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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: LOOKING BACK—30 YEARS OF IMPACT: A CALTRANS GAZEX RACS HISTORY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Ryan Marvin
Description: Since its introduction in the early 1990s, Gazex Remote Avalanche Control Systems (RACS) have become a central component of avalanche hazard managemen...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.20.pdf
Keywords: gazex, remote avalanche control, highway avalanche mitigation, caltrans, avalanche safety, racs
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Title: SUMMARIZING TEN WINTERS OF REMOTE AVALANCHE CONTROL SYSTEM (RACS) USE ALONG THE TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY AT THREE VALLEY GAP, REVELSTOKE, CANADA
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Chad Hemphill, Alan Jones, Chris Argue, Lisa Dreier, Andi Buechi, Walter Steinkogler
Description: Three Valley Gap, located 20 km west of Revelstoke, British Columbia, holds the highest Avalanche Hazard Index (AHI) in the province and ranks among t...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.51.pdf
Keywords: transcanada highway 1, racs, traffic volume
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Title: AVALANCHE WARNING SIGNS ON HIGHWAYS: A PRACTITIONER'S FRAMEWORK FOR DESIGN, PLACEMENT, AND RISK-BASED STANDARDIZATION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Sharp, Eirik, Campbell, Cam, Thumlert, Scott
Description: This paper examines how transportation agencies design, place, and deploy avalanche warning signage, and proposes a framework for standardizing those ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.43.pdf
Keywords: avalanche signage, highway avalanche risk management, transportation infrastructure.
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Title: MANAGING AVALANCHE HAZARD ON A MAJOR ROAD DURING AN EXTREME SNOWFALL EVENT IN NORTHERN NORWAY , MARCH 2025
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jacob Berg Lofthus, Ole-Andre Helgaas
Description: During March 2025, an exceptional avalanche cycle affected the E6 highway corridor in Langfjorden, Finnmark, Northern Norway. Persistent snowfall thro...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.50.pdf
Keywords: avalanche cycle, daisybell, highway safety, avalanche control, norway
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Title: SLUSH FLOWS ON HIGHWAY RV80 TO THE CITY OF BODOE, NORTHERN NORWAY
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Dag T. Andreassen
Description: Rv80 is the main road to Bodoe, the largest city in Nordland County in Northern Norway. The road is one of only two roads to the Bodoe peninsula, and ...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.14.pdf
Keywords: slush flows, highway, protective measures
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Title: STATEWIDE APPLICATION OF THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: David Hamre, Jordy Hendrikx, Chris Wilbur, Alan Jones
Description: The Avalanche Hazard Index (AHI) (Schaerer 1989, Hendrikx and Owens 2008) has been a useful tool for expressing avalanche risk to highways and railroa...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O13.01.pdf
Keywords: avalanche hazard index (ahi), consultants best estimate (cbe), highway avalanche risk, remote avalanche control systems (racs), advanced forecasting technology (aft)
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Title: REMOTE AVALANCHE CONTROL SYSTEMS (RACS) ALONG THE TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY - OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES DURING SIX WINTERS OF USE AT THREE VALLEY GAP, REVELSTOKE, CANADA
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Walter Steinkogler, Alan Jones, Chad Hemphill
Description: Three Valley Gap, located 20 km west of Revelstoke, Canada is one of the highest priority avalanche areas on the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH). During 20...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.61.pdf
Keywords: avalanche control, highway, avalanche risk, explosives, racs, three valley gap
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Title: Relation between the Growth Management of Trees in Highway Snowbreak Woods and their Snowbreak Effectiveness
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Hiroshi Ota, Masaru Koda, Yoshikazu Ito, HIdechika Ueno
Description: In Hokkaido, which locates in a snowy and cold region of Japan, highway snowbreak woods, that is one of snow control facilities, have been installed t...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P02.15.pdf
Keywords: highway snowbreak woods, growth management, tree thinning, wind tunnel experiment.
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Title: Multi-level avalanche risk reduction on the Trans-Canada Highway - Three Valley Gap Remote Avalanche Control System (RACS)
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Alan Jones, Walter Steinkogler, Val Visotzky
Description: Three Valley Gap, located 20 km west of Revelstoke, is one of the highest priority avalanche areas on the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH). During 2007-2016...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O03.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche control, highway, avalanche risk, explosives, remote avalanche control system.
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Title: Prioritizing avalanche mitigation measures for the Trans-Canada Highway through Glacier National Park
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Chris Argue, Ryan Buhler, Jeff Goodrich, Bruce Jamieson, Alan Jones, Jaime Sanderson
Description: The Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) through Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park (GNP) is a critical transportation corridor within British Columbia, and a...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O03.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche protection, avalanche risk, highway, risk analysis, project management.
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Title: Modernizing North America's Oldest Avalanche Program in Little Cotttonwood Canyon, Utah
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Bill Nalli
Description: The combination of abundant snowfall, narrow roadway with many avalanche paths, dozens of threatened buildings, and large backcountry touring communit...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.33.pdf
Keywords: highway avalanche program, avalanche forecasting, decision matrix, risk management
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Title: Quantitative Risk Assessment for the Snoqualimie Pass Avalanche Bridges
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Alan Jones, Greg Johnson, Kevin Dusenberry
Description: Interstate 90 is a primary transportation corridor that crosses the Cascade Mountains at Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, USA. The highway is currently un...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O10.01.pdf
Keywords: highway, bridges, quantitative risk assessment, probabilistic, monte carlo
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Title: Collecting and Preserving the History of Snow Avalanche Activity, Research and Safety in Canada
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: John G. Woods, Michel Labrecque, Cathy English, Tomoaki Fujimura
Description: Collecting and preserving the objects and records of avalanche activity, research and safety provides valuable historic resources to avalanche profess...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P4.43.pdf
Keywords: railway, highway, mining, recreation, museums, archives
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Title: Avalanche Protection on Highway E8 to the City of Tromso, Northern Norway
Date: 2012
Authors: Ole-André Helgaas, Oevind Skeie Hellum, Dag T. Andreassen
Description: The highway network in the northern part of Norway is mostly located in alpine terrain. Every winter snow avalanches affect some of these roads and gi...
Object ID: issw-2012-674-679.pdf
Keywords: avalanche protection, highway safety, alpine terrain, avalanche forecasting
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