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Title: Snow Avalanches in Provo Canyon, Utah: Date: 1994; Authors: Kevin Griffith; Description: This paper discusses the Utah Department of Transportation's (UDOT) implementation of an avalanche forecasting and explosive control program for the a...; Object ID: issw-1994-439-448.pdf; Keywords: forecasting, explosives, avalanche path, starting zone; View additional details about Snow Avalanches in Provo Canyon, Utah

Title: Repeated Mistakes by Avalanche Professionals: Date: 1994; Authors: Douglas P. Richmond; Description: This presentation is a look at the historical record and-an attempt to help the assembled avalanche experts re-evaluate their own terrain, methods, an...; Object ID: issw-1994-449-458.pdf; Keywords: slides, terrain, ski cutting, starting zones, snow stability; View additional details about Repeated Mistakes by Avalanche Professionals

Title: US Highway 550 Avalanche Reduction Project San Juan Mountains of Colorado: Date: 1994; Authors: Don Bachman, Denny Hogan; Description: In September 1992, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) contracted the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Avalanche Information Cen...; Object ID: issw-1994-532-536.pdf; Keywords: avalanche paths, avalanche damage, temperature; View additional details about US Highway 550 Avalanche Reduction Project San Juan Mountains of Colorado

Title: Avalanches; Controlled Triggering Off by Radio Beams: Date: 1994; Authors: Magne Strand; Description: This paper presents a brief introduction of the instruments, the organizing and the experiences gained by the road authorites in Norway to control ava...; Object ID: issw-1994-575-579.pdf; Keywords: radio beams, explosives, transmitter; View additional details about Avalanches; Controlled Triggering Off by Radio Beams

Title: GAZ-EX Avalanche Control System: Date: 1994; Authors: Jacob Scbippers; Description: To avoid some of the drawbacks associated with more traditional methods, I wanted to develop a system that would allow explosives to be stored all thr...; Object ID: issw-1994-580-582.pdf; Keywords: gazex, bomb-tram, explosives; View additional details about GAZ-EX Avalanche Control System

Title: A Bicycle Built for Two: Date: 1994; Authors: Craig Gordon, Steve Jorgensen; Description: A low cost avalanche control device for isolated targets or high risk paths where hand placement, artillery, or high pressure gas delivery systems are...; Object ID: issw-1994-583-587.pdf; Keywords: starting zone, explosives; View additional details about A Bicycle Built for Two

Title: Sensitivity Testing of Handcharges and Risk Management in Avalanche Control: Date: 1994; Authors: Chris Stethem, Canadian Explosives Research Laboratory; Description: Prepriming of handcharges in avalanche control provides a greater margin of safety than the practice of control point arming. Prepriming allows minimu...; Object ID: issw-1994-617-625.pdf; Keywords: handcharges, explosives, starting zones; View additional details about Sensitivity Testing of Handcharges and Risk Management in Avalanche Control

Title: A Simple and Inexpensive Master Snow Stake: Date: 1994; Authors: Denny Hogan, Don Bachman; Description: On November 1, 1992. the Silverton Forecast Office of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, (CAIC). was established to provide daily avalanche co...; Object ID: issw-1994-643.pdf; Keywords: storm systems, forecasting, snowstake; View additional details about A Simple and Inexpensive Master Snow Stake

Title: The U.S. Forest Service - Westwide Avalanche Network: Date: 1994; Authors: Knox Williams; Description: In 1967 the U.S. Forest Service Avalanche Research Project established the Westwide Avalanche Network. This is a data-gathering network of mountain si...; Object ID: issw-1994-644.pdf; Keywords: accidents, forecasting, snowpack; View additional details about The U.S. Forest Service - Westwide Avalanche Network

Title: GAZ-EX Avalanche Control System: Date: 1992; Authors: Jacob Schippers; Description: Since 1973, my company has been manufacturing and installing avalanche control equipments. Our 150 CA.T.EX (the "Bomb-Tram") with traditional explosi...; Object ID: issw-1992-072-079.pdf; Keywords: explosives, shock wave, exploding gas; View additional details about GAZ-EX Avalanche Control System

Title: Ski Area Avalanche Control a Summary of Methods, Procedures and Manpower: Date: 1992; Authors: Larry Heywood, Carolyn Craig; Description: This past winter forty nine U.S. ski areas were sent questionnaires regarding their avalanche control program. The questionnaire surveyed a variety of...; Object ID: issw-1992-191-204.pdf; Keywords: explosives, control, rescue, forecasting; View additional details about Ski Area Avalanche Control a Summary of Methods, Procedures and Manpower

Title: Proposed Avalanche Control Alternatives Stanley Avalanche, Berthoud Pass, Colorado: Date: 1992; Authors: Horst Ueblacker; Description: This paper covers a study to compare the feasibility of constructing avalanche sheds and other methods to control the Stanley avalanche on Berthoud Pa...; Object ID: issw-1992-214-224.pdf; Keywords: control, explosives, backcountry skiers, avalanche paths; View additional details about Proposed Avalanche Control Alternatives Stanley Avalanche, Berthoud Pass, Colorado

Title: Analysis of Avalanche Prediction from Meteorological Data at Berthoud Pass, Colorado: Date: 1992; Authors: H. S. Boyne, Knox Williams; Description: In an attempt to identify the most critical meteorological parameters influencing the temporal behavior of avalanche release in a continental snowpack...; Object ID: issw-1992-229-235.pdf; Keywords: methods, avalanche release, slab; View additional details about Analysis of Avalanche Prediction from Meteorological Data at Berthoud Pass, Colorado

Title: Traffic Management for Avalanche Safety Trans-Canada Highway Rogers Pass British Columbia: Date: 1992; Authors: David Skjonsberg, John Morrall; Description: The Rogers Pass area in the Selkirk mountain range of British Columbia receives some of the heaviest snowfalls in Canada with an average of about 1000...; Object ID: issw-1992-258-268.pdf; Keywords: safety, awareness, control, highway, snowfall; View additional details about Traffic Management for Avalanche Safety Trans-Canada Highway Rogers Pass British Columbia

Title: The Growth of Avalanche Education in Japan: Date: 1992; Authors: Ryuzo Nitta, Charlie Ziskin; Description: The history of avalanche accidents involving Japanese alpinists and skiers is reviewed. The levels of avalanche awareness among Japanese alpinists are...; Object ID: issw-1992-276-284.pdf; Keywords: gazex, rescue dogs, awareness, education programs; View additional details about The Growth of Avalanche Education in Japan