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Title: Post-Control Avalanches: Definition, History, Causes and the Future
Date: 2010
Authors: Michael Ferrari
Description: At developed ski areas the term post-control avalanches generally has been used to describe avalanches that occur after mitigation measures have been...
Object ID: ISSW_O-047.pdf
Keywords: avalanche control, ski areas, explosives, investigate
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Title: I-90 Snoqualmie Pass: Evolution of an Interstate Highway Avalanche Program
Date: 2010
Authors: Craig Wilbour, John Stimberis
Description: Interstate 90 over Snoqualmie Pass, WA (921 m) is the major highway through the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. Snoqualmie Pass receives an av...
Object ID: ISSW_O-048.pdf
Keywords: snow sheds, avalanche fences, explosives tramways, highways
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Title: Cornice Dynamics Above Nybyen in Svalbards High Arctic Landscape
Date: 2010
Authors: S. Vogel , M. Eckerstorfer, H. H. Christiansen
Description: The development of cornices, their cracking and consequent failures largely controlled by meteorology along the Gruvefjellet plateau ridge was investi...
Object ID: ISSW_P-092.pdf
Keywords: high arctic landscape, solar radiation, snow seasons
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Title: Avalanche Control: Inventory and Analysis of Preventive Triggering Methods in the World
Date: 2010
Authors: Bourjaillat Fanny, Dr Berthet-Rambaud Philippe
Description: Artificial avalanches release is based on the use of specials systems or process and appears to be one of the main solution to cope with avalanches r...
Object ID: ISSW_P-101.pdf
Keywords: preventive avalanche release, efficiency, regulations
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Title: How to Turn a Kids Bike into a Bomb Tram for Avalanche Control Work
Date: 2010
Authors: David Immeker
Description: Bomb trams have been used for many years in the ski industry to deliver an explosive air blast to avalanche starting zones. During the last few years...
Object ID: ISSW_P-102.pdf
Keywords: avalance control, bomb trams, startzing zones
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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: Opening the Mt. Rose Chutes: Transformation of a Control Program from Road Protection to Skier Protection
Date: 2008-09-25
Authors: Michael Ferrari, Mt. Rose Ski Patrol
Description: The 200-acre avalanche prone area historically called The Chutes was open for the first time as part of the developed Mt. Rose ski resort on December ...
Object ID: P__8111.pdf
Keywords: history, the chutes, control
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Title: Bootpacking and Systematic Application of Explosives: Shear Plane Disruption Technique in the Continental Climate
Date: 2008-09-25
Authors: Peter Carvelli
Description: Ski areas have long practiced avalanche risk reduction in order to provide continual skiing opportunities to guests in avalanche terrain, which differ...
Object ID: P__8016.pdf
Keywords: boot packing, shear plane disruption, strategic application of explosives
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Title: Development of an Helicopter-Borne Gas Device for Avalanche Preventive Release
Date: 2008-09-25
Authors: Dr. Philippe Berthet-Rambaud, Louis Noel, Bruno Farizy, Jean-Marc Neuville, Stéphane Constant, Pascal Roux
Description: This new device called DaisyBell® combines the helicopter mobility with the advantages of a gaz system. It is an interesting alternative to the hel...
Object ID: P__8099.pdf
Keywords: preventive avalanche release, helicopter, gas device
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Title: Development of the Technology to Induce an Artificial Avalanche for the Wet Snow Layer
Date: 2008-09-25
Authors: Makota Machida, Norio Hayakawa, Takashi Machida
Description: The western slope of the Japan's central mountain ridge receives a lot of snow in winter because of the westerly blowing from the Siberian continent. ...
Object ID: P__8106.pdf
Keywords: artificial avalanche, explosive detonation, cornice
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Title: Avalanche Threats and Mitigation Measures in Canada
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Cam Campbell, Laura Bakermans, Bruce Jamieson, Chris Stethem
Description: This is a summary of the Public Safety Canada commissioned report to inventory current and predict future trends in avalanche threats and mitigation p...
Object ID: P__8166.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, threatened activity, mitigation, inventory
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Title: Avalauncher Targeting
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Frederick W. DuVall, Michael J. Jenkins
Description: This paper describes the development and verification of a basic targeting model for gas pressure launched explosive projectiles used for avalanche mi...
Object ID: P__8083.pdf
Keywords: avalauncher, targeting, gas launched projectiles, avalanche mitigation
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Title: Passive Avalanche Defense for a Domestic Transportation Application: The Milepost 151 Avalanche, Jackson, Wyoming
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Josh Hewes, Rand Decker, Rick Dustin, Scott Merry, James Montuoro, Perry Wood, Jamie Yount
Description: Despite increasing traffic volumes and all-weather travel demands on the mountain roads of the Western United States, surprisingly few examples of con...
Object ID: P__8146.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, hazard, mitigation, passive, snow bridge
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Title: A Basic Study on Technology of Inducing Artificial Avalanche by Explosive Detonation Inside the Snowpack
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Takashi Machida, Lu Minjiao, Isao Kamiishi, Atsushi Sato, Makoto Machida, Norio Hayakawa
Description: Avalanche inducing technology to ensure the safety of the potentially dangerous area practiced in Japan relies on blasting off the snow layer with the...
Object ID: P__8102.pdf
Keywords: explosives, artificial avalanche, wet snow, full depth avalanche
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Title: New Technical Guideline on Snow Supporting Structures in Avalanche Starting Zones
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Stefan Margreth
Description: The purpose of snow supporting structures is to stabilize the snow pack so that the release of avalanches is prevented. The structures, which have bee...
Object ID: P__8015.pdf
Keywords: avalanche protection, snow supporting structure, snow pressure
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