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Title: LESSONS FROM THE CERRO COCINERO AVALANCHE: AEROSOL DYNAMICS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Cédric Larcher, Alejandro Casteller, Luis Schinelli
Description: On August 27, 2010, a large avalanche struck Cerro Cocinero (2,281 m), destroyed a mountain hut and buried three occupants. Due to delayed alert, sear...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O11.7.pdf
Keywords: avalanche dynamics, aerosol phase, search and rescue, recco detection, avalanche impact, field case study
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Title: MISTAKE-BASED LEARNING ACROSS HIGH-RISK DISCIPLINES: AN AVALANCHE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: J. Aaron Ball
Description: Snow avalanche professionals operate in wicked learning environments, where mistakes are inevitable due to feedback that is absent, inconsistent, or d...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O12.1.pdf
Keywords: mistake-based learning, professional avalanche training, high-risk decision-making, wicked learning environment, learning context
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Title: AVALANCHE RISK IN BACKCOUNTRY TOURING: LESS—AND MORE—THAN WE THINK
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: David C. Fiore, Wendy Antibus, John Koopman, Fay Roepcke
Description: ABSTRACT The Perry Peak accident on February 17, 2026, brought widespread attention to the risks inherent in backcountry ski touring. Perceptions of t...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O12.2.pdf
Keywords: risk, perception, fatality, avalanche, ski touring, cumulative
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Title: MOUNTAIN RISK MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR PRO ATHLETES AND FILM ENTORAUGE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: John Buffery
Description: The objectives of the winter backcountry entertainment film industry are to capture unique moments of athletes riding in consequential terrain and to ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O12.3.pdf
Keywords: risk maturity, iso 31000 risk management, self-rescue, risk communication
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Title: OH, THE STORIES WE TELL ... OR NOT: A POST-AVALANCHE CASE STUDY FROM THE GODMOTHER COULOIR
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Tove I. Dahl
Description: How can we facilitate learning through the sharing of difficult experiences for the greater good of the community? This study examines stories told by...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O12.4.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accident, story, storytelling, situated learning, resilience, learning
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Title: "SAFE UNTIL IT ISN'T": PRACTITIONER PERSPECTIVES ON RIDING STEEP COULOIRS IN THE BACKCOUNTRY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Tim Dassler, Tarjei Westerlund
Description: Steep couloir riding concentrates multiple hazards, such as avalanches, cornices, rock-fall, and fall risk, into terrain leaving little room for error...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O12.5.pdf
Keywords: steep riding, couloirs, qualitative research, avalanche education, risk communication, mentorship
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Title: ADAPTING THE RESPONSE ASSESSMENT AND DECISION-MAKING SUPPORT (RADEMS) TOOL FOR AVALANCHE HAZARD AND TERRAIN EVALUATION IN U.S. SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Jennifer A. Reddy
Description: Search and rescue (SAR) teams in the United States are increasingly called to respond in avalanche terrain, yet most operate without a standardized sc...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O12.6.pdf
Keywords: radems, avalanche search and rescue (avsar), ates, dangerator, risk assessment.
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Title: INVESTIGATING SYSTEMS, NOT PEOPLE: LEARNING FROM INCIDENTS IN MOUNTAIN SAFETY PROFESSIONS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Laura M.D. Maguire, Steve Conger, Morgan E. Reynolds
Description: Over the last twenty years, several innovative new incident investigation methods have been developed to assist organizations with taking a systemic v...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O12.7.pdf
Keywords: learning from incidents, accidents, investigations, organizational learning, skills develop-ment.
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Title: A CONSEQUENCE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR SITE-SPECIFIC ROAD AVALANCHE WARNING IN NORWAY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Markus Eckerstorfer, Emil Solbakken, Halgeir Dahle, Tore Humstad, Njål Farestveit, Jens Øyen Tveit, Eivind Schnell Juvik, Dag Theodor Røsvik Andreassen
Description: Site-specific avalanche warning for roads is a risk-reducing measure that combines an assessment of avalanche likelihood with an impact-based assessme...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O2.1.pdf
Keywords: site-specific avalanche warning, consequence assessment, road avalanche risk, residual risk, impact-based forecasting
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Title: SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION OF THE LOCAL CRITICALITY OF RECENT OVERLOADS AND TEMPERATURE EFFECTS TO MITIGATE AVALANCHE RISK FOR TRAFFIC ROADS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Camille Ligneau, Frédéric Pourraz, Alain Duclos, Jill Chevalier, Gilles Mauris
Description: The closing of roads due to snow avalanches is a common issue in mountainous regions during winter. The decision to temporarily restrict traffic acces...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O2.2.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, traffic roads, criticality, expert system, fuzzy logic.
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Title: Before machine learning: validating historical SNOWPACK simulations for avalanche hazard forecasting in Glacier National Park, B.C., Canada.
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Benjamin Imbach, Francis Meloche, Jean-Benoit Madore, Paul Billecocq, Francis Gauthier, Alexandre Langlois, Philippe Gachon
Description: Accurate avalanche hazard forecasting depends on reliable snow and weather information, which is often unavailable in the complex mountainous terrain ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O2.3.pdf
Keywords: avalanche forecasting, snowpack/alpine3d, model validation, weak layer identification, meteorological forcing data, glacier national park
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Title: REMOTE AVALANCHE CONTROL AND AUTOMATED AVALANCHE DETECTION SYSTEMS: CURRENT PRACTICE, OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE, AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Scott Thumlert, Paul Harwood, Harlan Shepard, Tim Glassett, Cam Campbell, Eirik Sharp, Brian Gould, Alexis Tessier
Description: Remote avalanche control systems (RACS) and automated avalanche detection systems (AADS) are increasingly used to operationally manage avalanche risk,...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O2.5.pdf
Keywords: remote avalanche control systems, racs, automated avalanche detection systems, aads, transportation corridors, avalanche explosive control
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Title: THE AVALANCHE IMPACT SCALE: A QUALITATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR FORECASTING AND RECORDING IMPACTS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNITIES AND WORKSITE SAFETY
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Bree Stefanson, Ryan Boyle
Description: Effective risk management in avalanche-prone terrain requires a clear understanding of how avalanche activity interacts with specific elements at risk...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O2.6.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, recording, communication, risk, management, standardization
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Title: LEARNING FROM AVALANCHE ACCIDENTS: THE IMPACT OF THE WILSON GLADE PUBLIC ACCIDENT DEBRIEF
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Laura M.D. Maguire, Dave Richards, Drew Hardesty, Paige Pagnucco, Morgan E. Reynolds
Description: On February 6, 2021, two backcountry skiing groups totaling eight people converged on Wilson Glade in the central Wasatch Mountains of northern Utah. ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O3.1.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accident, education, human factors, behavioral change
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Title: ADOPTION OF AVALANCHE SAFETY BEHAVIORS IN MOTORIZED USERS: A PRECAUTION MODEL-BASED ANALYSIS
Date: 2026-09-28
Authors: Kelly McNeil, Ian McCammon
Description: Motorized winter recreation (snowmobiling and snowbiking) accounts for about a third of avalanche fatalities in the United States. Although avalanche ...
Object ID: ISSW2026_O3.2.pdf
Keywords: motorized recreation, rescue equipment, rescue errors, avalanche education
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