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Title: PRACTITIONERS' INTERPRETATION OF AVALANCHE PROBLEM TYPE AND DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF AVALANCHE HAZARD
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Aaron C. Barnett, Andrew Forsman, Eeva Latosuo, Ryan Minton
Description: The Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard (CMAH) was created to be a systematic, consistent workflow for avalanche hazard and risk assessment. It is a ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O10.6.pdf
Keywords: conceptual model of avalanche hazard, decision aid, avalanche forecasting, expert interpretation, avalanche type, distribution
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Title: THE RAIN FINALLY STOPPED: A HISTORIC ATMOSPHERIC RIVER AVALANCHE CYCLE AT ROGERS PASS, BC (2026)
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Mark Herbison, Dan Hudson, Catherine Brown, Danyelle Magnan
Description: The transportation corridor through Rogers Pass, exposed to 135 avalanche paths over 43 km of road is one of Canada's highest snowfall regions (10–1...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O11.6.pdf
Keywords: atmospheric river, historic avalanche cycle, rogers pass, highway avalanche hazard, artillery, parks canada
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Title: REVISING THE EUROPEAN AVALANCHE DANGER SCALE: PROCESS, FINAL PROPOSAL, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Karsten Müller, Frank Techel, Christoph Mitterer, Philip A. Ebert, Ben Reuter, Veronika Krieger, Igor Chiambretti, Anne Dufour, Guillem M. Bellido, Lorenzo Bertranda
Description: The European Avalanche Danger Scale (EADS) is the central framework for communicating regional avalanche danger in Europe. Since its introduction in 1...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O3.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche danger scale; avalanche hazard; risk communication; avalanche forecasting; eaws; european avalanche warning services
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Title: USE OF HAZARD RATING SCALES WITHIN A SKI AREA OPERATIONAL CONTEXT
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Wendolyn C. Antibus
Description: Hazard rating scales are widely utilized in both public and operational forecasting contexts as a communication tool. While the output of the CMAH pro...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O6.1.pdf
Keywords: hazard ratings, operational forecasting, avalanche hazard, infoex, worker safety
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Title: THE CHALLENGES OF MANAGING GLACIATED AVALANCHE TERRAIN AT A SKI AREA: LESSONS FROM BLACKCOMB MOUNTAIN
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Koshure, Nicole, Gould, Brian, Campbell, Cam, Tessier, Alexis
Description: Whistler Blackcomb (WB), the largest ski resort in North America, contains glaciated avalanche terrain, including the Horstman and Blackcomb Glaciers....
Object ID: ISSW2026_O6.7.pdf
Keywords: glacial recession, climate change, avalanche terrain, avalanche hazard, risk management, remote sensing, adaptive risk management
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Title: Daily Avalanche Probability Indication Maps: First Operational Experience in Davos, Switzerland
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Julia Glaus, Pia Ruttner, Lukas Stoffel, Johan Gaume, Yves Bühler
Description: Avalanche risk management in ski resorts, along traffic routes, and for exposed buildings relies mainly on point-based measurements, field observation...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O7.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, road safety, forecasting, probability, hazard assessment
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Title: INTERLINKING DAILY ASSESSMENTS: TOWARDS A MORE COMPREHENSIVE WORKFLOW IN PUBLIC AVALANCHE FORECASTING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Norbert Lanzanasto, Matthias Walcher
Description: Public avalanche warning services (AWS) assess avalanche hazard on a regional scale to support risk management for people, infrastructure, and propert...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O9.1.pdf
Keywords: public avalanche forecasting, workflow, hazard assessment, operational learnings
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Title: ADAPTING AVALANCHE HAZARD MAPPING TO A CHANGING CLIMATE – EMERGING PRACTICAL APPROACHES AND UNCERTAINTIES
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Simon Grüter, Flurina Schnider, Damian Steffen, Stefan Margreth
Description: Avalanche hazard mapping in Switzerland is based on long-established regulations and methods and provides a valuable basis for avalanche risk manageme...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.20.pdf
Keywords: climate change, hazard mapping, case study, avalanche path, wet snow avalanche
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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: MOUNTAIN ROADS AND AVALANCHES: RISK ASSESSMENT
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Massimo Raviglione, Ludovico Raviglione
Description: Mountain roads, due to their nature, are constantly subject to natural hazards (landslides, rockfalls, debris flows, avalanches, ice, etc.) which, dur...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.25.pdf
Keywords: hazard, danger, risk, avalanches, roads
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Title: CONSISTENT (NUMERICAL) APPROACH FOR LARGE SCALE SNOW-AVALANCHE HAZARD UPDATE: APPLICATION TO A POORLY DOCUMENTED AREA LIKE CORSICA ISLAND (FR)
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Philippe Berthet-Rambaud, Stéphane Roudnitska, Jérôme Bock, Clément Belgodère
Description: The avalanche of Ortiporio (1934), village of Corsica (mountainous island situated in the Mediterranean Sea), caused the death of 37 persons. Despite ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.36.pdf
Keywords: corsican mountain range, large-scale indicative hazard map, ramms climate change, protective forest effect
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Title: MUCH ADO ABOUT SLUSHING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Susanne Eide Haug, Louise Vick, Alfred Hanssen, Yoichi Ito, Satoru Yamaguchi, Chris D'Amboise, Dieter Issler
Description: Slush, or soaked now, is a poorly understood endmember of the wet–dry snow continuum that can produce fast, damaging flows. A commonly cited thresho...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.66.pdf
Keywords: slushflow, soaked snow, snow laboratory experiments, rotating drum experiments, runout and hazard analysis.
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Title: DESIGN OF FLEXIBLE ROCKFALL BARRIERS UNDER STATIC AND DYNAMIC AREAL LOADING FROM SNOW
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Dennis Gasteiger, Maximilian Kramer
Description: Flexible rockfall barriers are primarily designed to absorb high-energy point impacts caused by falling rocks. However, when installed in mountainous ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.8.pdf
Keywords: flexible rockfall barriers, snow loads, avalanche loads, rope statics, structural analysis, multi-hazard protection
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Title: KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE IN OUR MOUNTAINS – TOWARD AN AUTOATES-BASED AVALANCHE MODELING SYSTEM FOR THE SOUTHERN ALPS, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Philip Elder, Nicolas Cullen, Aubrey Miller
Description: Snow avalanches present risks to people and infrastructure in mountain environments worldwide. In Aotearoa New Zealand, growing participation in alpin...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.35.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain exposure scale (ates), terrain, avalanche hazard, new zealand
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Title: RACS FOR AVALANCHE HAZARD MANAGEMENT ON STATE ROADS IN PINZGAU, AUSTRIA – PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION, LOCAL FORECASTING AND CENTRALIZED OPERATION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Stefan Oberaigner, Gottfried Seer, Paul Dobesberger
Description: Road avalanche protection in alpine regions requires not only technical solutions but also well-coordinated organizational structures across multiple ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.54.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard management; avalanche control; racs; case study
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