanche danger degree, avalanche rescue, backcountry; View additional details about New Trends of Avalanche Accidents in Backcountry Terrain in Switzerland

Title: Challenges to an Avalanche Center in a Time of Seasonal Climate Variability: A Case Study: Date: 2006; Authors: David W. Lovejoy, Leland R. Dexter, Kevin Tatsugawa; Description: Kachina Peaks (San Francisco Peaks) rising to nearly 13,000 ft. in northern Arizona represent an exception to the commonly held perception that snow a...; Object ID: issw-2006-683-690.pdf; Keywords: snow, avalanche forecasting, san francisco peaks, kpac, backcountry skiing; View additional details about Challenges to an Avalanche Center in a Time of Seasonal Climate Variability: A Case Study

Title: Avalanche Risk for Recreationists in Backcountry and in Off-Piste Area: Surveying Methods and Pilot Study at Davos, Switzerland: Date: 2006; Authors: Benjamin Zweifel, Adrian Raez, Thomas Stucki; Description: In the field of avalanche warning and avalanche protection, the usage of free area (nonavalanche- secured terrain) is of high importance and was hardl...; Object ID: issw-2006-733-741.pdf; Keywords: avalanche risk, avalanche warning, avalanche accident, backcountry area, off-piste area, individual risk; View additional details about Avalanche Risk for Recreationists in Backcountry and in Off-Piste Area: Surveying Methods and Pilot Study at Davos, Switzerland

Title: Parks Canadaâ€™s Evolution of Public Avalanche Safety: Date: 2004; Authors: Grant Statham; Description: The winter of 2002/03 presented western Canada with one of the most complex and challenging snowpacks in recent memory. On February 1, 2003 in Glacie...; Object ID: issw-2004-534.pdf; Keywords: safety, terrain, risk, backcountry, decision making; View additional details about Parks Canadaâ€™s Evolution of Public Avalanche Safety

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