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Title: THE PERSISTENCE OF SOCIAL HEURISTICS IN BACKCOUNTRY DECISION-MAKING: AN ANALYSIS OF RESORT-ADJACENT USERS: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Duncan Knight; Description: Avalanche fatalities in recreational backcountry settings remain predominantly linked to human judgment errors rather than environmental unpredictabil...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.11.pdf; Keywords: avalanche decision-making, social heuristics, social proof, backcountry skiing, risk perception, group dynamics.; View additional details about THE PERSISTENCE OF SOCIAL HEURISTICS IN BACKCOUNTRY DECISION-MAKING: AN ANALYSIS OF RESORT-ADJACENT USERS

Title: SKIING IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN WITH OR WITHOUT A LEADER: HOW DOES THE SKIERS' EVALUATIVE CRITERIA FOR GROUP PERFORMANCE DIFFER?: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Rong Guang, Lauri Ahonen, Gerit Pfuhl, Audun Hetland, Benjamin Ultan Cowley; Description: A competent leader can help to improve group performance, for example by helping group members to choose actions that reduce risk; however an incompet...; Object ID: ISSW2024_P11.3.pdf; Keywords: backcountry skiing, leadership, group dynamics, group performance, evaluative criteria; View additional details about SKIING IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN WITH OR WITHOUT A LEADER: HOW DOES THE SKIERS' EVALUATIVE CRITERIA FOR GROUP PERFORMANCE DIFFER?

Title: UNDERSTANDING GROUP DYNAMICS AND USE OF AVALANCHE FORECAST BEHAVIORS AFTER COMPLETING A RECREATIONAL AVALANCHE COURSE: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Kelly R. McNeil; Description: A growing number of people are venturing into the backcountry each year. Many of these individuals are participating in formal avalanche training. Ho...; Object ID: ISSW2024_O13.3.pdf; Keywords: avalanche education, behaviors, group dynamics, avalanche forecast; View additional details about UNDERSTANDING GROUP DYNAMICS AND USE OF AVALANCHE FORECAST BEHAVIORS AFTER COMPLETING A RECREATIONAL AVALANCHE COURSE

Title: STRUCTURED RISK MITIGATION DISCUSSION IN AN INFORMAL MOMENT: THE HOW AND WHEN OF HUCKEM: Date: 2023-10-08; Authors: Steven Conger; Description: During avalanche risk management, we acknowledge uncertainty's presence; and reduce it where possible by influencing the likelihood or destructive siz...; Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.36.pdf; Keywords: risk communication, decision-making, uncertainty, recreation, acceptable risk, human factors, group dynamics, group check tool, avalanche prevention; View additional details about STRUCTURED RISK MITIGATION DISCUSSION IN AN INFORMAL MOMENT: THE HOW AND WHEN OF HUCKEM

Title: Social â€“ A Group Check Tool: Date: 2014-09-29; Authors: Benjamin Zweifel; Description: Despite the fact that recreationists in avalanche terrain usually travel in groups empirical research on group phenomena is still sparse. We propose a...; Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P3.23.pdf; Keywords: human factors, group dynamics, group check tool, avalanche prevention; View additional details about Social â€“ A Group Check Tool

Title: Group Dynamics and Decision Making: Backcountry Recreationists in Avalanche Terrain: Date: 2010; Authors: L. Shay Bright; Description: Although avalanche literature emphasizes group communication and decision making, little empirical evidence exists regarding how these groups communic...; Object ID: ISSW_P-035.pdf; Keywords: decision making, group dynamics, backcountry recreationists, avalanche terrain, leadership; View additional details about Group Dynamics and Decision Making: Backcountry Recreationists in Avalanche Terrain