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Title: INFOEX FOR PROFESSIONAL AVALANCHE EDUCATION: USING THE TOOL FOR COURSE RISK MANAGEMENT AND MEETING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Sean Zimmerman-Wall, Karin Pocock, Chris Dyck
Description: For many avalanche education organizations, the documentation of daily avalanche forecasting and risk management has relied on internally developed pa...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.53.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, avalanche forecasting, decision-making, information exchange, terrain, operations and program management
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Title: AVALANCHE EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE IN COMPETITIVE SNOWSPORTS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Sam Damon, Dale Atkins, Cindy Berlack
Description: Competitive snowsport athletes perceive dangers and think about risk differently than recreational snowsport enthusiasts. Thus, these athletes require...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.57.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, competitive snowsports, adolescents, age, decision making, risk communication, mitigation.
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Title: FED-UP WITH FEEDBACK: WHY FEED-FORWARD MATTERS MORE IN WICKED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Tim Dassler, Tove Dahl
Description: The concept of the "wicked learning environment" has gained significant traction in avalanche education, where the spatial variability of the snowpack...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.7.pdf
Keywords: wicked learning environment, avalanche education, mentorship, cognitive apprenticeship, reflective practice, expertise development
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Title: THE GEAR–COMPETENCE GAP IN MOTORIZED AVALANCHE ACCIDENTS: TRENDS IN EQUIPMENT USE AND RESCUE OUTCOMES
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Kelly McNeil, Ian McCammon
Description: Over the past several decades, the presence of avalanche rescue equipment among motorized users has increased substantially alongside expanded avalanc...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.4.pdf
Keywords: motorized recreation, rescue equipment, rescue errors, avalanche education
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Title: MESSAGING FOR MOUNTAINEERS: NEW ZEALAND'S APPROACH TO REDUCING CLIMBER AVALANCHE ACCIDENTS IN SPRING AND SUMMER
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Penny Goddard, Bianca K. Bratton, Nathan Watson
Description: Over the last 27 years, 70% of New Zealand's fatal avalanche accidents involved mountaineers, and 76% of them occurred during spring and summer—an u...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.2.pdf
Keywords: mountaineering, alpine climbing, summer, spring, avalanche, education.
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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 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: 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: 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: AVALANCHE FORECASTING IN FINLAND – PRESENT STAGE AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Kaisa Landon, Eeva Mäkelä
Description: There are comparably few avalanche-prone areas in Finland, however several avalanches occur in Northern Finland every winter. Fortunately, Finland has...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.28.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecast, finland, fmi finnish meteorological institute, finlav finnish avalanche education
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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: RISK MANAGEMENT TRENDS IN U.S. BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE ACCIDENTS: SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Ian McCammon, Kelly McNeil
Description: Winter backcountry use in the United States has soared over the past decade while avalanche fatalities have remained relatively constant. Researchers ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O11.7.pdf
Keywords: education, fatalities, accidents, trends, risk reduction, risk management
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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
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