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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
- View additional details about 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
- 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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