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Title: Avalanches in the Sibillini Mounts (Marche, Italy)
Date: 2009
Authors: Alessandro Fabbrizio, Giuliano Mainini
Description: Generally we are capacities to think that the avalanche is an event that happens in high mountains or inhabited centers near alpine zones in concomita...
Object ID: issw-2009-0039-0043.pdf
Keywords: sibillini, avalanche, inhabited centers, ski touring, road, ski resort
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Title: Skisim - A Tool to Assess the Impact of Climate Change on Ski Season Length and Snowmaking
Date: 2009
Authors: Robert Steiger
Description: A semi-distributed ski season simulation model (“SkiSim”) was developed to analyze potential impacts of climate change on ski season lengt...
Object ID: issw-2009-0239-0243.pdf
Keywords: climate change, snowmaking, ski tourism, austria
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Title: Information Value of the Avalanche Bulletin for Snowsports
Date: 2009
Authors: Florian Hellberg, Chris Semmel, Paul Mair
Description: Unavailable
Object ID: issw-2009-0605.pdf
Keywords: avalanche bulletin, pictograms, ski touring study
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Title: Avalanche Protection for Rosa Khutor
Date: 2008-09-25
Authors: Chris Stethem, Roger McCarthy
Description: The 2014 Winter Olympics have been awarded to Sochi, Russia. The Alpine skiing venue will be the new ski area now being built at Rosa Khutor, above th...
Object ID: P__8009.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, ski area, mitigation, winter olympics
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Title: Recent Trends and Prevention Strategies for Avalanche and Snow Immersion Risk at U.S. and B.C. Ski Areas
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Paul Baugher
Description: Many ISSW participants are involved in snow safety operations at ski areas. Understanding recent changes in trends in avalanche and snow immersion ris...
Object ID: P__8158.pdf
Keywords: snow immersion, avalanche fatalities, narsid, ski area, risk management
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Title: Potential Impacts of Climate Change for Western U.S. Ski Areas: Adaptation and Sustainability in the 21st Century
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Brian Lazar, Mark Williams
Description: We evaluate how climate change resulting from increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions may affect snow coverage for two case studies: Aspen Mountain a...
Object ID: P__8084.pdf
Keywords: climate change, snow, aspen, park city, ski areas, general circulation models
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Title: Risk Trends at U.S. and British Columbia Ski Areas: An Evaluation of the Risk of Snow Immersion Versus Avalanche Burials
Date: 2006
Authors: Paul Baugher
Description: The risk trends for avalanche and snow accidents at U.S. and B.C. ski areas are changing. During the period from 1990/91 to 2005/06, there were four a...
Object ID: issw-2006-584-591.pdf
Keywords: snow immersion, avalanche fatalities, narsid, ski area, risk management
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Title: Skier Triggered Surface Hoar: A Discussion of Avalanche Involvements During the 2006 Valdez Chugach Helicopter Ski Season
Date: 2006
Authors: Sarah Carter, Peter Carter, Jeff Levison
Description: April of the 2006 helicopter ski season in the Valdez Alaska Chugach Mountains is characterized by numerous skier triggered avalanches. Preliminary da...
Object ID: issw-2006-860-867.pdf
Keywords: buried surface hoar, skier triggered, chugach, helicopter ski
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Title: Climate Change in Western Ski Areas: Timing of Wet Avalanches in Aspen Ski Area in the Years 2030 and 2100
Date: 2006
Authors: Brian Lazar, Mark Williams
Description: We evaluate how climate change resulting from increased greenhouse gas emissions may affect the timing of wet avalanches at Aspen Mountain in the year...
Object ID: issw-2006-899-906.pdf
Keywords: climate change, wet avalanches, aspen, ski areas, gcm
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Title: Optimal Preparation of Alpine Ski Runs
Date: 2004
Authors: Mathieu Fauve, Hansueli Rhyner, Martin Schneebeli, Walter Ammann
Description: The demands on the quality of ski runs have grown with the development of sports equipment. A skiing run must nowadays provide perfect grip, have a c...
Object ID: issw-2004-656-660.pdf
Keywords: ski run, snow grooming, weather, snow properties, snow sintering, machine-made snow
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Title: An AvaLung - Associated Avalanche Survival
Date: 2002
Authors: Thomas J.Crowley, Dale Atkins, Colin K.Grissom, Martin I.Radwin, Michael P.Morrissey
Description: Background: In controlled experiments the AvaLung, using air contained within snow, maintains buried persons' oxygenation adequately for 60 minutes or...
Object ID: issw-2002-189-193.pdf
Keywords: asphyxia, suffocation, ski, tree wells
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Title: Avalanche Forecasting at Stevens Pass Part II Ski Area Rating for Avalanche Potential
Date: 2000
Authors: Jon Andrews
Description: In 1994 we started a new program for avalanche control purposes at the Stevens Pass ski area. We have given the U.S. avalanche danger scale nine weath...
Object ID: issw-2000-153-157.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, ski area, control, danger scale
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Title: A Measuring Instrument for the Hardness and the Roughness of the Ski Slope - Correlatlon to the Gliding Properties of Skis - Penetrometer and Profilometer
Date: 2000
Authors: Daniel Buhl, Mathieu Fauve, Martin Schneebeli, Hansueli Rhyner, Walter Ammann
Description: The analysis of the ski slope is crucial for understanding the gliding of skis. Especially in ski racing a detailed knowledge of the parameters of the...
Object ID: issw-2000-409-411.pdf
Keywords: ski slope, hardness, roughness, gliding, skiing
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Title: Characteristics of Artificial Snow and its Effect on Vegetation
Date: 2000
Authors: Veronika Stockli, Christian Rixen
Description: The winter and early spring environment of plants under ski slopes is physically and chemically changed due to grooming and the addition of artificia...
Object ID: issw-2000-468-471.pdf
Keywords: artificial snow, snow density, snow depth, ski slopes, temperature, vegetation
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Title: Telluride Ski Area Expansion Snow Safety Plan Development and lmplementation 1993-2001
Date: 2000
Authors: Craig Sterbenz
Description: Proposed expansion of the Telluride Ski Area onto previously permitted, but undeveloped, National Forest lands required an Environmental Impact Statem...
Object ID: issw-2000-584-586.pdf
Keywords: ski area, planning, hazard mapping, hazard identification & mitigation, expert forecasting
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