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Title: FOLLOWING THE DATA: LESSONS LEARNED FROM A DECADE OF MAPPING AVALANCHES AND EXPLOSIVE USE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Alex Mithoefer, Malia Reeves, Taos Ski Patrol
Description: Taos Ski Valley Ski Patrol has been using GIS mapping software to record explosive use and avalanche activity since 2015. In over a decade, we have d...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O6.3.pdf
Keywords: mapping, explosives, avalanches, ski resort, avalanche mitigation, gis
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Title: IMPROVING WORKER SAFETY AND ACCESS TIMING WITH AVALANCHE RADAR IN A COMPLEX SKI RESORT: CRANS-MONTANA-AMINONA, SWITZERLAND
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Fabrice Meyer, Severin Stähly, Susanne Wahlen
Description: The Crans-Montana-Aminona (CMA) ski resort lies on the southern side of the Alpine main ridge in Valais, Switzerland, on predominantly south-facing te...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O6.6.pdf
Keywords: avalanche radar, doppler detection, remote avalanche control, worker safety, ski resort access management
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Title: AVALANCHE FORECASTING IN THE PEJO SKI AREA: A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH USING A SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Christian Brida, Carlo Bee, Giorgio Rosatti
Description: Snow avalanches pose a major hazard in alpine ski areas, where reliable local forecasts are essential for operational decisions such as ski slope open...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P1.3.pdf
Keywords: artificial intelligence, avalanche forecasting, decision making, quantitative forecasting, ski resort management, local forecasting
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Title: AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT AT WHISTLER MOUNTAIN UTILIZING STRATEGIC MINDSET AND DE-BIASING STRATEGIES
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Timothy R. Haggerty, Darren Saul, Nicole Koshure
Description: With over two million annual skier visits, and an operational season that runs from November to May and switches to an industrial forecasting program ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.64.pdf
Keywords: ski resort avalanche forecasting, risk management, strategic mindset, de-biasing, reflection, mentorship
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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: AN OPERATIONAL SNOWPACK MODELING AND VISUALIZATION PIPELINE FOR SKI RESORT AVALANCHE FORECASTING
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Eric E. Lawrence, Wendolyn Antibus
Description: Numerical models of snow stratigraphy have long served avalanche forecasting where in situ observations are challenging, typically in infrastructure p...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P3.7.pdf
Keywords: snowpack modeling, avalanche forecasting, snowpack, ski resort operations, snow stratigraphy, interactive visualization
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Title: OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF SNOW CORNICE DEVELOPMENT ON ARTIFICIAL VERTICAL SECTIONS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Takahiro Tanabe, Kouichi Nshimura, Taiki Nunokawa, Yoshihiko Saito, Tsubasa Okaze, Satoru Adachi, Satoru Yamaguchi, Yoichi Ito, Sojiro Sunako, Hirofumi Niiya
Description: Snow cornices are overhanging accumulations of wind-transported snow that frequently develop along mountain ridges and may trigger avalanches when the...
Object ID: ISSW2026_P4.15.pdf
Keywords: snow cornice, blowing snow, ski resort, hazard assessment
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Title: AN ANALYSIS OF FORECASTER ACCURACY IN PREDICTING AVALANCHE PROBLEM TYPE AND LIKELIHOOD IN SKI AREA OPERATIONAL HAZARD ASSESSMENTS
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Wendolyn Antibus, Evan Leonard, Matt Zupan
Description: Forecasting staff at Mt Rose Ski Tahoe have been utilizing the InfoEx International product to issue daily hazard assessments and record avalanche act...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O1.11.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, ski resort operations, conceptual model, infoex, avalanche problem type, avalanche likelihood
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Title: SMALL MID-MOUNTAIN SKI RESORTS FACING CLIMATE CHANGE: THE TESTIMONY OF SAINT-HILAIRE-DU-TOUVET, CHARTREUSE, FRANCE
Date: 2024-09-23
Authors: Guillaume Broust, Sandra Buisson, Marion Couble, Elodie Eymard, Jocelyne Grosso, Fabrice Konarski, Pascal Lacroix, Isabelle Lecomte, Olivier Prache, Pierre Roigt, Loïc Vicier, Joe Vicier, Anne Dufour
Description: Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet is known worldwide by paragliders thanks to its breathtaking panorama embracing, among others the Mont-Blanc. It has been in t...
Object ID: ISSW2024_O5.5.pdf
Keywords: small ski resort, climate change, ski for all, adaptation, agility
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Title: A new approach to avalanche risk assessment in Russia
Date: 2018-10-07
Authors: Anton Komarov, Yuri Seliverstov, Alla Turchaninova, Sergey Sokratov
Description: Snow avalanches pose a challenging problem in many mountain regions of Russia. The expansion of infrastructure and therefore the increased avalanche r...
Object ID: ISSW2018_O03.8.pdf
Keywords: snow avalanche, risk assessment, risk zoning, ramms, ski resort.
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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: Avalanches on the Roads: Operational and Research Aspects for the Managment of Risk Within the Project Alcotran. 144 "MAP3"
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Segor V., Dellavedova P., Pitet L., Bovet E., Durand N., Frigo B., Chiaia B., Maggioni M., Antonello G., Torretta F.
Description: The avalanche risk management on roads is a complex issue that concerns several aspects: social, economic and political. In particular, the problem is...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_O10.02.pdf
Keywords: roads, avalanche hazard management, ski resort
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Title: CLV Web- Platform: a New Tool to Support the Management of Local Avalanche Hazard
Date: 2014-09-29
Authors: Segor V., Antonello G., Durand N., Dellavedova P., Frigo B., Pitet L. , Saudin P.
Description: The management of local avalanche hazard has always been one of the vital aspects in mountain areas. Besides being a job of great social commitment, i...
Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P3.12.pdf
Keywords: roads, avalanche hazard management, ski resort.
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Title: Avalanche Risk Management in Winter 2012/13 in Monterosa Ski Resort – Aosta Valley (IT)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Prola A., Welf A., Durand N., Frigo B., Dellavedova P., Segor V.
Description: Monterosa Ski is one of the most important resorts in the North/West Italian Alps. Extending through three valleys in two regions (Aosta Valley and Pi...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-15.pdf
Keywords: ski resort, avalanche, risk management
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Title: Le Sappeyen Chartreuse Ski Resort: How it is Managed and How to Take into Account Climate Change?
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Hubert Gallée, Antoine Kévorkian, Thierry Grenet, Pascale Huyghe
Description: The Sappey-en-Chartreuse is situated in the Chartreuse mountains, in the French Alps. The low elevation ski resort spans a range of 1000 to 1300 m a.s...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-26.pdf
Keywords: ski resort, french alps, snow cover
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