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- Title: Storm Snow Avalanches: Characteristics and Forecasting
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Edward H. Bair, Ron Simenhois, Alec van Herwijnen, Karl Birkeland, Jeff Dozier
- Description: At ski areas, a majority of avalanches fail in storm snow. We investigate these avalanches using stability tests and avalanche observations from Calif...
- Object ID: issw-2012-111-114.pdf
- Keywords: storm snow, ski area, extended column test
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- Title: An Experimental Dynamic Response Study of Hard Slab Seasonal Snow to Explosive Avalanche Hazard Mitigation
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Josephine Bones, Daniel Miller, Scotty Savage
- Description: Avalanche hazard mitigation programs routinely use explosive charges to release avalanches and test slope stability, but fundamental understanding of ...
- Object ID: issw-2012-142-148.pdf
- Keywords: snowslope stability, avalanche control by explosives, blast bolt, hard slab,
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- Title: Snow Immersion Suffocation- The Silent Killer at Ski Areas
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Paul Baugher
- Description: From 1990/91 to 2011/12, there have been sixty-four Snow Immersion Suffocation (SIS) cases reported at U.S. ski areas. Comparing inherent risks at ski...
- Object ID: issw-2012-220-226.pdf
- Keywords: snow immersion, suffocation, sis, narsid, ski area, risk management, ski safety, skier education
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- Title: The MLK Event At Crystal Mountain
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Christopher C. Morin
- Description: The winter of 2010/2011 created a surprisingly widespread weak layer across the
northwestern United States. In Washington state it became to be known...
- Object ID: issw-2012-240-243.pdf
- Keywords: snowfall, crusts, avalanche cycles, helicopter bombing
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- Title: New Public Avalanche Awareness Opportunities - Are You Beeping?
- Date: 2012
- Authors: Scott R. Waller, Andy Hill, Dick Willy
- Description: As members of Cascade Backcountry Ski Patrol (CBSP) and the Ski Patrol Rescue Team (SPART) of King Country Search and Rescue, we strive to increase av...
- Object ID: issw-2012-848-854.pdf
- Keywords: search and rescue, avalanche awareness, avalanche beacon
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- Title: The Big Loss: JHSP’s Avalanche Mitigation Fatality and the Resulting Program Changes
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Mike Rheam, Bob Comey
- Description: On January 5th, 2010, veteran patrolman Mark Wolling, known throughout the world as BIG WALLY triggered an avalanche that killed him during avalanche ...
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- Keywords: fatality, program changes, avalanche reduction, rescue efforts
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- Title: An Experimental Investigation of Explosives and Snowpack Dynamic Response
- Date: 2010
- Authors: R.G. Tichota, D.A. Miller, R. Larson, D. Richmond
- Description: Explosives are frequently used for avalanche control in public transportation corridors and within ski area boundaries, yet there has been little rese...
- Object ID: ISSW_P-016.pdf
- Keywords: explosives, snowpack, public transportation
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- Title: Potential Impacts of Climate Change or U.S. Wastach Range Ski Areas: Projections for Park City Mountain Resort in 2030, 2050, and 2075
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Brian Lazar, Mark W. Williams
- Description: We evaluate the potential impacts to snow coverage and depth from anthropogenic climate change at Park City Mountain Resort in 2030, 2050, and 2075. S...
- Object ID: ISSW_P-023.pdf
- Keywords: climate change, snow, park city, ski areas, general circulation models, wasatch
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- Title: Potential Changes in the Frequency of Rain-On-Snow Events for U.S. Cascades Ski Areas As A Result of Climate Change: Projections for Mt Bachelor, Oregon in the 21rst Century
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Brian Lazar, Mark W. Williams
- Description: We evaluate how climate change resulting from increased greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions may affect the frequency of rain-on-snow events at Mt. Bachelo...
- Object ID: ISSW_P-024.pdf
- Keywords: climate change, rain-on-snow, avalanches, mt bachelor, ski areas, cascades
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- Title: Avalanche Forecasting for Large Area Mechanized Ski Guiding
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Mike Wiegele
- Description: It is a given that practitioners need to provide a safe and enjoyable experience to their clients, they also have a legal responsibility to provide a ...
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- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, ski guiding, avalanche danger, five step method
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- Title: A Historical Analysis of the Stanley Avalanche Area with Implications for Predicting Road-Hit Avalanches, Berthoud Pass, Colorado
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Matthew Primomo, Mark W. Williams
- Description: The Stanley avalanche area is commonly regarded as one of the most dangerous to impact a roadway in the state of Colorado. Weather and snowpack struct...
- Object ID: ISSW_P-071.pdf
- Keywords: berthoud pass, snowpack, forecast, wind patterns, precipitation
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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 (“SkiSimâ€) 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: First Experiences in Applying the Swiss ‘Guideline to Account for Avalanche Hazard of Ropeways in Ski Areas’
- Date: 2009
- Authors: Mark Schaer, Stefan Margreth
- Description: Ropeways in ski areas are often exposed to avalanches. The new ropeway guideline fixes principles and procedures how to account for avalanche and snow...
- Object ID: issw-2009-0413-0417.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche protection, avalanche defence, snow pressure, ropeway
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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: 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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