International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings - Montana State University Library

skip navigation

Digital Collections Home

Your search for Keyword "road"resulted in 46 records.

Title: A CONSEQUENCE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR SITE-SPECIFIC ROAD AVALANCHE WARNING IN NORWAY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Emil Solbakken, Halgeir Dahle, Tore Humstad, Njål Farestveit, Jens Øyen Tveit, Eivind Schnell Juvik, Dag Theodor Røsvik Andreassen
Description: Site-specific avalanche warning for roads is a risk-reducing measure that combines an assessment of avalanche likelihood with an impact-based assessme...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O2.1.pdf
Keywords: site-specific avalanche warning, consequence assessment, road avalanche risk, residual risk, impact-based forecasting
View additional details about A CONSEQUENCE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR SITE-SPECIFIC ROAD AVALANCHE WARNING IN NORWAY

Title: Daily Avalanche Probability Indication Maps: First Operational Experience in Davos, Switzerland
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Julia Glaus, Pia Ruttner, Lukas Stoffel, Johan Gaume, Yves Bühler
Description: Avalanche risk management in ski resorts, along traffic routes, and for exposed buildings relies mainly on point-based measurements, field observation...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O7.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, road safety, forecasting, probability, hazard assessment
View additional details about Daily Avalanche Probability Indication Maps: First Operational Experience in Davos, Switzerland

Title: WIDESPREAD WET AVALANCHES BUT A SAFE ROAD: THE MARCH 2025 WET SNOW CYCLE IN HARDANGER AND LESSONS FROM SITE-SPECIFIC FORECASTING ON E134 HAUKELIFJELL
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Njål Farestveit, Markus Eckerstorfer, Halgeir Dahle
Description: On 4–5 March 2025, an extensive wet avalanche cycle struck the Hardanger region of western Norway, closing multiple roads through avalanche debris, ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.52.pdf
Keywords: wet avalanche, site-specific forecasting, avalanche control, road safety, snowpack, hardanger
View additional details about WIDESPREAD WET AVALANCHES BUT A SAFE ROAD: THE MARCH 2025 WET SNOW CYCLE IN HARDANGER AND LESSONS FROM SITE-SPECIFIC FORECASTING ON E134 HAUKELIFJELL

Title: MOBILE DRONE DOCKING STATIONS TO SUPPORT SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Halgeir Dahle, Ruben Jacobsen, Knut Inge Orset, Tore Humstad
Description: During periods of elevated avalanche hazard, field observations may be restricted due to safety concerns, limited accessibility, or rapidly changing c...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.21.pdf
Keywords: site-specific forecasting, road avalanche warning, mobile drone station, autonomous
View additional details about MOBILE DRONE DOCKING STATIONS TO SUPPORT SITE-SPECIFIC AVALANCHE OBSERVATIONS AND FORECASTING

Title: OBSERVATIONS FROM AREAL SURVEILLANCE OF AVALANCHE ACTIVITY USING ROADSIDE DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Guro K. Svendsen, Antoine Turquet, Tore Humstad
Description: From January 2025 to January 2026 we used Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) to record avalanche activity in the valley of Lavangsdalen, Troms, Norway...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.22.pdf
Keywords: das, snow avalanche dynamics, road safety, warning systems
View additional details about OBSERVATIONS FROM AREAL SURVEILLANCE OF AVALANCHE ACTIVITY USING ROADSIDE DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING

Title: Near real-time snow depth monitoring with low-cost lidar sensors for road safety decisions
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Pia Ruttner, Julia Glaus, Yves Bühler
Description: Operational avalanche safety decisions often must be taken under conditions of limited direct observations and sparse spatial data coverage. In partic...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.27.pdf
Keywords: remote sensing, snow depth monitoring, low-cost lidar, road safety
View additional details about Near real-time snow depth monitoring with low-cost lidar sensors for road safety decisions

Title: BEYOND INFRASTRUCTURE: AN OFF-GRID, TRAILER-BASED AVALANCHE RADAR FOR REMOTE FORECASTING AND OPERATIONAL DECISION SUPPORT
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Susanne Wahlen, Severin Staehly, Lorenz Meier
Description: Automated avalanche detection provides continuous information on avalanche activity independently of daylight and visibility conditions, and is partic...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.59.pdf
Keywords: avalanche detection, doppler radar, automated monitoring, off-grid power supply, mobile monitoring, road safety
View additional details about BEYOND INFRASTRUCTURE: AN OFF-GRID, TRAILER-BASED AVALANCHE RADAR FOR REMOTE FORECASTING AND OPERATIONAL DECISION SUPPORT

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
View additional details about SMART AVALANCHE CONTROL REDUCES ROAD CLOSURES IN THE AUSTRIAN ALPS

Title: THE CHALLENGE OF SHORTENING THE CLOSURE PERIOD OF A MOUNTAIN PASS ROAD IN WINTER – THE EXAMPLE OF THE GOTTHARD PASS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Stefan Margreth, Philipp Oberender
Description: The Gotthard axis is one of the most important north-south traffic corridors through the Alps. For road traffic, it comprises the 17-km-long road tunn...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.14.pdf
Keywords: avalanche mitigation, avalanche risk, climate change, cost-benefit analysis, pass road.
View additional details about THE CHALLENGE OF SHORTENING THE CLOSURE PERIOD OF A MOUNTAIN PASS ROAD IN WINTER – THE EXAMPLE OF THE GOTTHARD PASS

Title: ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENT AVALANCHE RADAR MONITORING THE SLOPES ENDANGERING THE ROAD OF THE COL DU POURTALET ON THE FRENCH – SPANISH BORDER IN THE PYRENEES
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Maxence Carrel, Severin Staehly, Nadia Hassine, Gaëtan Viprey, Santiago Fábregas, Andrès Olloqui
Description: The road at Col du Pourtalet on the French-Spanish border in the Pyrenees is a major corridor through the Pyrenees remaining open all year long. Addit...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.6.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, snow, road safety, doppler radar, real-time
View additional details about ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENT AVALANCHE RADAR MONITORING THE SLOPES ENDANGERING THE ROAD OF THE COL DU POURTALET ON THE FRENCH – SPANISH BORDER IN THE PYRENEES

Title: AN AUTOMATIC AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (AVALARMS)
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Francesc Grau, Pere Oller
Description: Endesa, a gas and electricity company belonging to the Enel group, has dozens of roads leading to its hydropower assets, scattered in a wide area in t...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P1.19.pdf
Keywords: automatic avalanche risk management, road safety
View additional details about AN AUTOMATIC AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (AVALARMS)

Title: PROBABILITY-BASED AVALANCHE RUN-OUT MAPPING FOR ROAD SAFETY
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Julia Glaus, Katreen Wikstrom Jones, Jan Kleinn, Lukas Stoffel, Pia Ruttner-Jansen, Johan Gaume, Yves Bühler
Description: In the domain of avalanche road safety, local hazard experts have to assess the risk of an avalanche hitting the road given the predicted state of th...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O7.10.pdf
Keywords: road safety, probability mapping, avalanche dynamics, snow, risk assessment
View additional details about PROBABILITY-BASED AVALANCHE RUN-OUT MAPPING FOR ROAD SAFETY

Title: QUANTIFYING THE RISK TO AVALANCHE PRONE ROADS: CONSIDERATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Alan Jones, David Hamre, Chris Wilbur
Description: The Avalanche Hazard Index (AHI) method was pioneered in the early 1980s and published by Schaerer in 1989. Since then, the AHI method has been applie...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O7.11.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, risk, hazard, management, road, railway, ahi
View additional details about QUANTIFYING THE RISK TO AVALANCHE PRONE ROADS: CONSIDERATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE AVALANCHE HAZARD INDEX

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
View additional details about TECHNOLOGY FOR HANDELING OF NATURAL HAZARDS IN THE NORWEGIAN PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION

Title: CORNICE MITIGATION WITH KOLK CROSSES ON MIDDAGSEIDKLUMPEN, MOSJØEN
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Martin Stefan, Åsmund Jordet
Description: The only access road to wind power park on Øyfjellet in Mosjøen, Norway goes under an approximately 250m long road cut in a small but steep, east f...
Object ID: ISSW2024_P7.9.pdf
Keywords: cornice mitigation, kolk cross, mitigation structures, road safety
View additional details about CORNICE MITIGATION WITH KOLK CROSSES ON MIDDAGSEIDKLUMPEN, MOSJØEN