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- Title: AUSTRALIAN ALPS SURFACE HAZARD RATING SYSTEM
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Craig Sheppard, Kyle Boys, Tyson Rettie
- Description: Winter backcountry hazard communication has traditionally focused on avalanches, yet in many alpine environments, snow surface conditions can present ...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.32.pdf
- Keywords: hazard communication, risk communication, crust, ice, slide for life, uncontrolled sliding falls
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- Title: THE OPERATIONAL DEVIATION INDEX: A DISCLOSURE AND INFORMED REFUSAL PROTOCOL
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Steve Andrews
- Description: Following the 2003 season in Canada, sweeping reforms equipped recreational backcountry users with tools for better decision making. Commercial operat...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.4.pdf
- Keywords: guiding operations, informed consent, disclosure, crm, risk communication
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- Title: AVALANCHE WARNING SIGNS ON HIGHWAYS: A PRACTITIONER'S FRAMEWORK FOR DESIGN, PLACEMENT, AND RISK-BASED STANDARDIZATION
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Sharp, Eirik, Campbell, Cam, Thumlert, Scott
- Description: This paper examines how transportation agencies design, place, and deploy avalanche warning signage, and proposes a framework for standardizing those ...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.43.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche signage, highway avalanche risk management, transportation infrastructure.
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- Title: APPLICATIONS FOR RADAR AVALANCHE DETECTION AT NORTH AMERICAN SKI RESORT OPERATIONS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Reid Nolan, Nicole Koshure, Tim Haggerty
- Description: Automated avalanche detection systems (AADS) have been utilized by a wide range of operations but have only recently been adopted by North American sk...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.44.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche detection, avalanche forecasting, radar, automated avalanche detection systems (aads), ski resort, avalanche risk management
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- Title: THE STATE OF THE SNOWPACK: A COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH FOR TRANSFORMING HOW AVALANCHE FORECASTS ARE INTERPRETED AND APPLIED
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Morgan Dinsdale, Jason Wishlow, Catherine Paone
- Description: Avalanche forecasts are widely accessed, but access alone does not ensure understanding or safe decision-making. Despite ongoing advances in forecasti...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.5.pdf
- Keywords: risk communication; decision making; avalanche forecasting; community-based education; public safety; user behaviour
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- Title: THE PERSISTENCE OF SOCIAL HEURISTICS IN BACKCOUNTRY DECISION-MAKING: AN ANALYSIS OF RESORT-ADJACENT USERS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Duncan Knight
- Description: Avalanche fatalities in recreational backcountry settings remain predominantly linked to human judgment errors rather than environmental unpredictabil...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.11.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche decision-making, social heuristics, social proof, backcountry skiing, risk perception, group dynamics.
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- Title: A MULTI-LEVEL AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY: A CASE STUDY FROM NORTHWESTERN ITALY (AOSTA VALLEY)
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Rubino, A., Matzuzzi, M., Frigo, B., Dellavedova, P.
- Description: The increasing frequency and magnitude of natural extreme events endangering the built environment highlight the need for effective policy-oriented to...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.18.pdf
- Keywords: risk management; built environment; vulnerability; exposure; resource allocation
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- Title: THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN TERRAIN MANAGEMENT: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE CHANGING THE CULTURE
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Erme Catino
- Description: Technology, specifically regarding social media and Artificial Intelligence (Al), is moving at a speed we as society are struggling to keep up with an...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.20.pdf
- Keywords: artificial intelligence, avalanche education, avalanche forecasting, decision making, risk communication, terrain
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- Title: WALKING THE EDGE: ANALYSIS OF A SURVEY ON THE RISKS OF CORNICE MITIGATION AND RISK NORMALIZATION
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Ben Merkle
- Description: Snow safety practitioners commonly report anecdotes of near misses while performing cornice mitigation work. This study surveyed 51 avalanche practiti...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.22.pdf
- Keywords: cornice, cornice mitigation, risk normalization
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- Title: DOES IT ALWAYS SNOW IN JULY, OR RAIN IN DECEMBER? MELT-FREEZE RECRYSTALLIZATION IN THE MIDST OF A RECORD SETTING SEASON
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: David Kelly, Drew Hardesty
- Description: The winter of 2025-2026 set records for below average snowfall. Compared to the winter of 2022-2023, which set records for above average snowfall, one...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.30.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack properties, avalanche forecasting, risk communication, melt-layer recrystallization, crusts
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- Title: EMPOWERING TEAMS: STRUCTURED RISK MANAGEMENT AND FLUENT LEADERSHIP IN MOUNTAIN RESCUE
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Benedikt Friedrich, Stefan Blochum, Silvan Metz
- Description: The Bavarian Mountain Rescue Service (Bergwacht Bayern) strives for the safest possible operational environment and the most challenging yet safe trai...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.44.pdf
- Keywords: mountain rescue, risk management, decision making
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- Title: FIELD INTERVENTION AND CONTROL OF A GLIDE AVALANCHE IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT WITHOUT EXPLOSIVE RELEASE OPTIONS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Sergi Riba Porras, Vicente Medina, Joan Albós, Carles García-Sellés
- Description: On 17 February 2026, a ~50 m long basal crack developed on a short snow-covered slope immediately above an urban sector of Pas de la Casa, Andorra. Th...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.46.pdf
- Keywords: glide avalanche; hydraulic fragmentation; ramms; urban risk; avalanche mitigation; andorra
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- Title: A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS AVALANCHE BULLETIN UNDERSTANDING AND TERRAIN SELECTION: A PROOF OF CONCEPT IN ANDORRA
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Aguirre-Noguera, B, Farías-Torbidoni, El, Revuelto, J, Llena, M, Margalef, A, Pons, M
- Description: Understanding how backcountry users interpret and act upon avalanche hazard information and terrain remains a central challenge in avalanche hazard ma...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.5.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche hazard communication; decision-making; risk perception; avalanche safety. drone, sig,
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- Title: THE STORIES BEHIND THE DATA: 30 YEARS OF SNOWPACK SURVEYS ON NIWOT RIDGE
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Jennifer Frances Morse
- Description: My work is a case study about the co-development of an academic field safety program with a high alpine fine-scale snow depth and snow profile record ...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.53.pdf
- Keywords: academic field safety, long-term snowpack monitoring, near-miss reporting, alpine snow distribution, risk management, field research
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- Title: UNDERSTANDING THE ACTIONABILITY OF FUTURE SNOW AVALANCHE HAZARD MAPS IN ALASKA
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Kristin M. F. Timm, Patrick O. Ansah, Gabriel J. Wolken, Katreen W. Jones
- Description: Climate change is altering snow and weather conditions in Alaska, creating new challenges for avalanche risk management. Researchers are developing fu...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.54.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanches, actionable science, hazard maps, decision-making, uncertainty, risk communication
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