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- Title: REMOTE AVALANCHE CONTROL AND AUTOMATED AVALANCHE DETECTION SYSTEMS: CURRENT PRACTICE, OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE, AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Scott Thumlert, Paul Harwood, Harlan Shepard, Tim Glassett, Cam Campbell, Eirik Sharp, Brian Gould, Alexis Tessier
- Description: Remote avalanche control systems (RACS) and automated avalanche detection systems (AADS) are increasingly used to operationally manage avalanche risk,...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_O2.5.pdf
- Keywords: remote avalanche control systems, racs, automated avalanche detection systems, aads, transportation corridors, avalanche explosive control
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- Title: SNOW CREEP AND GLIDE FIELD MEASUREMENTS: IMPROVEMENTS FOR DESIGN OF GAS-BASED REMOTE AVALANCHE CONTROL SYSTEMS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Adam Davis, Anton Avchyan
- Description: Snow creep and glide forces in alpine environments contribute to structural damage and midwinter failure of remote avalanche control systems (RACS), p...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.47.pdf
- Keywords: planning and engineering, racs installation and maintenance, snow creep, glide
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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: 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: 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: A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE OF AVALANCHE STUDY AND MODELLING AND ACTIVE TRIGGERING SOLUTION IMPLEMENTATION IN UZBEKISTAN
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: García-Sellés C, Riba S, Berger T
- Description: A relevant project has been under progress on behalf of the Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade (MIFT) of the Republic of Uzbekistan which aims a...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.53.pdf
- Keywords: gas racs – avalanche – modelling – tian shan -
- View additional details about A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE OF AVALANCHE STUDY AND MODELLING AND ACTIVE TRIGGERING SOLUTION IMPLEMENTATION IN UZBEKISTAN
- Title: RACS FOR AVALANCHE HAZARD MANAGEMENT ON STATE ROADS IN PINZGAU, AUSTRIA – PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION, LOCAL FORECASTING AND CENTRALIZED OPERATION
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Stefan Oberaigner, Gottfried Seer, Paul Dobesberger
- Description: Road avalanche protection in alpine regions requires not only technical solutions but also well-coordinated organizational structures across multiple ...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.54.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche hazard management; avalanche control; racs; case study
- View additional details about RACS FOR AVALANCHE HAZARD MANAGEMENT ON STATE ROADS IN PINZGAU, AUSTRIA – PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION, LOCAL FORECASTING AND CENTRALIZED OPERATION
- Title: CHALLENGES WITH REMOTE AVALANCHE CONTROL SYSTEMS (RACS) TROMS COUNTY, NORTHERN NORWAY
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Andreas Persson, Mariia Pihlainen, Kaja Krogh, Una Bratlie, Simen Bekkevoll, Håvard Haukenes
- Description: Troms County Council (TFK) operates two different Remote Avalanche Control Systems (RACS). Along County Road 7768 in Grøttfjorden, 11 Wyssen towers a...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.4.pdf
- Keywords: racs, grøttfjorden, duds, arnøya, damaged
- View additional details about CHALLENGES WITH REMOTE AVALANCHE CONTROL SYSTEMS (RACS) TROMS COUNTY, NORTHERN NORWAY
- Title: AVALANCHE OPERATION FOR ROAD PROTECTION IN GRøTFJORD, TROMSø
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Mrs. Kaja Krogh, Mrs. Mariia Pihlainen, Ph.D. Martin Stefan, Mr. Nils Arne Kavli Walberg
- Description: The Troms County Council (TCC) oversees a 2915 km road network, which includes measures to mitigate avalanches on exposed routes. Approximately 100 lo...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_O7.5.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche operation, racs, avalanche detection, doppler radar, avalanche forecasting
- View additional details about AVALANCHE OPERATION FOR ROAD PROTECTION IN GRøTFJORD, TROMSø
- Title: TECHNOLOGY FOR HANDELING OF NATURAL HAZARDS IN THE NORWEGIAN PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Njål Farestveit, Viggo Aronsen, Halgeir Dahle, Markus Eckerstofer, Guro Skogen Grøndalen, Silje Sanderud Haaland, Tore Humstad, Ruben Jacobsen, Johan Kristofers, Jeanette Kvalvågnes, Jacob Berg Lofthus, Knut Inge Orset, Emil Solbakken, Jens Tveit
- Description: The Norwegian government requested in their long-term plan for national transportation in Norway (2025 – 2036), the use and development of technolog...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.6.pdf
- Keywords: racs, warning systems, road management
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- Title: AVALANCHE DETECTION AND RACS BLASTING VERIFICATION USING EXTRA LONG-RANGE DOPPLER RADARS: EXPERIENCE FROM SAAS-FEE AND EVOLèNE, SWITZERLAND
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Severin Stähly
- Description: Numerous Doppler radar systems for avalanche detection have been installed in Switzerland over the last decade. These systems allow to continuously...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P8.13.pdf
- Keywords: real-time avalanche detection, doppler radar, racs, long-range, road safety
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- Title: 33 YEARS IN THE SERVICE OF THE AVALANCHE-SAFETY-TEAM IDALPE - A LOOK BACK AT IMPORTANT MILESTONES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT OF THE ISCHGL SKI RESORT
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Serafin Siegele, Paul Dobesberger, Harald Riedl
- Description: 33 winters, Serafin Siegele was an integral part of the avalanche-safety-team in the ski resort Ischgl. Not only are the slopes in the ski area and th...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_O10.5.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche risk management, avalanche safety team, ski area management, controlled avalanche release, racs
- View additional details about 33 YEARS IN THE SERVICE OF THE AVALANCHE-SAFETY-TEAM IDALPE - A LOOK BACK AT IMPORTANT MILESTONES AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT OF THE ISCHGL SKI RESORT
- Title: CASE STUDY AND OPERATIONAL HISTORY OF BRIGHTON RESORT, UT, USA GAZEX REMOTE AVALANCHE CONTROL SYSTEM
- Date: 2024-09-23
- Authors: Brandon Dodge, Craig Gordon
- Description: Brighton Resort, Utah is located at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon in the Central
Wasatch Mountain Range. Brighton Resort is designated a Level A ...
- Object ID: ISSW2024_P10.6.pdf
- Keywords: racs, safety, efficiency, gazex, avalanche mitigation
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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: AVALANCHE MITIGATION AT LIZARD HEAD PASS
- Date: 2023-10-08
- Authors: Rosalind (Roz) Reynolds
- Description: Lizard Head Pass, a section of State Highway 145 (SH 145) between the towns of Ophir and Rico, located in Southern Colorado, averages 2300 vehicles da...
- Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.58.pdf
- Keywords: remote avalanche control systems (racs), avalanche hazard index (ahi), mitigated ahi, annual frequency, return period
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