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- Title: Mapping Avalanche Mentorship in the US: A Visualization of the Mentorship Network Amongst US Avalanche Professionals
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Sean C. Johnson, Eeva Latosuo, Aleph Johnston-Bloom
- Description: Mentorship in the avalanche industry is a sparsely researched topic, yet anecdotally avalanche professionals and their workplaces typically talk about...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.44.pdf
- Keywords: mentorship, mapping, avalanche, avalanche association, professional development
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- Title: Utilizing Common Radio Channels in High-Use Avalanche Terrain
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Matt H. Steen, Bruce Edgerly
- Description: Winter backcountry travel is increasingly more popular, especially adjacent to ski areas and common-use trailheads. The increase of winter recreation ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.47.pdf
- Keywords: radio communication, backcountry safety, group management, rescue
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- Title: Measuring Avalanche Risk and Level of Service for a Transportation Network – a Practical Approach
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Steve Conger
- Description: This paper describes innovative metrics to explore the traffic service quality experienced by highway travelers as a result of avalanche risk mitigati...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.49.pdf
- Keywords: planning risk assessment, highways, ahi, uncertainty, hazard rating, racs, integral avalanche protection, calibrated probabilities
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- Title: The Norwegian Avalanche Observer Corps: Safety, Quality, Training, Procedures and Culture
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Markus Landrø, Rune Engeset, Andreas Haslestad, Jostein Aasen, Knut I. Orset
- Description: Field observers are crucial to secure a steady flow of high quality observations from the field, which is necessary to provide a reliable avalanche fo...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.50.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, observer training, safety
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- Title: Design and Testing of Blast Shield for Avalanche Control used by the Colorado Department of Transportation
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Vilem Petr, Eduardo Lozano
- Description: An accidental explosion took place in March 2014 while performing an avalanche control operation in Loveland, Colorado. After the unfortunate events, ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P2.51.pdf
- Keywords: barrier, blast wave, fragmentation, high explosives, safety
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- Title: Effects of Saharan Dust Outbreaks on the Snow Stability in the Pyrenees
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Laetitia Chomette, Montse Bacardit, Jordi Gavaldà , Ivan Moner
- Description: Saharan dust outbreaks occur nearly every winter in the Pyrenees. It is well established that dust layers on the top of the snowpack reduce the snow a...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.02.pdf
- Keywords: snowpack structure, variability and metamorphism; avalanche formation, release and dynamics
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- Title: Comparison of ECT, RB, Threshold Sum and Relative Threshold Sum Approach to To Snowpack Instability Evaluation - New Results
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Igor Chiambretti, Fabiano Monti, Mauro Valt
- Description: The Italian regional avalanche forecasting services (AINEVA) collect snowpack observations such as snowpack profiles or stability tests on a daily or ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.05.pdf
- Keywords: rutschblock (rb), extended column test (ect), structural instability indices, threshold sum (tsa), relative threshold sum (rta)
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- Title: Five Seasons of Detailed Surface Hoar Observations: What Have We Learned?
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Tom Leonard
- Description: Since the start of the 2011-12 season the Yellowstone Club Ski Patrol have diligently been collecting detailed observations of surface hoar (SH) prese...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.07.pdf
- Keywords: spatial variability, surface hoar, synoptic approach, forecasting
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- Title: Effects of Bark Beetle Attacks on Snowpack and Snow Avalanche Hazard
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Michaela Teich, Martin Schneebeli, Peter Bebi, Andrew D. Giunta, Curtis A. Gray, Michael J. Jenkins
- Description: Unprecedented bark beetle outbreaks across western North America have resulted in the death of millions of trees, which profoundly affects snowpack in...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.10.pdf
- Keywords: subcanopy snow stratigraphy, avalanche protection forest, spruce beetle, snowmicropen
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- Title: Distance between Electronic Devices and Avalanche Transceivers on a Professional Ski Patrol
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Shawn Orloff
- Description: Cellular phones and two-way radios are indispensable communication tools for professional ski patrollers. It has been well established that electronic...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.14.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche rescue, transceiver, electronic interference
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- Title: Avalanche Close-Calls During Courses – What Can We Learn?
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Steve Conger
- Description: This paper and its associated poster present a study of avalanche close-calls or incidents that have occurred during field sessions in a formalized av...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.15.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche accidents, close calls, hazard evaluation conceptual model, recognition primed decision-making
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- Title: After the Avalanche: Protocols for Evacuation and Medical Treatment
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Stephen J. Christie
- Description: The focus in recreational avalanche education has improved over the last decade with initiatives related to group communication, group leadership, saf...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.17.pdf
- Keywords: medical treatment, education, evacuation, first aid
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- Title: Analysis of 40 Years of Snowmobiler Fatalities – 1976-2016
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Iain Stewart-Patterson, Jeremy Hanke
- Description: There have been 127 snowmobile avalanche fatalities in Canada over last 40 years. With 19 snowmobiler avalanche fatalities in the 2008-2009 season, th...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.18.pdf
- Keywords: snowmobile, fatality, terrain management
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- Title: Avalanche Fatalities in Utah in the Modern Era
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Drew Hardesty
- Description: The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) has records of Utah avalanche fatalities for the modern era, totaling 116 deaths. For this study, the first avalanche ...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.19.pdf
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- Title: Causes of Death Among Avalanche Fatalities in Colorado: a 20-Year Review
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Alison Sheets, Dale S. Wang, Spencer Logan, Dale Atkins
- Description: Methods: We reviewed all avalanche fatalities between 1995 and 2015 in the state of Colorado, USA, using the database maintained by the Colorado Avala...
- Object ID: ISSW16_P3.20.pdf
- Keywords: trauma, avalanche fatalities, asphyxia, colorado
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