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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: THE EFFECT OF GEOMETRY ON THE GAS DYNAMICS IN AVALANCHE CONTROL GAS EXPLODERS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Kevin Cheevers, Logan Maley, Elizabeth Ramey, Matei Radulescu
Description: The avalanche control industry is shifting towards the Remote Avalanche Control Systems (RACS) to protect both public and private infrastructure such ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.44.pdf
Keywords: remote avalanche control systems, gas dynamics, shock dynamics, cfd
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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: 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: USING SNOW REMOTE SENSING AND AVALANCHE SIMULATIONS TO INFORM THE PLACEMENT OF REMOTE AVALANCHE CONTROL SYSTEMS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Katreen Wikstrom Jones, Gabriel J. Wolken, Matt McKee, Perry Bartelt, Yves Buhler, Marc Christen
Description: Snow avalanches regularly damage infrastructure and block transportation corridors in mountainous regions in Alaska, impeding access to natural resour...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O13.02.pdf
Keywords: avalanche modeling, remote avalanche control systems, remote sensing, lidar, snow mapping
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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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Title: Design and Operation of Remote Avalanche Control Systems (RACS) - a Best-Practice Example in the Alps
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Walter Steinkogler, Stian Langeland, Samuel Wyssen
Description: This paper gives insights in how to design and operate Remote Avalanche Control Systems (RACS) from the initial project planning to the operational av...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.48.pdf
Keywords: remote avalanche control systems, risk management, design and operation
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