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Title: DECISION-MAKING UNDER CONSTRAINT: HOW SAR TEAMS NAVIGATE AVALANCHE TERRAIN WHEN DESTINATION AND TIMING ARE FIXED
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Brad Hefta-Gaub, Erik Olson, Jim Hirshfield
Description: Search and Rescue (SAR) teams often operate in avalanche terrain under conditions fundamentally different from those assumed by standard recreational ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_FS1.1.pdf
Keywords: search and rescue, avalanche terrain, decision making, human factors, operational constraints, avalanche education
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Title: THE HUMAN FACTOR: EVERYONE'S PRIORITY, NOBODY'S CURRICULUM. INSIGHTS FROM AN ISSW 2024 WORKSHOP
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Richard Fjellaksel, Tarjei Tveito Skille, Tim Dassler, Audun Hetland, Ian McCammon, Tove Dahl
Description: Human factors are widely recognized as central to most avalanche accidents, and avalanche educators can access more content about them than ever befor...
Object ID: ISSW2026_FS3.2.pdf
Keywords: human factors, avalanche education, experiential learning, teaching strategies, learning outcomes, instructor development
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Title: MANAGING SURGICAL RISK LIKE A MOUNTAIN GUIDE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Alexander Miles, Tim Ricci, Geoff Osler, Jonathan S. White, Simon R. Turner
Description: While the professions of surgery and mountain guiding may seem quite different, there appear to be many similar challenges faced by both groups. Ultim...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O10.1.pdf
Keywords: risk, decision making, safety, education
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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: LEARNING FROM AVALANCHE ACCIDENTS: THE IMPACT OF THE WILSON GLADE PUBLIC ACCIDENT DEBRIEF
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Laura M.D. Maguire, Dave Richards, Drew Hardesty, Paige Pagnucco, Morgan E. Reynolds
Description: On February 6, 2021, two backcountry skiing groups totaling eight people converged on Wilson Glade in the central Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah. ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O3.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accident, education, human factors, behavioral change
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Title: ADOPTION OF AVALANCHE SAFETY BEHAVIORS IN MOTORIZED USERS: A PRECAUTION MODEL-BASED ANALYSIS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Kelly McNeil, Ian McCammon
Description: Motorized winter recreation (snowmobiling and snowbiking) accounts for about a third of avalanche fatalities in the United States. Although avalanche ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O3.2.pdf
Keywords: motorized recreation, rescue equipment, rescue errors, avalanche education
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Title: ARE YOU BEHAVING OUT THERE?: STUDENT REPORTED BEHAVIOR CHANGES AFTER RECREATIONAL AVALANCHE EDUCATION IN ALASKA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Michael A. Kerst, Eeva Latosuo
Description: Formal avalanche education has existed in Alaska since 1976. The Alaska Avalanche School (AAS) is the primary provider of this education and serves bo...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.10.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, decision making, alaska, backcountry behaviors, recreational courses
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Title: A PROCESS FOR MAKING EVIDENCE-BASED UPDATES TO RECREATIONAL AVALANCHE CURRICULUM TOOLS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Emma Walker, Ron Funderburke, Kelly McNeil, Aaron Ball
Description: The AIARE fieldbook is the primary tool instructors use to deliver AIARE recreational avalanche courses, as well as a post-course planning and referen...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.13.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, program evaluation, action-oriented learning outcomes, educational best practices, pedagogy
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Title: BEYOND LEVEL 2: EMERGING MODELS FOR ADVANCED RECREATIONAL AVALANCHE LEARNING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jeremy Hanke
Description: Recreational avalanche education provides foundational knowledge, rescue skills, terrain management, and decision frameworks, but course completion al...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.22.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, decision capability, transfer, calibration, discipline-specific education, advanced recreational education
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Title: BEYOND ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL: STANDARDIZING AVALANCHE EDUCATION ACROSS BACKCOUNTRY DISCIPLINES
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jeremy Hanke, Duncan Lee
Description: Recreational avalanche education in North America uses national and provider-based systems to teach hazard recognition, terrain evaluation, decision-m...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.23.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, competency, standardization, progression, quality assurance, discipline-specific training
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Title: SLIDING SHORT: AN ARGUMENT FOR MISSION-ORIENTED AVALANCHE EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Michael Ackerman, Mauri DiMeo
Description: Military units move through avalanche terrain under conditions that fall outside the scope of recreational avalanche education. Missions occur in fore...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.26.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, military curriculum, risk management, tactical training
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Title: UNDERSTANDING AND IMPROVING A PROFESSIONAL AVALANCHE TRAINING PROGRAM: INITIAL FINDINGS FROM THE AIARE PRO 1
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Anne St. Clair, Emma Walker, Sean Zimmerman-Wall
Description: Professional avalanche training plays a central role in preparing workers for avalanche operations, yet little research has examined its effectiveness...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.27.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, professional training, program evaluation
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Title: A SURVEY OF TERMINOLOGY FACTORS RELATED TO AVALANCHE TRANS-CEIVER USE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Steve Conger
Description: A 15-question survey was disseminated to avalanche transceiver users of any experience level and in any country, including avalanche instructors, stud...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.37.pdf
Keywords: transceiver, search, standards, education, rescue training
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Title: A PROCESS FOR MAKING EVIDENCE-BASED UPDATES TO COURSE LEADER TRAINING CURRICULUM
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Ron Funderburke, Emma Walker
Description: The American Institute for Avalanche Research & Education (AIARE) trains avalanche practitioners to effectively teach recreational students. In this m...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.39.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, program evaluation, educational best practices, pedagogy, operational leadership
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Title: HELICOPTER OPERATIONS IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN: A FRAMEWORK FOR PILOT EDUCATION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Christopher Templeton, Seth Waterfall
Description: Helicopter operations in mountainous winter environments present unique hazards that are often under-addressed in standard mountain flying curricula. ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.48.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, decision making, risk management
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