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Title: O'BELLX 1.8: A MODULAR AND REMOVABLE GAS SYSTEM FOR AVALANCHE PREVENTIVE RELEASE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jean-Guillaume Aldebert, Thomas Berger, Cédric Larcher, Johann Query, Olivier Rivoal
Description: The O'BellX range introduces a modular, helicopter-portable gas system for avalanche preventive release, designed for remote or environmentally sensit...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.50.pdf
Keywords: avalanche prevention, modular gas system, helicopter-portable, synchronized triggering, eco-friendly, removable infrastructure.
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Title: STRUCTURED RISK MITIGATION DISCUSSION IN AN INFORMAL MOMENT: THE HOW AND WHEN OF HUCKEM
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Steven Conger
Description: During avalanche risk management, we acknowledge uncertainty's presence; and reduce it where possible by influencing the likelihood or destructive siz...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.36.pdf
Keywords: risk communication, decision-making, uncertainty, recreation, acceptable risk, human factors, group dynamics, group check tool, avalanche prevention
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Title: To go or not to go: Decision making at individual slope
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Stephan Harvey, Hansueli Rhyner, Lukas Dürr, Hans Martin Henny
Description: The holistic assessment and decision framework «3 × 3» is well established for ski and snowboard tours. Whereas difficult decisions can be p...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P15.15.pdf
Keywords: decision making, avalanche prevention, individual slope, backcountry touring, risk assessment, education
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Title: Avalanche education in Austria - about the current status and a new concept
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Lukas Ruetz, Matthias Walcher
Description: Snow and avalanche courses for winter sport enthusiasts as well as avalanche professionals in Austria are organized by various alpine institutions. Th...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P16.19.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, avalanche prevention, avalanche training, saveu, albina
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Title: Practical education kit for avalanche training with groups
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Hansueli Rhyner, Stephan Harvey, Lukas Dürr, Hans Martin Henny
Description: «Learning by doing» is an obvious credo for every instructor. In avalanche education, however, trying out everything yourself can be dangerous. ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P16.21.pdf
Keywords: avalanche prevention, backcountry touring, education, training kit
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Title: ALLAUS.AD: A New Web-Based Platform for Avalanche Information and dissemination in Andorra
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Margalef, A., Pons, M., Apodaka, J., Vilella, M, Molné, T., Martín, G., Gorospe, P.
Description: The ALLAUS.AD web-based platform is created to centralize and homogenize all data related to avalanches, giving information that helps to improve the ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P17.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk, education, forecasting, web-based platform, prevention
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Title: LAWIS - A Collaborative Data Communication Portal for Avalanche Risk Management and Prevention
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Karel Kriz, Patrick Nairz, Gernot Zenkl
Description: LAWIS (lawis.at) is a portal for sustainable data retrieval, dissemination and communication of avalanche relevant information. The acronym stands for...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P18.2.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk management and prevention, web-portal, geo-communication
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Title: Social – A Group Check Tool
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Benjamin Zweifel
Description: Despite the fact that recreationists in avalanche terrain usually travel in groups empirical research on group phenomena is still sparse. We propose a...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P3.23.pdf
Keywords: human factors, group dynamics, group check tool, avalanche prevention
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Title: Avalanche Crisis Management, (Not Including Outdoor Activities) New Practical Guide to the Attention of Mayors and Local Executives
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Oceane Vibert, Francois Rapin, et Jean-Pierre Requillard
Description: In France, in case of avalanche risk, local politicians have to "prescribe measures required by the circumstances". This is the duty of legitimate con...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-07.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, prevention, crisis management, inhabitants
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Title: Risk Perception and Precaution Adoption: A Study in the Field of Out-of-Bounds Skiing
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Mathilde Gletty, Dongo Rémi Kouabenan, Aurélie Landry
Description: The avalanche phenomenon in out-of-bounds is particularly deadly for young people aged between 15 and 30 years. The French National Association for th...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-14.pdf
Keywords: out-of-bounds, youth, risk perception, protective behavior, prevention
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Title: Avalanche Barriers in the Starting Zone Exposed to Rock Fall: Range of Capacity and 1:1 Rock Fall Tests With Flexible Snow Net
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Brändle R., Gröner E., Margreth S.
Description: Since the introduction of flexible snow nets in the 1950’s it became obvious that such barriers provide a better performance on combined loadin...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-51.pdf
Keywords: rockfall, snow nets, prevention structure
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Title: Snow Dangers and Avalanche Prevention Through the Organization of a Federation and the Training of Its Instructors and Members
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Charles Daubas
Description: Je voudrais aujourd’hui tout d’abord remercier le Comité d’organisation de me permettre de présenter, au nom de la FédÃ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-10.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, prevention, danger, training
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Title: STIPP, A Spanish French Project That Combines Experience and Technology to Dissemimate Information on Both Sides of the Pyrenees in Order to Prevent Risk Situations in Mountain Areas
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Comet B., Dupouy J., Avellanas M, Mayo S., Rodrigalvarez V., Cisneros C., Coll J., Sierra M., Anglés R., Asiain D., Pons A., Robert A., Hurtado R.
Description: Supported by the Interregional Co-operation Program Spain-France-Andorra POCTEFA INTERREG IV A 2007-2013 the STIPP Project was developed by different ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-32.pdf
Keywords: technology, information, satellite, weather station, server, telemedicine, mountain, healthcare, rescue, crossborder, risk prevention
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Title: Possibility of Increasing the Slope Distance Between Avalanche Prevention Bridges
Date: 2012
Authors: Hiroki Matsushita, Masaru Matsuzawa, Hiroshi Nakamura
Description: Snow bridges are installed on roadside slopes as a major measure for preventing avalanches in susceptible areas in Japan. Current methods of designing...
Object ID: issw-2012-696-702.pdf
Keywords: snow bridge, avalanche prevention, slope analysis
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Title: A Classification of All the French Avalanche Paths Which Threaten Inhabited Buildings
Date: 2012
Authors: François Rapin
Description: A classified method for the inhabited sites threatened by avalanches and served by a route secured from avalanches was developed in France from 2001 ...
Object ID: issw-2012-708.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, inhabited sites, method, data, classification, prevention
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