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- Title: Preferred Knots for Joining Hollow Braid Poly Rope
- Date: 1998
- Authors: Dick Chisholm
- Description: Ski patrollers disagree about which is the most secure knot for joining two pieces of hollow braid polypropylene rope. This shiny, diamond-patterned r...
- Object ID: issw-1998-325-334.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche risk management, knot security, knots for polypropylene rope, ski area management, hollow braid polypropylene rope
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- Title: Experiments and Numerical Simulation of Ping-Pong Ball Avalanches
- Date: 1998
- Authors: Y. Ito, K. Nishimura, Y. Nohguchi, J. McElwaine, S. Keller, K. Izumi
- Description: Snow avalanche experiments at a ski jump have been carried out since 1995. Instead of snow, we used up to 550,000 ping-pong balls to simulate three-di...
- Object ID: issw-1998-537-543.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanche, ping-pong ball, ski jump, particle and air interaction
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- Title: Alpine Touring Access Management on Public Lands in Avalanche Terrain
- Date: 1996
- Authors: Robert H.Comey
- Description: In Jackson Hole, Wyoming skiers and snowboarders access rugged avalanche terrain on publicly owned land from privately owned ski lifts. Backcountry av...
- Object ID: issw-1996-209-212.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, teton, backcountry, jackson, ski, corney
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- Title: The New Avalanche Control Programme at the Lake Louise Ski Area
- Date: 1996
- Authors: Mark Klassen
- Description: Avalanche control operations at the Lake Louise Ski Area have a history spanning nearly thirty years. Originally a small resort which did not extend a...
- Object ID: issw-1996-213-216.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, ski area, management
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- Title: Snow Avalanche Experiments at Ski Jump
- Date: 1996
- Authors: K. Nishimura, Y. Nohguch, Y. Ito, K. Kosugi, K. Izumi
- Description: In 1995, we have started the experiments at a ski jump to investigate the avalanche dynamics and internal structures in detail. In winter, natural sno...
- Object ID: issw-1996-244-251.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche experiment, ski jump, ping-pong balls
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- Title: History of Professional Ski Patrolling in the Western United States
- Date: 1994
- Authors: Scott Toepfer
- Description: As ski areas became more and more popular during the 1940's and 1950's, ski area management became increasingly aware of the need for full-time, well-...
- Object ID: issw-1994-423-430.pdf
- Keywords: ski trails, ski areas, ski patrolling, ski management
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- Title: Repeated Mistakes by Avalanche Professionals
- Date: 1994
- Authors: Douglas P. Richmond
- Description: This presentation is a look at the historical record and-an attempt to help the assembled avalanche experts re-evaluate their own terrain, methods, an...
- Object ID: issw-1994-449-458.pdf
- Keywords: slides, terrain, ski cutting, starting zones, snow stability
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- Title: Modal Analysis: A Dynamic Ski Test
- Date: 1994
- Authors: Mr. Bob Rice, Dr. Rand Decker, Dr. Richard W. Shorthill
- Description: The dynamic behavior of skis is investigated using a digital spectrum analyzer and measuring both the input force and the response motion. The natural...
- Object ID: issw-1994-606-616.pdf
- Keywords: skis, ski damages
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- Title: Installation Design of the Avalanche Impact Pylon Facility, Alta, Utah
- Date: 1992
- Authors: Andrea Clayton, Rand Decker, Charles Richardson, Osamu Abe
- Description: In order to research avalanche forces, an impact pylon was installed at Alta Ski Area, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. The pylon is located beneath Mo...
- Object ID: issw-1992-182-190.pdf
- Keywords: epoxy anchor belts, ski lifts, avalanche path, release
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- Title: What Do Ski Mountaineers Know About Snow Cover and Avalanche Formation? - Results of an Inquiry
- Date: 1992
- Authors: Peter Holler
- Description: Extended Abstract: As a result of overcrowded skiing areas we can observe an increasing of ski mountaineers in the last ten years. But avalanche educa...
- Object ID: issw-1992-270-275.pdf
- Keywords: ski mountaineers, snow cover, avalanche education, accidents, depth hoar
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- Title: The Future Role of the U.S. Forest Service in Avalanche Programs
- Date: 1990
- Authors: H. Peter Wingle
- Description: In the early years of ski area development In the west, the U.S. Forest Service assumed a leadership role In both avalanche and snow science related r...
- Object ID: issw-1990-163-166.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche programs, forest service, future, control, ski areas, back country
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- Title: Military Weapons for Avalanche Control Program
- Date: 1990
- Authors: Doug Abromeit
- Description: Military weapons were first used to control avalanches in North America in 1949 at Alta Ski Area, Utah and Berthoud Pass, Colorado. Military weapons p...
- Object ID: issw-1990-167-174.pdf
- Keywords: forest service, ski areas, control, military, weapons, gaz-ex
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- Title: The French Choices Among the Growing Range of the Avalanche Blasting Techniques
- Date: 1990
- Authors: Gilles Borrel
- Description: In France the ski resort manager, the avalanche expert, and the road maintenance engineer have several different types of avalanche blasting technique...
- Object ID: issw-1990-184.pdf
- Keywords: french choices, avalanche, blasting techniques, road maintenance engineer, avalanche expert, ski resort manager
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- Title: Cornice Control Methods Used by the Fernie Snow Valley Pro-Patrol
- Date: 1990
- Authors: R. Siggers
- Description: Fernie Snow Valley is a medium sized ski resort located in the Front Ranges of the Rocky Mountains of south eastern British Columbia. The resort sits ...
- Object ID: issw-1990-198-199.pdf
- Keywords: fernie snow valley, snowfall, starting zones, ski areas, avalanche
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- Title: Managing Backcountry Access from Downhill Alpine Ski Areas (An Avalanche Awareness and Personal Responsibility Issue)
- Date: 1990
- Authors: John W. Korb
- Description: Downhill"alpine" ski areas provide access opportunities into the backcountry for a variety of recreation users. Access from ski areas creates administ...
- Object ID: issw-1990-201-210.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, awareness, ski areas, public safety, rocky mountain region
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