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Title: PROSNOW - Provision of a prediction system allowing for management and optimization of snow in alpine ski resorts
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Samuel Morin, Ghislain Dubois, The PROSNOW Consortium
Description: The level of activity, employment, turnover and profit of hundreds of ski resorts in the European Alps primarily depends on meteorological conditions,...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P06.11.pdf
Keywords: snow management, ski resorts, meteorological forecast, seasonal forecast, climate services, remote sensing
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Title: Ski alp races. Avalanche hazard evaluation and risk analysis
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Raviglione Massimo, Luca Macchetto, Flavio Saltarelli, Michel Barberis
Description: The organisers of sports events taking place outside managed areas, such as ski resorts, must understand the real local conditions of avalanche danger...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P11.11.pdf
Keywords: ski alp races, ski mountaineering, danger, risk, responsibility
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Title: Comparison of various forecast products of height of new snow in 24 hours of french ski resorts at different lead times
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Champavier Robin, Lafaysse Matthieu, Vernay Matthieu, Coléou Cécile
Description: This work compares the skill of various forecasting products of Height of new Snow (HS) available in French mountainous areas. The solid precipitation...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O12.11.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, height of new snow, french ski resorts, skill score, models
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Title: Evaluation of 30 years of nivo-meteorological and avalanche data in Andorra
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Jon Apodaka, Marc Pons, Laura Trapero, Aina Margalef, Anna Albalat, Natalia Gallego, Juan Ignacio López-Moreno, Glòria Furdada
Description: Andorra is located in the axial Pyrenees, in a climatic transition zone (Atlantic- Mediterranean). Hence, different atmospheric circulation types gene...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P13.1.pdf
Keywords: risk management, snow climate, ski resort, artificial triggering, avalanche, andorra
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Title: Learning from a fatal avalanche incident
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Cindy Berlack
Description: The BRASS (Bryce & Ronnie Athlete Snow Safety) Foundation was established in the aftermath of losing our sons, Bryce Astle and Ronnie Berlack, US Ski ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P13.8.pdf
Keywords: avalanche danger scale, snow safety improvements, ski resorts, warnings, brass
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Title: Perspectives on Ski Cutting
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: John Stimberis
Description: Ski cuts are often used as a stability test to check for avalanche initiation by means of a skier’s weight. Avalanche control personnel employ ...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P15.11.pdf
Keywords: avalanche control, ski cutting, hazard reduction, mitigation
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Title: "Safer ski touring in Norway" - A guide book to 111 mountains where you can avoid avalanche terrain
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Erlend Sande, Espen Nordahl
Description: You may have heard that Norwegians are born with skis on their feet. Well, in 2018 we are no longer sure that this old saying holds true. One thing is...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P15.14.pdf
Keywords: safe ski touring, recognize avalanche terrain, ates, education, good day out
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Title: Let's break tradition and save more lives: Using snowmobiles for avalanche rescue
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Mike Duffy, Bruce Edgerly
Description: Traditionally, snowmobiles have been used for decades to access accident sites. Once on site, the search is traditionally conducted on foot. We have d...
Object ID: ISSW2018_P16.3.pdf
Keywords: snowmobile, snowmachine, ski-doo, avalanche rescue, snowmobile rescue, avalanche search and rescue, avsar
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Title: Ski Touring Bitacora - An innovative approach for trip planning, recording observations, and risk management while traveling in Avalanche terrain
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Santiago Rodriguez, Pedro Rodriguez, Bryan Biggs
Description: The use of field books for recording weather, avalanche and snowpack observations is essential for recreationists, professionals, and snow scientists....
Object ID: ISSW2018_P18.4.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, field book, field journal, ski touring planning
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Title: A new, guide-focused approach for characterizing skiing terrain to facilitate risk management decisions and research
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Brendan F. Wakefield, Pascal Haegeli, Reto Sterchi, Roger Atkins, Clair Israelson
Description: Perception of terrain characteristics is fundamental to risk and hazard management for professional guides in mechanized skiing operations. Existing t...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O19.5.pdf
Keywords: avalanche terrain, terrain characterization, ski guiding, avalanche risk management
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Title: Can We Derive an Avalanche Terrain Severity Rating from Observed Terrain Selection of Professional Guides? A Proof-Of-Concept Study
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Scott Thumlert, Pascal Haegeli
Description: The physical risk from snow avalanches poses a serious threat to backcountry recreationalists and the winter backcountry recreation industry. Professi...
Object ID: ISSW16_O5.03.pdf
Keywords: terrain selection, helicopter ski guiding, avalanche risk management, avalanche hazard, gis avalanche terrain classification
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Title: Triggered Avalanche - a Case Study From the Italian Alps
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Igor Chiambretti, Bernardino Chiaia, Barbara Frigo
Description: The 6th February 2014, two parties of 25 Heli-skiers (6 guides and 19 clients) and 3 snow observers were on activity on a large bowl at 2800 m elevati...
Object ID: ISSW16_O8.02.pdf
Keywords: heli ski; triggered avalanche; accident case study
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Title: The Effects of Different Methods of Compaction on Snowpack Stability
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Diana Saly, Jordy Hendrikx, Karl Birkeland, Stuart Challender, Tom Leonard
Description: The interaction between snowpack layers determines the snowpack stability. It follows that disrupting layers may improve stability. Ski patrols and gu...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.02.pdf
Keywords: compaction, snowpack stability, stability test, boot-packing, ski compaction
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Title: Stress Cortisol in Professional Ski Patrol
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Alex Bergeron, Jerry Johnson, Scott Creel
Description: Professional ski patrollers work in demanding and risky environments where stress is considered part of the job. Based on a previous study, the number...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.12.pdf
Keywords: stress, cortisol, avalanche mitigation, ski patrol
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Title: Observing Ski Touring and Decision making in the Alps. What Ordinary People Do or Not Do, and Why?
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Bjørn Michaelsen, Carsten Rolland
Description: Recreational avalanche accident prevention seems to be based on a universal understanding of snow and avalanche science. This has led to an impressive...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.13.pdf
Keywords: ski touring, decision making, risk cultures, tradition, qualitative methods, avalanche education
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