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Title: A SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK FOR DESIGNING AND EVALUATING AVALANCHE RISK REDUCTION INTERVENTIONS: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Anne St. Clair, Pascal Haegeli, Kelly McNeil; Description: In response to emerging problems or opportunities, such as avalanche incidents or technological advances, avalanche safety service providers face deci...; Object ID: ISSW2026_O3.5.pdf; Keywords: avalanche risk reduction; intervention design and evaluation; decision-making; View additional details about A SYSTEMATIC FRAMEWORK FOR DESIGNING AND EVALUATING AVALANCHE RISK REDUCTION INTERVENTIONS

Title: METHODS FOR EVALUATING AVALANCHE LOADS ON BRIDGES: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Greg Johnson, Alan Jones, Chris Wilbur, John Stimberis; Description: Transportation corridors crossing mountainous terrain frequently intersect avalanche paths capable of producing destructive snow avalanches. Avalanche...; Object ID: ISSW2026_O5.5.pdf; Keywords: avalanche loads, avalanche bridges, bridge design, transportation infrastructure, structural loading, avalanche mitigation; View additional details about METHODS FOR EVALUATING AVALANCHE LOADS ON BRIDGES

Title: HUMAN FACTOR SOLUTIONS FOR RECREATION IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN: DESIGN INPUTS FOR SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Ian McCammon, Sara Boilen; Description: When avalanche accidents happen to parties under conditions they were trained to avoid, suspected causes are frequently gathered under the term human ...; Object ID: ISSW2026_O8.4.pdf; Keywords: human factors, safety-ii, mixed-methods, emergent risk, intervention design; View additional details about HUMAN FACTOR SOLUTIONS FOR RECREATION IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN: DESIGN INPUTS FOR SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS

Title: DIFFERENTIATING CONTEXTS ACROSS EUROPEAN AVALANCHE COMMISSIONS TO SUPPORT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT: AN INVITATION TO UNIFY EFFORTS: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Anne St. Clair, Pascal Haegeli, Walter Steinkogler, Michael Winkler, Alice Gasperi, Jakob Schwartz; Description: The risk from avalanches to infrastructure and the general public is managed in a wide range of contexts that differ in operational scale, number of p...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P10.8.pdf; Keywords: avalanche commissions, operational avalanche risk management, program development, product design; View additional details about DIFFERENTIATING CONTEXTS ACROSS EUROPEAN AVALANCHE COMMISSIONS TO SUPPORT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT: AN INVITATION TO UNIFY EFFORTS

Title: COMPARISON OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL SNOW PRESSURES ON A RIGID SNOW SUPPORTING STRUCTURE: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Joshua T. Hewes; Description: Design of snow supporting structures (SSS) for passive avalanche defense often utilizes the guide specification Defense Structures in Avalanche Starti...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.29.pdf; Keywords: snow pressure, avalanche, snow supporting structure, mitigation, design; View additional details about COMPARISON OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL SNOW PRESSURES ON A RIGID SNOW SUPPORTING STRUCTURE

Title: THE KEMANO T2 PROJECT AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Greg Johnson, Mark Vesely; Description: The Kemano T2 Project (2016-2022) included completing a 16 km long water supply tunnel bored through the central Coast Mountains in British Columbia, ...; Object ID: ISSW2023_O14.03.pdf; Keywords: risk assessment, mitigation design, avalanche control; View additional details about THE KEMANO T2 PROJECT AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Title: Monitoring forces in steel wire rope nets: Evaluation of short and long term influences: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Engelbert Gleirscher, Andreas Kofler, Thomas Gigele, Armin Graf, Matthias Granig, Jan-Thomas Fischer; Description: Flexible steel wire rope nets are used as mitigation measures in avalanche starting zones. The purpose of these measures lies in the prevention of an ...; Object ID: ISSW2018_P02.3.pdf; Keywords: steel wire rope nets, avalanche mitigation, design load, diurnal variation, mitigation measures, monitoring.; View additional details about Monitoring forces in steel wire rope nets: Evaluation of short and long term influences

Title: Cougar Corner - The Largest Snow Net Project in the Western Hemisphere: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Brian Gould, Cam Campbell, Andi Buechi; Description: For over half a century, the Rogers Pass area in Glacier National Park, British Columbia has represented the epicenter of avalanche mitigation in Cana...; Object ID: ISSW2018_O03.11.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche engineering, mitigation, snow nets, debris flow nets, design.; View additional details about Cougar Corner - The Largest Snow Net Project in the Western Hemisphere

Title: Design and Operation of Remote Avalanche Control Systems (RACS) - a Best-Practice Example in the Alps: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Walter Steinkogler, Stian Langeland, Samuel Wyssen; Description: This paper gives insights in how to design and operate Remote Avalanche Control Systems (RACS) from the initial project planning to the operational av...; Object ID: ISSW16_P2.48.pdf; Keywords: remote avalanche control systems, risk management, design and operation; View additional details about Design and Operation of Remote Avalanche Control Systems (RACS) - a Best-Practice Example in the Alps

Title: A New Edutainment Tested to Rise Awareness of the Dangers of Snow Avalanches in Susceptible Snow Activities: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Luis G. LÃ³pez-Cobo; Description: Raising awareness of snow avalanche danger has become a compulsory step when taking security measures, starting with potential mountain visitors. Sinc...; Object ID: ISSW16_P3.32.pdf; Keywords: learning, board game, education, serious game, game design, educational game; View additional details about A New Edutainment Tested to Rise Awareness of the Dangers of Snow Avalanches in Susceptible Snow Activities

Title: Multivariate Parameter Optimization for Operational Application of Extended Kinetic Theory in Simulation Software: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Andreas Kofler, Jan-Thomas Fischer, Andreas Huber, Wolfgang Fellin, Matthias Rauter, Matthias Granig, Elisabeth Hainzer, Christian Tollinger, Karl Kleemayr; Description: State of the art avalanche simulation software is used for avalanche prediction and hazard mapping. Amongst other factors, the choice of an appropriat...; Object ID: ISSW16_P4.37.pdf; Keywords: snow avalanche, computational avalanche dynamics, simulation optimization, design event; View additional details about Multivariate Parameter Optimization for Operational Application of Extended Kinetic Theory in Simulation Software

Title: Infoexâ„¢ 3.0â€”Advancing the Data Analysis Capabilities of Canada's Diverse Avalanche Community: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Pascal Haegeli, Joe Obad, Brad Harrison, Brad Murray, Jessica Engblom, Jonathan Neufeld; Description: The Canadian Avalanche Association's Industry Information Exchange (InfoEx) is a daily exchange of technical snow, weather, avalanche and terrain info...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P3.09.pdf; Keywords: information exchange, operational recordkeeping, software design, mapping, visualization, decision-making; View additional details about Infoexâ„¢ 3.0â€”Advancing the Data Analysis Capabilities of Canada's Diverse Avalanche Community

Title: Planned Instrumentation of Snow-Supporting Structures in Jackson, Wyoming: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Scott M. Merry, Joshua T. Hewes, Rand Decker; Description: United States (US) has limited experience and lacks approved design guidelines for the design and implementation of snow supporting structures (SSS). ...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-10.pdf; Keywords: avalanche hazard mitigation, snow supporting structures, design guidelines, instrumentation; View additional details about Planned Instrumentation of Snow-Supporting Structures in Jackson, Wyoming

Title: Extreme Value Analysis of Design Events: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Jan-Thomas Fischer, Leopold Stepanek, Andreas Huber, Reinhard Fromm, Antonia Zeidler, Karl Kleemayr; Description: Design events are used in avalanche engineering applications like hazard zone mapping, dimensioning of protection measures or the optimization and cal...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P2-43.pdf; Keywords: snow, avalanche dynamics, extreme value analysis, run out, design event, extreme event; View additional details about Extreme Value Analysis of Design Events

Title: The North American Public Avalanche Danger Scale: Date: 2010; Authors: Grant Statham, Pascal Haegeli, Karl W. Birkeland, Ethan Greene, Clair Israelson, Bruce Tremper, Chris Stethem, Bruce McMahon, Brad White, John Kelly; Description: The Avalanche Danger Scale is an ordinal, five-level warning system that is a cornerstone of public avalanche information. The system was developed in...; Object ID: ISSW_O-020.pdf; Keywords: danger scale, avalanche, warning system design, risk communication; View additional details about The North American Public Avalanche Danger Scale

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