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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: INTERSECTIONAL RISK: AN EXPANDED DEFINITION OF RISK FOR THE AVALANCHE AND GUIDING PROFESSION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Rachel D. Reimer
Description: The Rise Study is a feminist appreciative Action Research project that utilized in-depth interviews amongst 17 mountain guides and avalanche professio...
Object ID: ISSW2026_FS3.1.pdf
Keywords: risk, psychological safety, human factors, intersectional feminism, climate change.
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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: FROM HUMAN FACTORS TO HUMAN-TECHNOLOGY FACTORS: AN HCI PERSPECTIVE ON TECHNOLOGY IN AVALANCHE SAFETY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Björn Hartmann, Jason Smith
Description: The avalanche safety literature has identified human factors that contribute to accidents, yet researchers note a persistent gap between these insight...
Object ID: ISSW2026_FS4.1.pdf
Keywords: human factors, human-computer interaction, heuristic traps, interactive technology.
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Title: OPERATIONAL MEETINGS IN AVALANCHE OPERATIONS: IMPORTANCE, CHALLENGES, AND FUTURE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Marc R Piché
Description: Operational meetings remain one of the central decision-making tools in avalanche risk management. In many field programs, they are where weather, sno...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O10.4.pdf
Keywords: avalanche operations, operational meetings, human factors, decision support, artificial intelligence
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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: MANAGING RISK AS A ROAMING SKI TOURING GUIDE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Alex Geary
Description: I define a Roaming Ski Touring Guide (RSTG) as: "Guiding across multiple areas or continents within a season, for multiple operations and on private t...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O8.1.pdf
Keywords: capacity, decision making, human factors, run lists, ski guiding, infoex
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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
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Title: AVSAR MINDSETS: A COMPANION FRAMEWORK FOR THE AVGAR
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Michael Ackerman
Description: The AvGAR is a decision-making tool for assessing and deploying avalanche search and rescue (AvSAR) missions, adapted from the United States Coast Gua...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.19.pdf
Keywords: avalanche rescue, decision making, risk assessment, human factors, search and rescue, mindsets
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Title: FROM THE CHIC-CHOCS TO THE SEA-TO-SKY CORRIDOR: BACKCOUNTRY USER PREPAREDNESS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Élodie Brousseau-Gaumond
Description: Backcountry ski touring and splitboarding participation continues to grow across North America, raising the question of how preparedness is expressed ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.43.pdf
Keywords: backcountry recreation, avalanche safety, preparedness, avalanche bulletin comprehension, human factors, sea-to-sky corridor
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Title: REEVALUATING THE "10 CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS": DATA-DRIVEN METHODOLOGY FOR AVALANCHE ACTIVITY PREDICTION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: David E. Gluckman, Steven Clark
Description: In operational practice, many avalanche forecasters rely primarily on subjective experience to provide risk assessments. Long-standing ideas of contri...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.10.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, contributory factors, machine learning, data-driven models
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Title: ENTROPY AND THE ART OF AVALANCHE FORECASTING: AN EXAMINATION OF FACTOR WEIGHTS AND CLASSES
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Dave Gauthier, Cam Ross, Caio Stringari
Description: Every avalanche forecast is based on many factors, such as recent avalanche observations, instability test results, or weather conditions. The art of ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.43.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, entropy, factors
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Title: GRIEF AS A SHARED HUMAN AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE: UNLOCKING INSIGHT INTO HUMAN FACTORS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Brooke Edwards
Description: Grief and loss are often hidden realities in snow science and mountain professions, yet acknowledging and processing these experiences can yield deep ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.5.pdf
Keywords: grief, human factors, decision-making, loss, mental health, resilience
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Title: TEMPERED MINDSET NAVIGATION FOR AVALANCHE RISK DECISION-MAKING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Kenneth James Wylie
Description: In 1900, no one died in an avalanche because of a buried surface hoar layer; the language to describe that problem did not yet exist. People often tre...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.17.pdf
Keywords: human factors, adversity, agency, mindset, balance, sound decisions
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Title: BEYOND BETTER DECISIONS: ACCIDENT REDUCTION IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Ian McCammon
Description: A paradox lies at the heart of many recreational avalanche accidents. Avalanche education is intended to help recreationists recognize dangerous condi...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.33.pdf
Keywords: decision making, human factors, safety-ii, adaptive awareness
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