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- Title: Computer System for Avalanche Hazard Analysis at Rogers Pass, British Columbia
- Date: 1992
- Authors: Bob Malenko, Dave Skjonsberg
- Description: A vast amount of information is gathered each year around the world by avalanche safety and control operations. Data which was formally stored in fiel...
- Object ID: issw-1992-323-325.pdf
- Keywords: hazard, safety, software, forecasting
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- Title: Cornice Control Methods Used by the Fernie Snow Valley Pro-Patrol
- Date: 1990
- Authors: R. Siggers
- Description: Fernie Snow Valley is a medium sized ski resort located in the Front Ranges of the Rocky Mountains of south eastern British Columbia. The resort sits ...
- Object ID: issw-1990-198-199.pdf
- Keywords: fernie snow valley, snowfall, starting zones, ski areas, avalanche
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- Title: Military Weapons for Avalanche Control Program
- Date: 1990
- Authors: Doug Abromeit
- Description: Military weapons were first used to control avalanches in North America in 1949 at Alta Ski Area, Utah and Berthoud Pass, Colorado. Military weapons p...
- Object ID: issw-1990-167-174.pdf
- Keywords: forest service, ski areas, control, military, weapons, gaz-ex
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- Title: Evolution of Air Blasting Techniques for Avalanche Control at Bridger Bowl Ski Area, Bozeman, Montana
- Date: 1990
- Authors: Ray Dombroski
- Description: Aerial detonation of explosives was not practiced at Bridger Bowl Ski Area ten years ago. Today twelve manually operated "bomb wires" are operational ...
- Object ID: issw-1990-185-191.pdf
- Keywords: explosives, bomb wires, control, starting zone, pulley
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- Title: Northwest Avalanches
- Date: 1990
- Authors: S.A. Ferguson, M.B. Moore, R.T. Marriott, K. Kramer
- Description: Dramatically fluctuating winter weather, complex topography, and an extended snow season in the Northwest cause a unique pattern of avalanches and rel...
- Object ID: issw-1990-302.pdf
- Keywords: harard, accident, fatalities, forecasting, stability
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- Title: Using CAD for Development of Avalanche Control Explosive Delivery Systems
- Date: 1990
- Authors: Stuart C. Thompson
- Description: Proposed developments near the Jackson Hole Ski Area could place Gun #1, the currently used avalanche hazard reduction facility for the northern secto...
- Object ID: issw-1990-310-315.pdf
- Keywords: hazard, explosive, control, avalanche, rifle
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- Title: Avalanche Control Ropeways Coquihalla Highway Avalanche Safety Program
- Date: 1988
- Authors: J.R. Stevens
- Description: Two avalanche control ropeways were constructed as part of the avalanche safety program for the Coquihalla Highway. The contract for the construction ...
- Object ID: issw-1988-011-015.pdf
- Keywords: ropeways, technology, drive systems, explosive
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- Title: Recent Improvements in CATEX (Avalanche Control Ropeway) Technology
- Date: 1988
- Authors: Gilles Borrel
- Description: The purpose of this paper is double. First, we present the device to people who don't know it. Then, we show the answers that have been brought to imp...
- Object ID: issw-1988-016-022.pdf
- Keywords: catex, safety, electronics, igniters
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- Title: Low Cost Explosive Delivery Systems for Avalanche Control
- Date: 1988
- Authors: Lee Redden
- Description: Avalanche controllers in Snoqualmie Pass's maritime climate are currently using up to 25 kg bombs on routine missions. Over the past few years, three ...
- Object ID: issw-1988-028-033.pdf
- Keywords: bombs, low-cost, control, explosive, delivery systems
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- Title: Mobile Gun Positions
- Date: 1988
- Authors: Bruce Allen
- Description: This paper discusses the mobile gun position system used by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Highways in their avalanche control pr...
- Object ID: issw-1988-041-046.pdf
- Keywords: mobile gun, control, avalanche
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- Title: Ski Area Rating for Avalanche Potential; A Forecasting Tool & Training Aid Using the United States Avalanche Danger Rating Scale for Ski Area Application
- Date: 1998
- Authors: Jon Andrews
- Description: In avalanche forecasting there are so many weather variables that effect the snow, it is often hard to decide whether to do avalanche control or not. ...
- Object ID: issw-1998-387-389.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche control, avalanche forecasting, avalanche danger, density, snowfall
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- Title: Aerial Blasting: Theories and Contraptions
- Date: 1986
- Authors: Ray Dombroski
- Description: Since the 1981-82 ski season the Bridger Bowl ski patrol has been experimenting with
aerial detonation of explosives for regular avalanche control wo...
- Object ID: issw-1986-069-071.pdf
- Keywords: bomb wires, experiments, slopes stability
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- Title: The Chinook Pass Avalanche Control Program
- Date: 1986
- Authors: Craig R. Wilbour
- Description: The Chinook Pass avalanche control season occurs in the spring starting in mid April. Warming is a factor in all avalanches. Methods of avalanche cont...
- Object ID: issw-1986-195-200.pdf
- Keywords: warming, avalanche control, wet snow, snowpack
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- Title: Practical Experience with Aerial Detonation of Explosives for Avalanche Control
- Date: 1984
- Authors: Joel Juergens
- Description: Studies indicate that aerial detonation of explosives for avalanche work may be-more effective than hand thrown explosives that detonate on or in the ...
- Object ID: ISSW-1984-067-069.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, aerial detonation, hand thrown explosive
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- Title: Recent Advances in the Collection and Transmission of Mountain Weather and Snowpack Data for Avalanche Forecasting
- Date: 1982
- Authors: R.T. Marriott, M.B. Moore, P.L. Taylor
- Description: The advent of regional avalanche forecasting centers as well as increasingly sophisticated avalanche control programs has made the collection of relia...
- Object ID: issw-1982-021.pdf
- Keywords: wind, weather, snowpack
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