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- Title: UNDERSTANDING THE ACTIONABILITY OF FUTURE SNOW AVALANCHE HAZARD MAPS IN ALASKA
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Kristin M. F. Timm, Patrick O. Ansah, Gabriel J. Wolken, Katreen W. Jones
- Description: Climate change is altering snow and weather conditions in Alaska, creating new challenges for avalanche risk management. Researchers are developing fu...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.54.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanches, actionable science, hazard maps, decision-making, uncertainty, risk communication
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- Title: ALL-WEATHER AVALANCHE MONITORING: RAPID RADAR DEPLOYMENT SUPPORTING DECISION MAKING IN JUNEAU
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: John Bressette, Pat Dryer, Michael Janes, Severin Stähly, Susanne Wahlen
- Description: The city center of Juneau, Alaska, lies between the sea and steep mountain terrain, with several neighborhoods located in avalanche runout zones. Duri...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.55.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche radar, doppler detection, urban avalanche hazard, evacuation decision-making, juneau, alaska
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- Title: STUDENTS' REFLECTIVE EXPERIENCES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRAEGIC MINDSET FOR DECISIONS IN AVALANCE TERRAIN
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Linda Hallandvik, Odd L. Vikene
- Description: Travel in avalanche terrain requires more than technical knowledge of snow, weather, and terrain. Research has repeatedly shown that human factors and...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.56.pdf
- Keywords: decision-making, avalanche education, transparent guiding, strategic mindset, experiential learning.
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- Title: POWDER, PERCEPTION, & THE PATRIARCHY: A GENDERED LOOK AT BACKCOUNTRY BEHAVIOR
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Sarah Petelinsek, Kailey Mahoney, Nikki Champion, Rowan Kelner, Olivia Pearson, Boomer Olsen, Peilu Zhang, Patrick G. Hughes
- Description: Gender may influence risk perception, decision-making, and participation in high-risk outdoor environments, yet gender differences among backcountry r...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.42.pdf
- Keywords: gender; backcountry recreation; avalanche education; risk-taking behavior; risk perception; decision-making
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- Title: SAFE - A LAYER-BASED AVALANCHE FORECAST EDITOR FOR BETTER INTEGRATION OF MODEL PREDICTIONS
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Kurt Winkler, Jürg Trachsel, Jonas Knerr, Ueli Niederer, Gerd Weiss, Marc Ruesch, Frank Techel
- Description: Machine learning (ML) models are revolutionizing avalanche forecasting, providing increasingly reliable predictions. At present, however, such model o...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.9.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecast, bulletin editor, numerical models, decision support, hazard assessment
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- Title: RISKCHECK: A FRAMEWORK FOR AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT, INTEGRATING MANUAL AND SEMI-AUTOMATED APPROACHES
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Stephan Harvey, Benjamin Reuter, Josiah Rohrer, Martin Ruggli, Jürg Schweizer
- Description: Those traveling in the winter backcountry expose themselves to avalanche danger,
where the interplay of triggering probability and potential conseque...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_O11.2.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche risk assessment, avalanche terrain, avalanche hazard evaluation, bayesian framework, decision-making
- View additional details about RISKCHECK: A FRAMEWORK FOR AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT, INTEGRATING MANUAL AND SEMI-AUTOMATED APPROACHES
- Title: PROFESSIONAL VISION IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN. AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF PROFESSIONAL NORWEGIAN SKI AND MOUNTAIN GUIDE EDUCATORS.
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Mr Sigmund Fredrik Andersen, Dr Marcel Reinhold, Mr. Carsten Gade Rolland
- Description: Despite growing interest and advancements in research on human factors in avalanche terrain over the last decade, there remains a need for deeper unde...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_O11.4.pdf
- Keywords: ethnography, professional vision, discursive practices, guide education, decision-making in avalanche terrain.
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- Title: BURIED ALIVE: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF AVALANCHE SURVIVORS’ LEARNING EXPERIENCE AFTER AN AVALANCHE ACCIDENT
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Audun Hetland
- Description: Avalanche terrain offers a challenging learning environment due to the potentially misleading and often absent feedback from the terrain itself. This ...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_O11.8.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche accident, decision-making, learning, experiential learning
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- Title: COMBINING AVALANCHE NOWCASTS WITH GPS TRACKS AND ‘IN SITU’ PARTICIPANT REPORTS TO UNDERSTAND DECISION-MAKING IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Lauri Ahonen, Andrea Mannberg, Audun Hetland, Martin Stefan, Gerit Pfuhl, Guang Rong, Markus Landrø, Benjamin Ultan Cowley
- Description: Design of interventions to reduce the number of avalanche accidents requires a detailed and holistic understanding of how recreational backcountry rid...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_O11.11.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche education, decision-making, avalanche assessment, expert vs. recreationist estimate
- View additional details about COMBINING AVALANCHE NOWCASTS WITH GPS TRACKS AND ‘IN SITU’ PARTICIPANT REPORTS TO UNDERSTAND DECISION-MAKING IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN
- Title: THE TAP-O-METER: HOW HARD DO WE TAP AND SO WHAT?
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Håvard B. Toft, Samuel V. Verplanck, Markus Landrø
- Description: The hand-tap loading method is utilized in both Compression Tests (CTs) and Extended Column Test (ECTs). Discrepancy among the written standards of th...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P11.5.pdf
- Keywords: stability tests, impact force, hand taps, tap-o-meter, standardization, decision-making
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- Title: CHOOSING TO HOLD ‘EM OR FOLD ‘EM – EFFECTS OF AVALANCHE FORECAST INFORMATION ON TERRAIN EXPOSURE
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Håvard Boutera Toft, Andrea Mannberg, Martin Ahrland Stefan, Markus Johnsen Aase, Audun Hetland
- Description: We use Bayesian estimation methods to analyze how backcountry riders’ terrain choices covary with forecast avalanche problems, avalanche danger leve...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P11.7.pdf
- Keywords: risk communication, avalanche forecast, decision-making in avalanche terrain, gps tracks
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- Title: THE GERMAN ALPINE CLUB (DAV) SKI TOURING STUDY: MINDSET, RISK ASSESSMENT AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES AMONG SKI TOURING GROUPS IN THE ALPS
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Martin Schwiersch, Michaela Brugger, Lukas Fritz, Bernhard Streicher, Florian Hellberg, Christoph Hummel, Thomas Feistl
- Description: This study investigates the decision-making processes of ski touring groups in avalancheprone
areas. Existing research has primarily explored specifi...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P11.14.pdf
- Keywords: tour planning, equipment, risk assessment, decision making, backcountry skiing
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- Title: AVALANCHE HAZARD ASSESSMENT: THE PROBABILISTIC VS. ANALYTICAL APPROACH – THE WELL-CHERISHED DICHOTOMY
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Jürg Schweizer, Christoph Mitterer, Benjamin Reuter
- Description: Assessing avalanche risk in the backcountry is a challenging task. First and foremost since avalanche hazard cannot be accurately determined: We do no...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_O12.1.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche danger, risk assessment, decision-making, backcountry touring
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- Title: THE GERMAN ALPINE CLUB (DAV) SKI TOURING STUDY: HOW WELL DO SKI TOURING GROUPS KNOW THE AVALANCHE BULLETIN?
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Bernhard Streicher, Christoph Hummel, Michaela Brugger, Lukas Fritz, Martin Schwiersch, Florian Hellberg, Thomas Feistl
- Description: The study investigated the comprehension and utilization of avalanche bulletins by ski touring
groups in the Austrian Alps during the winters of 2019...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P12.7.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche bulletin knowledge, avalanche bulletin understanding, decision making, risk taking
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- Title: THE GERMAN ALPINE CLUB (DAV) SKI TOURING STUDY: DO AVALANCHE AIRBAGS LEAD TO RISKIER CHOICES?
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Bernhard Streicher, Michaela Brugger, Lukas Fritz, Martin Schwiersch, Florian Hellberg, Christoph Hummel, Thomas Feistl
- Description: Avalanche airbags have emerged as a significant advancement in avalanche safety, increasing survival rates by reducing burial depth during an avalanch...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P13.6.pdf
- Keywords: airbag use, airbag knowledge, impact of airbag use, decision making, risk taking, backcountry skiing
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