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Title: LESSONS LEARNED FROM AN UNPRECEDENTED SEASON IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA.
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Daniel Krueger, Andrew Schauer
Description: In the winter of 2024-25, the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center (CNFAC) in southcentral Alaska experienced an exceedingly dangerous snowpack, w...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.34.pdf
Keywords: buried surface hoar, risk communication, message fatigue
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Title: Avalanche Forecasting and Messaging for Unusual Avalanche Conditions in a Maritime Snow Climate-Buried Surface Hoar
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Steve A. Reynaud
Description: Atypical storm systems impacted the greater Lake Tahoe area during early January 2016 which contributed to the formation and preservation of buried su...
Object ID: ISSW16_P4.23.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, messaging, buried surface hoar, avalanche fatality
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Title: Skier Triggered Surface Hoar: A Discussion of Avalanche Involvements During the 2006 Valdez Chugach Helicopter Ski Season
Date: 2006
Authors: Sarah Carter, Peter Carter, Jeff Levison
Description: April of the 2006 helicopter ski season in the Valdez Alaska Chugach Mountains is characterized by numerous skier triggered avalanches. Preliminary da...
Object ID: issw-2006-860-867.pdf
Keywords: buried surface hoar, skier triggered, chugach, helicopter ski
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Title: Avalanche Accident Case Study: Persistent Buried Weak Layer in the Central Idaho Mountains
Date: 2002
Authors: Doug Abromeit, Bozo Cardozo
Description: A helicopter ski guide died in an avalanche at 3:00 pm on February 10, 1996 while guiding clients on a large west-facing slope in the Smoky Mountains ...
Object ID: issw-2002-194-199.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accidents, snow creep, buried surface hoar
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Title: The Preferential Detection of Sound by Persons Buried Under Snow Avalanche Debris as Compared to Persons on the Overlying Surface
Date: 1984
Authors: Jerome B. Johnson
Description: The preferential detection of sound by a person buried under snow can be explained by the' strong attenuation of acoustic waves in snow and the relati...
Object ID: ISSW-1984-042-047.pdf
Keywords: infrasound, snow surface, buried
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