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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.
- View additional details about FROM HUMAN FACTORS TO HUMAN-TECHNOLOGY FACTORS: AN HCI PERSPECTIVE ON TECHNOLOGY IN AVALANCHE SAFETY
- 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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