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Title: ASSESSING PUBLIC BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE FORECASTS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Ethan Davis, Zachary Miller, Scott Savage, Dallas Glass, Spencer Logan, Ethan Greene, Blase Reardon, Christine Donnelly, Andrew Schauer
Description: Avalanche danger ratings are the cornerstone of a public backcountry avalanche forecast, and the "Tier 1" danger — the highest rating across all ele...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.30.pdf
Keywords: regional avalanche forecasting, forecast verification, forecast assessment, avalanche danger, forecaster confidence
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Title: K9-XE: UTILIZING SEARCH CANINES TO LOCATE EXPLOSIVE CONTROL MISFIRES AND FRAGMENTS IN AVALANCHE SEASON. A CASE STUDY.
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Karsten von Hoesslin
Description: A challenge in utilizing explosives for avalanche control is the potential for misfires or possibly explosive fragmentation where unprimed components ...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.22.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, search dog, explosives control, risk treatment, confidence, uncertainty
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Title: Are they experts? Self-assessed backcountry skills among backcountry skiers in Norway and North America
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Mannberg A., Hendrikx J., Johnson J.
Description: We analyze how backcountry skiers’ perceived ability to manage avalanche terrain correlate with more objective measures of experience and skill...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P15.18.pdf
Keywords: self-assessed skill, over-confidence, backcountry, decision-making
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Title: The Role of Intuition in the Decision Process of Ski Guides
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Iain Stewart-Patterson
Description: The criteria individuals use and much of the decision making related knowledge base in professional, mountain guiding has remained poorly understood e...
Object ID: P__8107.pdf
Keywords: decision making, intuition, expertise, confidence
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