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Title: La Chamoniarde, 40 Years of Avalanche Risk Prevention for Off-Piste Skiers and Ski-Tourers in Chamonix
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Ludovic Ravanel
Description: With a long tradition of skiing and mountaineering, and deeply committed to the principle of responsibility of mountain practitioners, Chamonix has de...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-13.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk for practitioners, information, education, training, chamonix
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Title: Ski-Touring, Avalanche Risk and Human Factors
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Boris Valat, et Ludovic Ravanel
Description: Every winter, mountain practitioners are directly confronted with the question of avalanches. During the 2011-2012 season, 32 avalanche accidents and ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-14.pdf
Keywords: ski touring, avalanche risk, human factors, decision making
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Title: Assessing the Impact of Avalanche Safety Training Courses in Andorra (2009 – 2012)
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Aina Margalef, Pere Esteban
Description: Since 2009, the EDNA has been performing courses about safety on avalanche terrain in Andorra. After 4 years, we carried out a survey asking the atten...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-15.pdf
Keywords: avalanche safety course, transceiver training, risk perception
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Title: Connais-Toi, Toi-Même
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Damien HAXAIRE
Description: Comment aborder les facteurs humains individuels auprès des pratiquants? Les enjeux : dans un environnement complexe, évaluer un risque et prend...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-16.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, human factors
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Title: La Prise de Décision au Coeur d’une Nouvelle Offre de Formation de Pratiquants en France: Bilans et Perspectives des Conférences et Stages « Traces »
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Escande S., Rattin A., Ferrandis J.Y.
Description: Decision making at the heart of a new training practitioners in France: assessment and outlook conferences and courses "Traces". Since the winter of 2...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-17.pdf
Keywords: conferences, courses, decision making, pedagogical approach
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Title: Human Factors in Decision Making in Avalanche Terrain
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: François-Xavier Cierco, Frank Debouck
Description: Human factors are identified as a key factor in decision making for group leader in avalanche terrain. They affect both every steps of the decision pr...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-19.pdf
Keywords: human factors, group management, leadership, 3*3 method, winter recreational activities
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Title: Training (Formation) of the Followers and the Professionals
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Paul Bonhomme and Copil
Description: The French mountain guides intervene in a regular way in all the types of training (formation) bound in snowy areas. Both as regards the professional...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-20.pdf
Keywords: coordination, formation, practice, stakes, perspectives
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Title: Snow and Avalanche Association in Spain: A Merging of Professional and Amateur Experiences
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Martí G., Orgué S., Gavaldà J., Oller P., Carola F., Serred H., Arteta T.
Description: Since the eighties, some institutions in Spain have been working in avalanche forecasting and cartography but there was a lack of any association, whe...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-21.pdf
Keywords: avalanche awareness, association, knowledge, training courses
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Title: Ride Hard, Ride Safe! Val d'Isère
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Henry Schniewind, Renaud Lobry
Description: This presentation shows how, in 2010, Val d'Isère with Henry's Avalanche Talk (HAT) put into place a safety and communication campaign aimed primar...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-22.pdf
Keywords: skiing, off-piste, avalanche, awareness, safety
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Title: Avalanche Research, Education and Forecasting in Svalbard, Norway – A Roadmap Provided by an Expert Workshop in Longyearbyen, April 2013
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Jordy Hendrikx, Hanne H. Christiansen
Description: The mountainous landscape around Svalbard’s main settlement Longyearbyen is snow covered for 8-10 months per year. Infrastructure is built in a...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-28.pdf
Keywords: avalanche research, avalanche education, avalanche forecasting, svalbard, norway
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Title: Formation et Information des Pratiquants de la Raquette à Neige: Une Démarche de la FFRandonnée
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Michaël Anthoine et Jean Perrod
Description: La Fédération Française de la Randonnée Pédestre a constaté des flux très faibles de formation à la pratique et à l’...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-29.pdf
Keywords: formation, avalanche
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Title: Risk Appraisal and Decision Making in Front of Avalanche Risk: A Pilot Study With Backcountry Skiers
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Andres Chamarro, Gloria Marti, Tatiana Rovira, Francesc Carola, Jordi Fernández-Castro
Description: Studies and knowledge of human factor in avalanche fatalities are scarce or even null in the study area. Consequently, research into how people evalua...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-30.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, risk appraisal, decision-making
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Title: The Canadian Approach to Professional Avalanche Training
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Emily L. Grady
Description: Canada is in a unique position with: low-density populations scattered over large mountainous areas of differing snow conditions; limited access to go...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-31.pdf
Keywords: professional avalanche training, canada, avalanche industry, avalanche education
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Title: Swiss Avalanche Bulletin: Automated Translation With a Catalogue of Phrases
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Kurt Winkler, Martin Bächtold, Stefano Gallorini, Ueli Niederer, Thomas Stucki, Christine Pielmeier, Gian Darms, Lukas Dürr, Frank Techel, Benjamin Zweifel
Description: In order to produce the new Swiss avalanche bulletin twice a day in four languages, a fully automated translation system was needed due to the lack of...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-34.pdf
Keywords: avalanche warning, automated translation, catalogue of phrases, communication
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Title: How Semantics and Resilience from Twitter are Being Used to Avalanche Awareness Risk
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Francesco Bartoli, Igor Chiambretti
Description: Twitter is a new form of communication that makes large use of abbreviations to address specific scopes during the response to natural disasters. Duri...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P5-36.pdf
Keywords: twitter, resilience, communication, hashtag, semantic, avalanche
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