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- Title: FROM DETECTION TO DECISION SUPPORT: EXPANDING THE ROLE OF DOPPLER AVALANCHE RADAR IN HAZARD MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Théo St. Pierre Ostrander, Heather Hordowick, Bret Shandro, Eoin Trainor, Peter Barsevskis, Maxence Carrel, Greg Johnson
- Description: Avalanche mitigation infrastructure, including remote avalanche control systems, bridges, snowsheds, and large earthen diversion or arresting structur...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_FS4.2.pdf
- Keywords: doppler radar, planning, operations, monitoring, mitigation.
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- Title: METHODS FOR EVALUATING AVALANCHE LOADS ON BRIDGES
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Greg Johnson, Alan Jones, Chris Wilbur, John Stimberis
- Description: Transportation corridors crossing mountainous terrain frequently intersect avalanche paths capable of producing destructive snow avalanches. Avalanche...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_O5.5.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche loads, avalanche bridges, bridge design, transportation infrastructure, structural loading, avalanche mitigation
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- Title: FOLLOWING THE DATA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A DECADE OF MAPPING AVALANCHES AND EXPLOSIVE USE
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Alex Mithoefer, Malia Reeves, Taos Ski Patrol
- Description: Taos Ski Valley Ski Patrol has been using GIS mapping software to record explosive use and avalanche activity since 2015. In over a decade, we have d...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_O6.3.pdf
- Keywords: mapping, explosives, avalanches, ski resort, avalanche mitigation, gis
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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: Numerical study of the feasibility of a downslope structure to limit avalanche size during avalanche control activity
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Francis Meloche, Ron Simenhois, Don Sharaf, Ethan Greene, Johan Gaume
- Description: Avalanche defense structures in starting zones are effective, but they are also expensive and visually intrusive; as a result, many highway programs i...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.51.pdf
- Keywords: crack arrest, avalanche mitigation structures, release size, numerical modelling, depth-averaged material-point-method.
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- Title: AVALANCHE EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE IN COMPETITIVE SNOWSPORTS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Sam Damon, Dale Atkins, Cindy Berlack
- Description: Competitive snowsport athletes perceive dangers and think about risk differently than recreational snowsport enthusiasts. Thus, these athletes require...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.57.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche education, competitive snowsports, adolescents, age, decision making, risk communication, mitigation.
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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: BINARY AVALANCHE DETECTION SYSTEM (BADS)
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Michael Dvorsak, William Tidd, Christopher Casebeer, Eric Bressler
- Description: Detecting avalanche events in real-time remains a challenge for ski resorts, transportation agencies, railways, and avalanche mitigation professionals...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.26.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche detection, differential pressure sensor, remote sensing, avalanche mitigation, machine learning
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- Title: A COMPREHENSIVE AVALANCHE MITIGATION AND MONITORING FRAMEWORK FOR ARCTIC COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION ON ARNØYA, NORWAY
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: von Wartburg J, Wickström S, Berger T, Kavli Walberg N, St Pierre Ostrander T, Carrel M
- Description: Arnøya, a remote island in Troms County, Northern Norway, saw the installation of a comprehensive avalanche mitigation and monitoring system in 2024,...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.40.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche monitoring, norway, racs, mitigation, forecasting
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- Title: Advancements In Avalanche Mitigation and Monitoring – Mt. Superior, Utah
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Théo St. Pierre Ostrander, Steven Clark, Laurie Delaney, Maxence Carrel
- Description: Mt. Superior, situated within the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah, United States, generates avalanches that pose a significant hazard to s...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.6.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche radar, mitigation, monitoring
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- Title: PRECISION IN THE AIR: ENGINEERING RELIABILITY AND ACCURACY OF SUAS-DELIVERED AIR BLASTS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Ralph Blumberg, Joseph Albanese, Braden Schmidt, Carrick Detweiler, Dan Justa, Max Tubman
- Description: Successful avalanche mitigation relies on the spatial precision of explosive placement and the optimization of air-blast detonations to maximize shock...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.65.pdf
- Keywords: electronic detonator, suas, avalanche mitigation, air-blast, safety, e*star, montis
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- Title: CHANGING THE FUTURE: ELECTRONIC INITIATION SYSTEM (E*STAR) FOR AVALANCHE EXPLOSIVES
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Michael Blancher, Braden Schmidt, Timothy Glassett
- Description: E*STAR is an electronic detonator system developed by Austin Powder Company that pairs a programmable microchip with dual capacitors to precisely init...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.3.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche risk mitigation, e*star, electronic detonator, safety fuse assembly, pull-wire ignitors, programmable delay, montis
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- Title: SITE SUITABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND OPERATIONAL LESSONS FROM SIX YEARS OF INFRASOUND AVALANCHE MONITORING
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Jerry Mock, Scott Havens, Aaron Careaga, Clark Corey
- Description: Infrasound monitoring uses low-frequency acoustic signals, typically below 20 Hz, to detect and characterize avalanche activity over operationally use...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.45.pdf
- Keywords: infrasonic, avalanche detection, remote monitoring, site suitability, avalanche mitigation
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- Title: SMART AVALANCHE CONTROL REDUCES ROAD CLOSURES IN THE AUSTRIAN ALPS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Ines Waltl, Brenden Cronin
- Description: The Venter regional road between Sölden and Vent in the Austrian Alps has historically been highly vulnerable to avalanches, particularly along a pre...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.14.pdf
- Keywords: remote avalanche control systems; active avalanche control; road safety; transportation corridors; avalanche mitigation; sölden
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- Title: WALKING THE EDGE: ANALYSIS OF A SURVEY ON THE RISKS OF CORNICE MITIGATION AND RISK NORMALIZATION
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Ben Merkle
- Description: Snow safety practitioners commonly report anecdotes of near misses while performing cornice mitigation work. This study surveyed 51 avalanche practiti...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.22.pdf
- Keywords: cornice, cornice mitigation, risk normalization
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