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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: 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: Compiling and Studying Professional Avalanche Worker Incident Data to Improve Worker Safety
Date: 2010
Authors: Ron Simenhois, Scotty Savage
Description: Avalanche professionals work in a hazardous alpine environment, often under physical and emotional stress. Working in an uncertain, stressful, and ris...
Object ID: ISSW_P-044.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, avalanche safety, risk managment, decision-making errors, snowpack, weather
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Title: Human Factors in Avalanche Accidents
Date: 2000
Authors: Dale Atkins
Description: A review of fatal United States avalanche accidents in the 1990s shows terrain, weather, and snow pack conditions are generally contributory factors t...
Object ID: issw-2000-046-051.pdf
Keywords: human factors, human errors, avalanche fatalities, avalanche accidents, naturalistic decision making
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Title: Weather and Snow Observations for Avalanche Forcasting: An Evaluatioo of Errors in Measurement and Interpretation
Date: 1984
Authors: R.T. Marriott, M.B. Moore
Description: Measurements of weather and snow parameters for snow stability forecasting may frequently contain false or misleading information. Such error can be a...
Object ID: ISSW-1984-143-154.pdf
Keywords: errors, snow stability, weather, terrain
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