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Title: A GIS-BASED METHODOLOGY FOR REAL-TIME PRIORITIZATION OF AVALANCHE CONTROL OPERATIONS IN THE ORDINO ARCALÍS SKI AREA, ANDORRA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Sergi Riba Porras, Joan Viladomat, Carles García-Sellés
Description: Prioritizing avalanche control operations in ski areas requires the integration of terrain susceptibility, snowpack evolution, operational exposure, a...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.59.pdf
Keywords: avalanche control, gis, numerical modelling, snowpack stability, decision rules, ordino arcalís
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Title: FROM HAZARD ASSESSMENT TO ACTION IN SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE OPERATIONS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Aaron Careaga, Scott Havens, Don Sharaf, Dave Richards, Clark Corey
Description: Frameworks such as the Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard (CMAH; Statham et al., 2018) provide a structured basis for characterizing avalanche hazar...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.7.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard assessment, cmah, site-specific forecasting, hazard action matrices, operational decision support, osarm
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Title: BUILDING TRUST IN SNOWPACK MODELS: EVALUATION GUIDELINES FOR RESEARCHERS AND FORECASTERS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Simon Horton, Florian Herla, Alec van Herwijnen, Francis Meloche, Travis J. Morrison, Louis Quéno, Vincent Vionnet
Description: Physically based snowpack models are increasingly integrated into operational avalanche hazard forecasting, yet fragmented evaluation practices reduce...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.1.pdf
Keywords: snowpack model, model evaluation, avalanche forecasting, decision support
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Title: THE OUTDOOR ADVENTURE RISK INDEX: FORECASTING BACKCOUNTRY EVACUATION LIKELIHOOD FROM WEATHER AND VISITOR EXPOSURE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Matthew Sheahan, Peter Tsigaris, Anne Terwiel, Yaou Hu
Description: Backcountry risk assessment requires practitioners and operators to interpret continually changing environmental conditions alongside uneven patterns ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.14.pdf
Keywords: backcountry risk, evacuation likelihood, rare-event prediction, visitor exposure, decision support, search and rescue
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Title: LAYERWISE: A FRACTURE-MECHANICAL CONCEPT FOR SNOW PROFILE INTERPRETATION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Yannik Werner, Valentin Adam, Stephan Harvey, Mary Kate Carara, Samuel Verplanck, Alec van Herwijnen, Florian Rheinschmidt, Philipp Weißgraeber, Philipp L. Rosendahl
Description: When interpreting a snow profile, snow industry professionals rely on accumulated knowledge and intuition to judge overall snowpack stability. Explici...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.33.pdf
Keywords: snow stability assessment, analytical modelling, decision support, interactive learning, avalanche initiation, propagation potential
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Title: THE STATE OF THE SNOWPACK: A COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH FOR TRANSFORMING HOW AVALANCHE FORECASTS ARE INTERPRETED AND APPLIED
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Morgan Dinsdale, Jason Wishlow, Catherine Paone
Description: Avalanche forecasts are widely accessed, but access alone does not ensure understanding or safe decision-making. Despite ongoing advances in forecasti...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.5.pdf
Keywords: risk communication; decision making; avalanche forecasting; community-based education; public safety; user behaviour
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Title: THE PERSISTENCE OF SOCIAL HEURISTICS IN BACKCOUNTRY DECISION-MAKING: AN ANALYSIS OF RESORT-ADJACENT USERS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Duncan Knight
Description: Avalanche fatalities in recreational backcountry settings remain predominantly linked to human judgment errors rather than environmental unpredictabil...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.11.pdf
Keywords: avalanche decision-making, social heuristics, social proof, backcountry skiing, risk perception, group dynamics.
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Title: THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN TERRAIN MANAGEMENT: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE CHANGING THE CULTURE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Erme Catino
Description: Technology, specifically regarding social media and Artificial Intelligence (Al), is moving at a speed we as society are struggling to keep up with an...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.20.pdf
Keywords: artificial intelligence, avalanche education, avalanche forecasting, decision making, risk communication, terrain
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Title: VALIDATING THE UPDATES TO THE AVALUATOR VERSION 3: TRIP PLANNER AND SLOPE EVALUATOR
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: James Floyer, Keith Robine
Description: Canada has seen a steady reduction in its 10-year avalanche fatality trend over the past two decades. Throughout this period, the Avaluator framework ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.21.pdf
Keywords: avaluator, decision support, avalanche education, trip planner, slope evaluator
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Title: BEYOND BETTER DECISIONS: ACCIDENT REDUCTION IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Ian McCammon
Description: A paradox lies at the heart of many recreational avalanche accidents. Avalanche education is intended to help recreationists recognize dangerous condi...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.33.pdf
Keywords: decision making, human factors, safety-ii, adaptive awareness
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Title: A SPATIAL EXTRAPOLATION APPROACH TO SNOWPACK WEAK LAYER CRITICALITY ACROSS AVALANCHE RELEASE AREAS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Frédéric Pourraz, Jill Chevalier, Alain Duclos, Gaëlle Bourgeois, Cédric Perillat-Merceroz
Description: Winter road serviceability in Savoie (northern French Alps) is ensured by the Natural Hazards Service of the Department in collaboration with the cons...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.39.pdf
Keywords: spatial extrapolation, similarities, snowpack criticality, decision-making
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Title: FIELD-BASED HAZARD RATING (FBHR): A DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORK FOR RECREATIONISTS IN DATA-LIMITED ENVIRONMENTS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Nikki Champion, Kiira Antenucci, Will McKay
Description: Backcountry recreationists often travel where formal avalanche forecasts, dense observation networks, and real-time snowpack data are unavailable. In ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.41.pdf
Keywords: backcountry decision-making, hazard rating, data-limited environments, heuristic traps, human factors, avalanche education
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Title: EMPOWERING TEAMS: STRUCTURED RISK MANAGEMENT AND FLUENT LEADERSHIP IN MOUNTAIN RESCUE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Benedikt Friedrich, Stefan Blochum, Silvan Metz
Description: The Bavarian Mountain Rescue Service (Bergwacht Bayern) strives for the safest possible operational environment and the most challenging yet safe trai...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.44.pdf
Keywords: mountain rescue, risk management, decision making
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Title: A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS AVALANCHE BULLETIN UNDERSTANDING AND TERRAIN SELECTION: A PROOF OF CONCEPT IN ANDORRA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Aguirre-Noguera, B, Farías-Torbidoni, El, Revuelto, J, Llena, M, Margalef, A, Pons, M
Description: Understanding how backcountry users interpret and act upon avalanche hazard information and terrain remains a central challenge in avalanche hazard ma...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.5.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard communication; decision-making; risk perception; avalanche safety. drone, sig,
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Title: INITIAL EXPLORATIONS ON HOW SKITOURENGURU AFFECTS USERS' TRIP PLANNING AND AVALANCHE SAFETY PRACTICES
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Pascal Haegeli, Günter Schmudlach
Description: Skitoureguru (STG) supports backcountry skiers by automatically combining public avalanche forecast information with terrain characteristics to provid...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.51.pdf
Keywords: decision support tools, trip planning, automation
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