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Title: FROM HAZARD ASSESSMENT TO ACTION IN SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE OPERATIONS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Aaron Careaga, Scott Havens, Don Sharaf, Dave Richards, Clark Corey
Description: Frameworks such as the Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard (CMAH; Statham et al., 2018) provide a structured basis for characterizing avalanche hazar...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.7.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard assessment, cmah, site-specific forecasting, hazard action matrices, operational decision support, osarm
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Title: AUSTRALIAN ALPS SURFACE HAZARD RATING SYSTEM
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Craig Sheppard, Kyle Boys, Tyson Rettie
Description: Winter backcountry hazard communication has traditionally focused on avalanches, yet in many alpine environments, snow surface conditions can present ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.32.pdf
Keywords: hazard communication, risk communication, crust, ice, slide for life, uncontrolled sliding falls
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Title: HOW DOES GRID CONFIGURATION INFLUENCE SNOWPACK REPRESENTATION? EXPLORING SPATIAL SAMPLING STRATEGIES FOR DISTRIBUTED SNOWPACK MODELING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Martin Perfler, Simon Horton, Florian Herla, Michael Binder, Pascal Haegeli
Description: Avalanche forecasting at the regional scale requires translating spatially heterogeneous snowpack conditions into coherent hazard assessments. Distrib...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.39.pdf
Keywords: distributed snowpack modeling, grid configuration, spatial sampling, hazard assessment
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Title: ASSESSING THE APPLICABILITY OF SNOWPACK IN AN ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT: A CASE STUDY IN NUNAVIK, QC
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: PAQUETTE VIOLAINE
Description: Avalanche hazard in Arctic regions remains poorly documented, partly because continuous meteorological and snowpack observations are spatially limited...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.58.pdf
Keywords: snowpack modelling, arctic snowpack, nunavik, avalanche hazard, model evaluation, alpine 3d
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Title: OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF SNOW CORNICE DEVELOPMENT ON ARTIFICIAL VERTICAL SECTIONS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Takahiro Tanabe, Kouichi Nshimura, Taiki Nunokawa, Yoshihiko Saito, Tsubasa Okaze, Satoru Adachi, Satoru Yamaguchi, Yoichi Ito, Sojiro Sunako, Hirofumi Niiya
Description: Snow cornices are overhanging accumulations of wind-transported snow that frequently develop along mountain ridges and may trigger avalanches when the...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.15.pdf
Keywords: snow cornice, blowing snow, ski resort, hazard assessment
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Title: HOW BACKCOUNTRY SKIERS TRANSLATE AVALANCHE BULLETINS INTO DECISIONS: A SEASON – LONG STUDY IN THE SONDRIO PROVINCE (ITALY), WINTER 2024/25
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jacopo Borsotti, Alberto Mariani, Martin Metzger, Giacomo Villa, Luca Dellarole, Davide Spini, Federico Martinelli, Giulia Geronimi, Fabiano Monti
Description: Public avalanche forecasts are published daily by avalanche warning services to communicate avalanche hazard to the public for a particular area. They...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.35.pdf
Keywords: avalanche safety; hazard communication; winter backcountry recreation; avalanche danger; avalanche bulletin
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Title: APPLYING AUTOMATED AVALANCHE TERRAIN MAPPING TO WILDLIFE ECOLOGY: A CASE STUDY OF DALL'S SHEEP IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Heather K. Thamm, John Sykes, Nicholas L. Fowler, Thomas D. Lohuis, Kyle R. Smith, Erich H. Peitzsch, Todd J. Brinkman, Ophélie H. Couriot
Description: Avalanche hazard has been studied extensively in the context of human risk, but its role in alpine wildlife ecology remains poorly understood. Long-te...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.36.pdf
Keywords: alaska, avalanches, avalanche terrain, dall's sheep, hazard mapping, mountain ungulates
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Title: FIELD-BASED HAZARD RATING (FBHR): A DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORK FOR RECREATIONISTS IN DATA-LIMITED ENVIRONMENTS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Nikki Champion, Kiira Antenucci, Will McKay
Description: Backcountry recreationists often travel where formal avalanche forecasts, dense observation networks, and real-time snowpack data are unavailable. In ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.41.pdf
Keywords: backcountry decision-making, hazard rating, data-limited environments, heuristic traps, human factors, avalanche education
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Title: A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS AVALANCHE BULLETIN UNDERSTANDING AND TERRAIN SELECTION: A PROOF OF CONCEPT IN ANDORRA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Aguirre-Noguera, B, Farías-Torbidoni, El, Revuelto, J, Llena, M, Margalef, A, Pons, M
Description: Understanding how backcountry users interpret and act upon avalanche hazard information and terrain remains a central challenge in avalanche hazard ma...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.5.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard communication; decision-making; risk perception; avalanche safety. drone, sig,
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Title: UNDERSTANDING THE ACTIONABILITY OF FUTURE SNOW AVALANCHE HAZARD MAPS IN ALASKA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Kristin M. F. Timm, Patrick O. Ansah, Gabriel J. Wolken, Katreen W. Jones
Description: Climate change is altering snow and weather conditions in Alaska, creating new challenges for avalanche risk management. Researchers are developing fu...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.54.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanches, actionable science, hazard maps, decision-making, uncertainty, risk communication
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Title: ALL-WEATHER AVALANCHE MONITORING: RAPID RADAR DEPLOYMENT SUPPORTING DECISION MAKING IN JUNEAU
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: John Bressette, Pat Dryer, Michael Janes, Severin Stähly, Susanne Wahlen
Description: The city center of Juneau, Alaska, lies between the sea and steep mountain terrain, with several neighborhoods located in avalanche runout zones. Duri...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.55.pdf
Keywords: avalanche radar, doppler detection, urban avalanche hazard, evacuation decision-making, juneau, alaska
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Title: STATEWIDE AVALANCHE HAZARD MODELING ALONG ALASKA'S TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Gabriel J. Wolken, Elizabeth Fischer, Yves Bühler, Marc Christen, Katreen Wikstrom Jones
Description: Alaska's road and rail network traverses some of the most active and least observed avalanche terrain in North America, creating persistent challenges...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O2.4.pdf
Keywords: avalanche modeling, transportation corridors, alaska, hazard indication mapping, climate reanalysis.
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Title: FROM MILITARY OUTPOST TO MAJOR ALPINE RESORT: OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DIGITALIZATION OF THE PATROL AND RESCUE SERVICE IN THE ANDERMATT–SEDRUN–DISENTIS SKI RESORT
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Carlo Danioth, Stefanie Cavaletti, Luc Danioth, David Monn, Björn Becker, Matthias Pleyer, Walter Steinkogler
Description: Over the past two decades, Andermatt has grown from a military-influenced mountain village into one of central Switzerland's most significant winter s...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O6.5.pdf
Keywords: avalanche modeling, transportation corridors, alaska, hazard indication mapping, climate reanalysis.
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Title: THE FOUR KEY COMPONENTS OF THE PHYSICAL HAZARD POSED BY SNOW AVALANCHES ACROSS TERRAIN
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Scott Thumlert
Description: Forecasting the physical hazard posed by snow avalanches is the prediction of the magnitude, likelihood, timing, and location of potential avalanches ...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard, forecasting, hazard assessment and communication, avalanche size, likelihood, spatial distribution
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Title: A NEW OPERATIONAL APPROACH FOR THE DAILY ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL AVALANCHE DANGER
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Alberto Mariani, Luca Dellarole, Giacomo Villa, Jacopo Borsotti, Fabiano Monti
Description: Over the past 20 years, the need to identify the spatial distribution of avalanche-prone areas, crucial for evaluating the avalanche risk, has led to...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.8.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard indication maps, potential release areas, snowpack stability, avalanche forecasting
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