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Title: A ROUTING ALGORITHM FOR SKI TOURING IN NORWAY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Peder Undheim, Jan Ketil Rød, Håvard B. Toft
Description: An increasing number of Norwegians engage in ski touring in winter mountains. With growing traffic in avalanche terrain, there is a need for tools tha...
Object ID: ISSW2026_FS2.2.pdf
Keywords: routefinding, gis, terrain, ski touring, decision making
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Title: FOLLOWING THE DATA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A DECADE OF MAPPING AVALANCHES AND EXPLOSIVE USE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Alex Mithoefer, Malia Reeves, Taos Ski Patrol
Description: Taos Ski Valley Ski Patrol has been using GIS mapping software to record explosive use and avalanche activity since 2015. In over a decade, we have d...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O6.3.pdf
Keywords: mapping, explosives, avalanches, ski resort, avalanche mitigation, gis
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Title: AVALANCHE HAZARD IDENTIFICATION IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA APENNINES: A STATISTICAL EMPIRICAL APPROACH BASED ON THE RUN-OUT RATIO
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Sabbadini R., Cau M., Anfossi G., Fanari F., Dondi C., Mazzini E., Chiambretti I.
Description: In this study, a statistical-empirical methodology was developed to rapidly identify potential avalanche hazard zones in the Emilia-Romagna Apennines ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.24.pdf
Keywords: potential release area (pra), avalanche hazard mapping, northern apennines, run-out ratio, gumbel distribution, risk mitigation, civil protection, gis
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Title: A GIS-BASED METHODOLOGY FOR REAL-TIME PRIORITIZATION OF AVALANCHE CONTROL OPERATIONS IN THE ORDINO ARCALÍS SKI AREA, ANDORRA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Sergi Riba Porras, Joan Viladomat, Carles García-Sellés
Description: Prioritizing avalanche control operations in ski areas requires the integration of terrain susceptibility, snowpack evolution, operational exposure, a...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.59.pdf
Keywords: avalanche control, gis, numerical modelling, snowpack stability, decision rules, ordino arcalís
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Title: ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF MOUNTAIN AREAS: MULTI-SOURCE DATA USE FOR RESOURCE SAVING AND EFFICIENT SNOW MAKING IN A CHANGING CLIMATE - A CASE STUDY FROM GASTEIN
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: MSc Andrea Mayer, MSc Maximilian Mündler
Description: Ski resorts in Austria and worldwide face significant challenges due to climate change, including rising temperatures, changing precipitation patterns...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P5.6.pdf
Keywords: slope management, snowmaking, climate change, geo data, gis, ski resorts
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Title: THE AVALANCHE TERRAIN EXPOSURE SCALE V.2
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Grant Statham, Cam Campbell
Description: The Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) is an avalanche terrain classification system used to assess and communicate the degree of avalanche terra...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O8.01.pdf
Keywords: snow, terrain, avalanche, exposure, risk, gis
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Title: VISUALIZING STATISTICAL ANNUAL SNOW DEPTH DATA USING EXTREME VALUE STATISTICS AND ONLINE GIS TOOLS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Ryan Buhler
Description: Assessing snow climate and snow cover distribution is important to several industries, including hydrology, avalanche risk management, remote industri...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.03.pdf
Keywords: maximum height of snow, snow depth, extreme value statistics, gis dashboard
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Title: POTENTIAL RELEASE AREA DELINEATION AND AVALANCHE HAZARD INDICATION MAPPING APPLIED TO FOREST MANAGEMENT AND WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION PROJECT PLANNING
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Robert H. Young
Description: As a result of recent severe wildfires and notable community impacts, an increase in awareness and available funding has accelerated the implementatio...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.41.pdf
Keywords: gis, hazard indication, forestry, potential release area, terrain analysis
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Title: A STANDARDIZED, MULTISCALE, FUZZY SPATIALDATA MODEL FOR AVALANCHE TERRAIN EXPOSURE SCALE MAPPING
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Eirik Sharp, Cam Campbell, Grant Statham, Bryce Schroers
Description: The Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) is a valuable tool for describing the severity of avalanche terrain. Traditionally developed for print me...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.33.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain exposure scale, ates, gis, land classification, fuzzy sets, mapping
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Title: GIS-Aided Determination of Sluff/Snow Glide Process Areas for Practical Application in Hazard Zoning
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Manfred Egger, Christian Tollinger, Felix Oesterle, Helmut Hochreiter
Description: The delimitation of sluff/snow glide process areas is an increasingly important question in the current practice of hazard zone mapping in Austria. Ma...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P03.7.pdf
Keywords: sluff/snow glide areas, hazard zone mapping, gis-approach.
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Title: Estimation of accumulation from snow avalanches on the mountain glaciers
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Anton Lazarev, Alla Turchaninova, Yury Seliverstov, Anton Komarov, Sergey Sokratov
Description: Snow avalanches redistribute snow from the top of the mountain ridges down to the valley bottoms, which can be occupied by glaciers. The contribution ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P05.15.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, accumulation, mountain glacier, numerical modeling, gis, ramms.
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Title: GIS based ATES mapping in Norway, a tool for expert guided mapping
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Håvard T. Larsen, Jordy Hendrikx, Martine S. Slåtten, Rune V. Engeset
Description: Manual classification of terrain using the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) is time consuming. To increase the efficiency of expert terrain map...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P18.1.pdf
Keywords: ates, gis, algorithm, zoning, avalanche, terrain
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Title: Terrain selection and forecasted avalanche danger: Do recreationists select safer terrain when the forecasted danger increases?
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Aubrey D. Miller, John R. Squires, Lucretia E. Olson, Elizabeth K. Roberts
Description: Backcountry winter recreationists move through landscapes differently depending on myriad factors, including mode of travel (e.g., backcountry skier v...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O19.4.pdf
Keywords: terrain selection, gps tracking, recreation, gis, danger scale, avalanche terrain
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Title: Acceptable risk for backcountry skiers and riders from avalanche hazards: Differences in uphill and downhill terrain selection
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Aubrey D. Miller, John R. Squires, Lucretia E. Olson, Elizabeth K. Roberts
Description: Backcountry skiers and riders move through terrain differently depending on whether they are traveling uphill, downhill or along rolling or flat terra...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P19.3.pdf
Keywords: terrain selection, gps tracking, recreation, gis, danger scale
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Title: Can We Derive an Avalanche Terrain Severity Rating from Observed Terrain Selection of Professional Guides? A Proof-Of-Concept Study
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Scott Thumlert, Pascal Haegeli
Description: The physical risk from snow avalanches poses a serious threat to backcountry recreationalists and the winter backcountry recreation industry. Professi...
Object ID: ISSW16_O5.03.pdf
Keywords: terrain selection, helicopter ski guiding, avalanche risk management, avalanche hazard, gis avalanche terrain classification
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