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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: MOUNTAIN ROADS AND AVALANCHES: RISK ASSESSMENT
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Massimo Raviglione, Ludovico Raviglione
Description: Mountain roads, due to their nature, are constantly subject to natural hazards (landslides, rockfalls, debris flows, avalanches, ice, etc.) which, dur...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.25.pdf
Keywords: hazard, danger, risk, avalanches, roads
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Title: SLIDING SHORT: AN ARGUMENT FOR MISSION-ORIENTED AVALANCHE EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Michael Ackerman, Mauri DiMeo
Description: Military units move through avalanche terrain under conditions that fall outside the scope of recreational avalanche education. Missions occur in fore...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.26.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, military curriculum, risk management, tactical training
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Title: HELICOPTER OPERATIONS IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN: A FRAMEWORK FOR PILOT EDUCATION
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Christopher Templeton, Seth Waterfall
Description: Helicopter operations in mountainous winter environments present unique hazards that are often under-addressed in standard mountain flying curricula. ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.48.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, decision making, risk management
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Title: HEURISTIC TRAPS IN AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT AND MARKETING MANIPULATION: A ZETETIC APPROACH TO CRITICAL DECISION-MAKING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Cédric Larcher
Description: Avalanche risk assessment is often compromised by heuristic traps (familiarity, consistency, acceptance, expert halo, social facilitation, scarcity), ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.50.pdf
Keywords: heuristic traps, avalanche risk, cognitive biases, marketing manipulation, zetetics, decision-making
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Title: RESIDUAL AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT AT THE PODLJUBELJ TUNNEL (SLOVENIA): A COMPARATIVE METHODOLOGICAL STUDY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Mattia Matzutzi, Barbara Frigo, Blaž Komac
Description: Avalanche risk to transportation infrastructure remains a critical challenge in alpine regions, particularly where mitigation measures may be insuffic...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.52.pdf
Keywords: residual risk, exposure conditions, traffic risk assessment, comparative approaches, avalanche–infrastructure interaction
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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: HOW BACKCOUNTRY USERS ENGAGE WITH AVALANCHE FORECASTS: EVIDENCE FROM AN ITEM RESPONSE MODELLING APPROACH
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jerred Jolin, Kelly McNeil
Description: This study examined patterns of avalanche forecast information use among recreational-level avalanche course completers using data from the Use of Ava...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.15.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecast, engagement, risk communication
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Title: MISSION-FOCUSED RISK MAPPING FOR AVALANCHE CONTROL IN GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Chris Argue, Danyelle Magnan
Description: Avalanche control for the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway through Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park (GNP) relie...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.16.pdf
Keywords: risk, artillery, avalanche, control, mapping.
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Title: LESSONS LEARNED FROM AN UNPRECEDENTED SEASON IN SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA.
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Daniel Krueger, Andrew Schauer
Description: In the winter of 2024-25, the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Center (CNFAC) in southcentral Alaska experienced an exceedingly dangerous snowpack, w...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.34.pdf
Keywords: buried surface hoar, risk communication, message fatigue
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Title: AVALANCHE FORECASTING ON THE VERGE: EPHEMERAL SNOWPACKS, CLIMATIC SHIFTS, AND THE EVOLUTION OF ARIZONA'S WINTERS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: W. Tanner Porter, Paul Dawson, Mathieu Brown, Troy Marino, Len Necefer, David Lovejoy
Description: Arizona seems an improbable ski locale given North America's mountainous geography, yet its high-elevation sky islands support multiple winter backcou...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.49.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, climate change, risk communication, machine learning, snow-pack variability
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Title: AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT AT WHISTLER MOUNTAIN UTILIZING STRATEGIC MINDSET AND DE-BIASING STRATEGIES
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Timothy R. Haggerty, Darren Saul, Nicole Koshure
Description: With over two million annual skier visits, and an operational season that runs from November to May and switches to an industrial forecasting program ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.64.pdf
Keywords: ski resort avalanche forecasting, risk management, strategic mindset, de-biasing, reflection, mentorship
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Title: GREY ZONES – EXAMINING FORECASTERS' PRACTICES AND PERSPECTIVES FOR COMMUNICATING UNCERTAINTY IN PUBLIC AVALANCHE FORECASTS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Eeva Latosuo, Pascal Haegeli, Julie Demuth, Ethan Greene
Description: Uncertainty is inherent in avalanche forecasting, yet it is not communicated in a consistent way in public avalanche forecasts. Avalanche forecast use...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.13.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk communication, uncertainty, public avalanche forecasting, user research
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Title: THE OUTDOOR ADVENTURE RISK INDEX: FORECASTING BACKCOUNTRY EVACUATION LIKELIHOOD FROM WEATHER AND VISITOR EXPOSURE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Matthew Sheahan, Peter Tsigaris, Anne Terwiel, Yaou Hu
Description: Backcountry risk assessment requires practitioners and operators to interpret continually changing environmental conditions alongside uneven patterns ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.14.pdf
Keywords: backcountry risk, evacuation likelihood, rare-event prediction, visitor exposure, decision support, search and rescue
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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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