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Title: "SAFE UNTIL IT ISN'T": PRACTITIONER PERSPECTIVES ON RIDING STEEP COULOIRS IN THE BACKCOUNTRY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Tim Dassler, Tarjei Westerlund
Description: Steep couloir riding concentrates multiple hazards, such as avalanches, cornices, rock-fall, and fall risk, into terrain leaving little room for error...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O12.5.pdf
Keywords: steep riding, couloirs, qualitative research, avalanche education, risk communication, mentorship
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Title: Spatial Variability in Steep Couloirs: Weak Layer Variation With Respect to Wind Direction
Date: 2010
Authors: Zach M. Guy, Karl W. Birkeland
Description: Understanding the spatial variability of the snowpack is critical for avalanche prediction and mitigation. Previous spatial variability research focus...
Object ID: ISSW_O-016.pdf
Keywords: steep couloirs, wind direction, geographic information systems (gis)
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