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Title: REVISING THE EUROPEAN AVALANCHE DANGER SCALE: PROCESS, FINAL PROPOSAL, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Karsten Müller, Frank Techel, Christoph Mitterer, Philip A. Ebert, Ben Reuter, Veronika Krieger, Igor Chiambretti, Anne Dufour, Guillem M. Bellido, Lorenzo Bertranda; Description: The European Avalanche Danger Scale (EADS) is the central framework for communicating regional avalanche danger in Europe. Since its introduction in 1...; Object ID: ISSW2026_O3.3.pdf; Keywords: avalanche danger scale; avalanche hazard; risk communication; avalanche forecasting; eaws; european avalanche warning services; View additional details about REVISING THE EUROPEAN AVALANCHE DANGER SCALE: PROCESS, FINAL PROPOSAL, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION

Title: APPLYING THE AVALANCHE DANGER SCALE: CONSISTENCY DEPENDS MORE ON THE SITUATION THAN THE FORECASTER: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Brian Lazar, Dylan Craaybeek, Frank Techel, Simon Horton, Mike Cooperstein, Simon Trautman, Ethan Greene; Description: Public avalanche forecasts compress complex hazard assessments into a single danger level to guide backcountry recreationists' terrain choices. Danger...; Object ID: ISSW2026_O9.3.pdf; Keywords: avalanche danger scale, forecaster consistency, inter-rater reliability, judgment aggregation, avalanche problems, public avalanche forecasting; View additional details about APPLYING THE AVALANCHE DANGER SCALE: CONSISTENCY DEPENDS MORE ON THE SITUATION THAN THE FORECASTER

Title: A MULTI-SOURCE, INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS OF AVALANCHE PROBLEM TYPES IN FATAL INCIDENTS (2017–2026): Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Keith Gale; Description: Avalanche danger ratings have appropriately received substantial research attention because they provide the primary regional summary of avalanche haz...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.42.pdf; Keywords: avalanche problem types, danger scale, persistent slab, fatality analysis, international harmonization; View additional details about A MULTI-SOURCE, INTERNATIONAL ANALYSIS OF AVALANCHE PROBLEM TYPES IN FATAL INCIDENTS (2017–2026)

Title: COMPREHENSION VALIDATION OF THE REVISED EAWS DANGER SCALE DESCRIPTORS: LESSONS FROM A LARGE-SCALE EUROPEAN END USER SURVEY ON AVALANCHE RISK PERCEPTION: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Philip A. Ebert, Frank Techel, Matthias Walcher, Benjamin Reuter, Igor Chiambretti, Lorenzo Bertranda, Montse Bacardit Peñarroya, Jaka Ortar, Mark Diggins, Karsten Müller, Gerit Pfuhl; Description: The descriptors of the European avalanche danger scale, in use since 1993, are being revised. In June 2025 EAWS forecasters agreed on a new provisiona...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.11.pdf; Keywords: avalanche danger scale, risk communication, risk perception, descriptors, multilingual communication; View additional details about COMPREHENSION VALIDATION OF THE REVISED EAWS DANGER SCALE DESCRIPTORS: LESSONS FROM A LARGE-SCALE EUROPEAN END USER SURVEY ON AVALANCHE RISK PERCEPTION

Title: BRINGING THE EUROPEAN AVALANCHE DANGER SCALE TO THE 21ST CENTURY: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Dr. Karsten Müller, Dr. Frank Techel, Dr. Christoph Mitterer, Dr. Stefano Sofia, Petter Palmgren, Nicolas Roux, Guillem M. Bellido, Lorenzo Bertranda, Giacomo Villa; Description: The European Avalanche Danger Scale (EADS) is the governing document for public avalanche warning services in Europe. It has been the common ground t...; Object ID: ISSW2024_O1.12.pdf; Keywords: avalanche danger scale, public avalanche forecasting; View additional details about BRINGING THE EUROPEAN AVALANCHE DANGER SCALE TO THE 21ST CENTURY

Title: END USER INTERPRETATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN AVALANCHE DANGER SCALE: A CASE STUDY FROM SCOTLAND: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Philip A. Ebert, David L. Miller, David A. Comerford, Mark Diggins; Description: In this study, we investigate Scottish end users’ understanding and interpretation of the five point European Avalanche Danger Scale. Our main findi...; Object ID: ISSW2024_O12.5.pdf; Keywords: avalanche danger scale, probability, risk perception, avalanche risk communication; View additional details about END USER INTERPRETATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN AVALANCHE DANGER SCALE: A CASE STUDY FROM SCOTLAND

Title: Forecast avalanche danger, avalanche activity, and avalanche accidents in Colorado, USA, winters 2014 to 2018: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Spencer Logan, Ethan Greene; Description: The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), Colorado USA, has been using the same format for public avalanche forecasts since the winter of 2013...; Object ID: ISSW2018_P11.7.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, public communication, avalanche danger scale, avalanche accidents; View additional details about Forecast avalanche danger, avalanche activity, and avalanche accidents in Colorado, USA, winters 2014 to 2018

Title: Learning from a fatal avalanche incident: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Cindy Berlack; Description: The BRASS (Bryce & Ronnie Athlete Snow Safety) Foundation was established in the aftermath of losing our sons, Bryce Astle and Ronnie Berlack, US Ski ...; Object ID: ISSW2018_P13.8.pdf; Keywords: avalanche danger scale, snow safety improvements, ski resorts, warnings, brass; View additional details about Learning from a fatal avalanche incident

Title: Avalanche danger ratings and deaths, putting things into perspective: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Terry Eyland; Description: Avalanche forecasters spend a lot of time to determine current and predicted avalanche danger levels, but to what extend does this danger rating have ...; Object ID: ISSW2018_O17.4.pdf; Keywords: decision-making, avalanche danger scale, human factors, avalanche education; View additional details about Avalanche danger ratings and deaths, putting things into perspective

Title: Terrain selection and forecasted avalanche danger: Do recreationists select safer terrain when the forecasted danger increases?: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Aubrey D. Miller, John R. Squires, Lucretia E. Olson, Elizabeth K. Roberts; Description: Backcountry winter recreationists move through landscapes differently depending on myriad factors, including mode of travel (e.g., backcountry skier v...; Object ID: ISSW2018_O19.4.pdf; Keywords: terrain selection, gps tracking, recreation, gis, danger scale, avalanche terrain; View additional details about Terrain selection and forecasted avalanche danger: Do recreationists select safer terrain when the forecasted danger increases?

Title: Acceptable risk for backcountry skiers and riders from avalanche hazards: Differences in uphill and downhill terrain selection: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Aubrey D. Miller, John R. Squires, Lucretia E. Olson, Elizabeth K. Roberts; Description: Backcountry skiers and riders move through terrain differently depending on whether they are traveling uphill, downhill or along rolling or flat terra...; Object ID: ISSW2018_P19.3.pdf; Keywords: terrain selection, gps tracking, recreation, gis, danger scale; View additional details about Acceptable risk for backcountry skiers and riders from avalanche hazards: Differences in uphill and downhill terrain selection

Title: North American Avalanche Danger Scale: Are Public Backcountry Forecasters Applying it Consistently?: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Brian Lazar, Simon Trautman, Mike Cooperstein, Ethan Greene, Karl Birkeland; Description: The North American Avalanche Danger Scale is a tool used by backcountry avalanche forecasters to communicate the potential for avalanches to cause har...; Object ID: ISSW16_O20.01.pdf; Keywords: avalanche danger scale, avalanche danger ratings, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about North American Avalanche Danger Scale: Are Public Backcountry Forecasters Applying it Consistently?

Title: Evaluating the Local Avalanche Danger in TromsÃ¸, Northern Norway Using Field Monitoring, Field Investigations and the SURFEX/ISBA-CROCUS Snowpack Model: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Eirik Malnes, Dagrun Vikhamar-Schuler, Yngve Antonsen; Description: During the winter 2013/2014 we conducted frequent fieldwork, collecting snowpack property and stability data from five monitoring sites along a verti...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P1.07.pdf; Keywords: avalanche danger scale, stability test, ect, surfex/isba-crocus snowpack model,norway; View additional details about Evaluating the Local Avalanche Danger in TromsÃ¸, Northern Norway Using Field Monitoring, Field Investigations and the SURFEX/ISBA-CROCUS Snowpack Model

Title: Avalanche Danger Variability in Level 2 â€“ Moderate and 3 â€“ Considerable of the European Danger Scale Following the EAWS Bavarian Matrix: Experimental Use of Icons Representing Different Weight Within: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Mauro Valt, Flavio Berbenni; Description: The avalanche forecaster should describe and represent, unambiguously and clearly to users, the avalanche danger through the bulletin. The EAWS bavar...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-12.pdf; Keywords: bavarian matrix, avalanche forecast, avalanche danger scale; View additional details about Avalanche Danger Variability in Level 2 â€“ Moderate and 3 â€“ Considerable of the European Danger Scale Following the EAWS Bavarian Matrix: Experimental Use of Icons Representing Different Weight Within

Title: Analyzing the Atmosphere-Snow Energy Balance for Wet-Snow Avalanche Prediction: Date: 2012; Authors: Christoph Mitterer, JÃ¼rg Schweizer; Description: Melt water is the major driver of wet-snow instability. Its percolation and interaction with snow is complex, poorly understood and hence not well dep...; Object ID: issw-2012-077-083.pdf; Keywords: snow pack, wet snow avalanches, avalanche danger scale,; View additional details about Analyzing the Atmosphere-Snow Energy Balance for Wet-Snow Avalanche Prediction

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