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Title: IS YOUR GUIDE CERTIFIED? THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR THE CANADIAN MOTORIZED BACKCOUNTRY GUIDES ASSOCIATION: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Curtis Pawliuk, Steve Scott, Iain Stewart-Patterson; Description: Formally trained, coached, and assessed competencies are defining characteristics of professional guiding practice. The primary responsibility of a gu...; Object ID: ISSW2026_FS3.6.pdf; Keywords: backcountry guiding, snowmobiling, risk management; View additional details about IS YOUR GUIDE CERTIFIED? THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS FOR THE CANADIAN MOTORIZED BACKCOUNTRY GUIDES ASSOCIATION

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; View additional details about MANAGING RISK AS A ROAMING SKI TOURING GUIDE

Title: CREATING STANDARDIZED NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS FOR GUIDES: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Shena Thomas, Iain Stewart-Patterson; Description: Effective communication is critical in winter backcountry guiding, as it is often a dynamic and high-risk environment. Current communication best prac...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.28.pdf; Keywords: non-verbal communication, guiding standards, standardization; View additional details about CREATING STANDARDIZED NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS FOR GUIDES

Title: THE OPERATIONAL DEVIATION INDEX: A DISCLOSURE AND INFORMED REFUSAL PROTOCOL: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Steve Andrews; Description: Following the 2003 season in Canada, sweeping reforms equipped recreational backcountry users with tools for better decision making. Commercial operat...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.4.pdf; Keywords: guiding operations, informed consent, disclosure, crm, risk communication; View additional details about THE OPERATIONAL DEVIATION INDEX: A DISCLOSURE AND INFORMED REFUSAL PROTOCOL

Title: STUDENTS' REFLECTIVE EXPERIENCES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRAEGIC MINDSET FOR DECISIONS IN AVALANCE TERRAIN: Date: 2026-09-28; Authors: Linda Hallandvik, Odd L. Vikene; Description: Travel in avalanche terrain requires more than technical knowledge of snow, weather, and terrain. Research has repeatedly shown that human factors and...; Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.56.pdf; Keywords: decision-making, avalanche education, transparent guiding, strategic mindset, experiential learning.; View additional details about STUDENTS' REFLECTIVE EXPERIENCES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRAEGIC MINDSET FOR DECISIONS IN AVALANCE TERRAIN

Title: SKI GUIDING AS PRACTICE: PERFORMING ROUTINES AND MAKING SENSE IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN: Date: 2024-09-23; Authors: Stig Løland; Description: A ski guide’s job is to take paying clients into avalanche terrain to provide good skiing experiences. In attempts to keep skiers safe, research on ...; Object ID: ISSW2024_O11.1.pdf; Keywords: ski guiding, sensemaking, routine dynamics, practice theory; View additional details about SKI GUIDING AS PRACTICE: PERFORMING ROUTINES AND MAKING SENSE IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN

Title: A new, guide-focused approach for characterizing skiing terrain to facilitate risk management decisions and research: Date: 2018-10-07; Authors: Brendan F. Wakefield, Pascal Haegeli, Reto Sterchi, Roger Atkins, Clair Israelson; Description: Perception of terrain characteristics is fundamental to risk and hazard management for professional guides in mechanized skiing operations. Existing t...; Object ID: ISSW2018_O19.5.pdf; Keywords: avalanche terrain, terrain characterization, ski guiding, avalanche risk management; View additional details about A new, guide-focused approach for characterizing skiing terrain to facilitate risk management decisions and research

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; View additional details about Can We Derive an Avalanche Terrain Severity Rating from Observed Terrain Selection of Professional Guides? A Proof-Of-Concept Study

Title: Human Factor and Avalanche Decision Making in a Commercial Context: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Sigmund Andersen, Arild Rokenes; Description: Professional ski and nature guides, as well as outdoor educators, have a considerable amount of time in exposed avalanche terrain. This paper focuses ...; Object ID: ISSW16_P2.08.pdf; Keywords: human factor, guiding, friluftsliv, avalanche, commercial demands; View additional details about Human Factor and Avalanche Decision Making in a Commercial Context

Title: Possible Relationship of Media and Land Management to Three Separate Avalanche Accidents in Haines, Alaska 2012-2014: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Mark Kelly; Description: During the first 23 years+ of guided, helicopter accessed, skiing in Alaska, there were zero avalanche fatalities with guided groups. It should be not...; Object ID: ISSW16_P3.52.pdf; Keywords: accidents, avalanche, guiding, heli-skiing, fatalities, land management; View additional details about Possible Relationship of Media and Land Management to Three Separate Avalanche Accidents in Haines, Alaska 2012-2014

Title: Risk Management With Mandatory Upper Risk Threshold in the Worldâ€™s Largest Mountaineering School: Date: 2013-10-07; Authors: Manuel Genswein, Krister Kristensen; Description: At the beginning of the new millennium, the DAV Summit Club, the commercial mountaineering school of the German Alpine Club and worldâ€™s largest...; Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-03.pdf; Keywords: risk management, residual risk threshold, mountain guiding; View additional details about Risk Management With Mandatory Upper Risk Threshold in the Worldâ€™s Largest Mountaineering School

Title: Avalanche Forecasting for Large Area Mechanized Ski Guiding: Date: 2010; Authors: Mike Wiegele; Description: It is a given that practitioners need to provide a safe and enjoyable experience to their clients, they also have a legal responsibility to provide a ...; Object ID:; Keywords: forecasting, ski guiding, snowpack profiles, shear tests; View additional details about Avalanche Forecasting for Large Area Mechanized Ski Guiding

Title: Avalanche Forecasting for Large Area Mechanized Ski Guiding: Date: 2010; Authors: Mike Wiegele; Description: It is a given that practitioners need to provide a safe and enjoyable experience to their clients, they also have a legal responsibility to provide a ...; Object ID:; Keywords: avalanche forecasting, ski guiding, avalanche danger, five step method; View additional details about Avalanche Forecasting for Large Area Mechanized Ski Guiding