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Title: THE AVGAR; A DECISION MAKING TOOL FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF AVALANCHE SEARCH AND RESCUE MISSIONS
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Michael Ackerman, Jonathan Wilson
Description: We've experienced an uptick of complicated, avalanche SAR (AvSAR) missions in the US. Teams in Colorado have faced a rash of difficult rescues and rec...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.58.pdf
Keywords: avalanche rescue, decision making, risk assessment, hazard management, exposure scale
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Title: MOTORIZED AVALANCHE RESCUE PROCEDURES
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Jeremy Hanke, Iain Stewart-Patterson
Description: Motorized avalanche rescue differs from ski/board-based rescue in a number of significant ways. There are both benefits and hindrances to avalanche re...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P2.64.pdf
Keywords: snowmobile, avalanche rescue, risk mitigation
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Title: SLOPE MEASUREMENT FOR HUMANS: INCLINOMETER ERROR AND RISK COMMUNICATION
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Ian McCammon
Description: Inclinometers are key tools for assessing risk in avalanche terrain, and a wide variety of devices and methods are in use across the avalanche communi...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O12.05.pdf
Keywords: slope measurement, slope angle, inclinometer, error, start zone, risk communication, decision making
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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: VULNERABILITY IN THE AVALANCHE CAPITAL: THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF SNOW HAZARDS IN JUNEAU, ALASKA
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Zachary Provant
Description: Snow-related disasters kill dozens of people and cost millions in infrastructure and transportation damage each year in the United States. The USGS wa...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O13.03.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, landslides, hazard mitigation, hazard risk, vulnerability, human dimensions
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Title: REFLECTIONS ON A (AVALANCHE) RISK-ADJUSTED APPROACH IN SPATIAL PLANNING IN AUSTRIA
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Barbara Steinbrunner
Description: Spatial planning has an increasingly important role in natural hazard management due to its prevention character and influence on spatial distribution...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O13.04.pdf
Keywords: risk-adjusted, spatial planning, natural hazard management, residual risk
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Title: THE KEMANO T2 PROJECT AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Greg Johnson, Mark Vesely
Description: The Kemano T2 Project (2016-2022) included completing a 16 km long water supply tunnel bored through the central Coast Mountains in British Columbia, ...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O14.03.pdf
Keywords: risk assessment, mitigation design, avalanche control
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Title: TERRAIN SELECTION TACTICS FOR HELICOPTER SKIING - MANAGING AVALANCHE RISK DURING THE 2022-23 SEASON
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Scott Thumlert, Criag McGee, Carl Trescher
Description: Managing snow avalanche risk during guided helicopter skiing operations is critical for guest and worker safety. The 2022-23 winter snowpack in Britis...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O14.04.pdf
Keywords: guided helicopter skiing, terrain selection tactics, avalanche risk management, deep persistent slab avalanche problem.
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Title: FROM KNOWLEDGE CONVEYANCE TO BEHAVIOR CHANGE: AN AVALANCHE EDUCATION THEORY OF PRACTICE
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Liz Y. Riggs Meder, Emma R. Walker
Description: Avalanche education in the US grew out of a need to increase understanding of the nature of the hazard posed by avalanches. Education and training ini...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.17.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, risk management education, risk reduction, educational best practices, pedagogy
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Title: DEVELOPMENT OF A SENSOR SYSTEM TO SUPPORT AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT IN ARCTIC NORWAY
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Holt Hancock, Einar Jenssen, Martin Indreiten, Eirik Albrechtsen
Description: Automated measurements of snow cover properties serve as a key data source for most avalanche forecasting programs. In Longyearbyen, Svalbard, a lack ...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.37.pdf
Keywords: sensors, risk management, terrestrial laser scanning, ground-based lidar, arctic
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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
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Title: WINTER OPERATIONS IN THE LARGE SCALE ANDINA MINE DIVISION IN THE CHILEAN ANDES: CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Maximiliano Barros, Cesar Vera
Description: Operating a large-scale state owned mining division in the Chilean Andes during winter presents unique challenges due to high mountain roads and numer...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P3.63.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, avalanche control, avalanche protection, risk management, mining
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Title: A LOCAL AVALANCHE RISK MATRIX BASED ON MODELING TO FORECAST AVALANCHE ACTIVITY ON ROADS.
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Carles Garcia-Selles, Sergi Riba, Alberto Mediavilla, Fernando Calvo
Description: A new avalanche warning service to forecast local avalanche risk on mountain roads in Asturias (NW of Spain) is beginning to operate. The main problem...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.09.pdf
Keywords: risk matrix, local forecasting, mountain roads, modeling
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Title: PERCEIVED VALUES, MOTIVATORS, AND BARRIERS ASSOCIATED WITH A POPULAR FIELD-BASED DECISION-MAKING TOOL FOR BACKCOUNTRY TRAVEL IN THE U.S.
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: J. Aaron Ball, R. Lee Frazer
Description: In this paper, we report the results of a non-random survey of recreationalists and snow professionals familiar with a common, yet empirically unstud...
Object ID: ISSW2023_P1.38.pdf
Keywords: decision-making, avalanche education, risk management, decision support tool, risk assessment, avalanche safety
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Title: DEVELOPING A UNIFIED APPROACH FOR APPLYING AVALANCHE PROBLEMS: A DECISION TREE- BASED SOLUTION FOR CONSISTENT HAZARD COMMUNICATION
Date: 2023-10-08
Authors: Matthias Walcher, Norbert Lanzanasto
Description: Avalanche problems are used in public avalanche forecasts to communicate complex information in a simplified manner, allowing users to understand pote...
Object ID: ISSW2023_O5.03.pdf
Keywords: avalanche problems, avalanche forecasting, decision tree, communication, risk management, standardization
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