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Title: Timing of Wet Snow Avalanche Activity: An Analysis from Glacier National Park, Montana, USA: Date: 2012; Authors: Erich H. Peitzsch, Jordy Hendrikx, Daniel B. Fagre; Description: Wet snow avalanches pose a problem for annual spring road opening operations along the Going-to-the-Sun Road (GTSR) in Glacier National Park, Montana,...; Object ID: issw-2012-884-891.pdf; Keywords: wet snow avalanches, glide avalanches, glacier national park, avalanche forecasting; View additional details about Timing of Wet Snow Avalanche Activity: An Analysis from Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Title: Using GIS and Google Earth for the Creation of the Going-to-the-Sun Road Avalanche Atlas, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA: Date: 2010; Authors: Erich H. Peitzsch, Daniel B. Fagre, Mark Dundas; Description: Snow avalanche paths are key geomorphologic features in Glacier National Park, Montana, and an important component of mountain ecosystems: they are is...; Object ID: ISSW_P-098.pdf; Keywords: google earth, geographic information systems (gis), glacier national park, montana, biodiversity, atlas; View additional details about Using GIS and Google Earth for the Creation of the Going-to-the-Sun Road Avalanche Atlas, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Title: Sliding into Spring: Understanding Glide Slab Avalanches in Glacier National Park, Montana: Date: 2008-09-22; Authors: Blase Reardon, Erich Peitzsch, Daniel Fagre; Description: Historically, wet snow avalanche phenomena, such as wet slab avalanches and glide avalanches, have not been operational forecasting concerns because s...; Object ID: P__8243.pdf; Keywords: glide avalanches, avalanche forecasting, glacier national park; View additional details about Sliding into Spring: Understanding Glide Slab Avalanches in Glacier National Park, Montana

Title: Natural Glide Slab Avalanches, Glacier National Park, USA: A Unique Hazard and Forecasting Challenge: Date: 2006; Authors: Blase A. Reardon, Daniel B. Fagre, Mark Dundas, Chris Lundy; Description: In a museum of avalanche phenomena, glide cracks and glide avalanches might be housed in the â€œstrange but trueâ€ section. These oddities ar...; Object ID: issw-2006-778-785.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, natural avalanches, glide avalanches, glacier national park; View additional details about Natural Glide Slab Avalanches, Glacier National Park, USA: A Unique Hazard and Forecasting Challenge

Title: Glacier Snow Bridge Mechanics: Date: 2006; Authors: Rick R. Rochelle, Rodger D. Rochelle, PE; Description: The vocabulary of avalanche mechanics is useful in describing the mechanics of glacier snow bridges. We calculate the forces involved in isotropic sno...; Object ID: issw-2006-193-202.pdf; Keywords: snow bridge, glacier, shear, tension, flexure, toughness; View additional details about Glacier Snow Bridge Mechanics

Title: Natural Glide Slab Avalanches, Glacier National Park, U.S.A.: A Unique Hazard and Forecasting Challenge: Date: 2006; Authors: Blase A. Reardon, Daniel B. Fagre, Mark Dundas, Chris Lundy; Description: In a museum of avalanche phenomena, glide cracks and glide avalanches might be housed in the â€œstrange but trueâ€ section. These oddities ar...; Object ID: issw-2006-778-785.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, natural avalanches, glide avalanches, glacier national park; View additional details about Natural Glide Slab Avalanches, Glacier National Park, U.S.A.: A Unique Hazard and Forecasting Challenge

Title: Forecasting for Natural Avalanches During Spring Opening of the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, USA: Date: 2004; Authors: Blase A. Reardon, Chris Lundy; Description: The annual spring opening of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park presents a unique avalanche forecasting challenge. The highway travers...; Object ID: issw-2004-565-581.pdf; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, natural avalanches, wet snow avalanches, glacier national park; View additional details about Forecasting for Natural Avalanches During Spring Opening of the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park, USA

Title: Application of Snow Models to Snow Removal Operations on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park: Date: 2000; Authors: Daniel B. Fagre, Frederick L. Klasner; Description: Snow removal, and the attendant avalanche risk for road crews, is a major issue on mountain highways worldwide. The Going-to-the-Sun Road is the only...; Object ID: issw-2000-266-272.pdf; Keywords: snow plowing, snow models, glacier national park, mountain highways; View additional details about Application of Snow Models to Snow Removal Operations on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, Glacier National Park

Title: Hazard Mapping for Ice and Combined Snow/Ice Avalanches - Two Case Studies from the Swiss and Italian Alps: Date: 1998; Authors: Stefan Margreth, Martin Fun; Description: In September 1996 210'000 m3 of glacier ice broke off from the Gutzgletscher which is situated in the north-west face of the Wetterhorn above Grindelw...; Object ID: issw-1998-368-380.pdf; Keywords: avalanche run-out, hanging glacier, ice avalanche, hazard mapping; View additional details about Hazard Mapping for Ice and Combined Snow/Ice Avalanches - Two Case Studies from the Swiss and Italian Alps

Title: Monitoring Basin-Wide Snowmelt With Ablation Stakes: Date: 1988; Authors: Richard Kattelmann, Kelly Elder, Jeff Dozie; Description: Semi-weekly estimates of snowmelt generation were needed as part of a water balance study of a small alpine basin in the Sierra Nevada of California R...; Object ID: issw-1988-259-262.pdf; Keywords: glacier mass, snow cover, snowpack density, snowmelt generation, ablation data; View additional details about Monitoring Basin-Wide Snowmelt With Ablation Stakes