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Title: Deep Slab Instability, Decision Making, and Consequences: A Case Study
Date: 2008-09-25
Authors: Kirsti Jurica, Steve “Hoots” Witsoe
Description: On March 8th, 2008 an avalanche occurred on Mt. Eyak, near Cordova, Alaska. It resulted in the death of an avalanche forecaster, and the broken femur ...
Object ID: P__8260.pdf
Keywords: deep slab instability, human factors
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Title: Snow Doughnuts, Beacon Checkers, Blaster Trailers and Other Low Cost Tools from the Field
Date: 2008-09-25
Authors: Mike Stanford
Description: This presentation will describe a variety of tools and programs from a practitioner's toolbox that have been and continue to be developed. In this age...
Object ID: P__8013.pdf
Keywords: snow doughnut, blast trailer, safety, public
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Title: Making the News: Using the Media for Avalanche Safety
Date: 2008-09-26
Authors: Mary Clayton
Description: Canada is an alpine nation, yet most Canadians have little or no effective knowledge of avalanches. At the CAA and CAC we are focusing significant eff...
Object ID: P__8173.pdf
Keywords: education, safety
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Title: Is it Safe? An Educational Poster Developed by Grade School Students for their Peers
Date: 2008-09-26
Authors: 2007/2008 Fifth Grade Class, Andrew E. Slaughter, David T. Neal
Description: A poster developed by the students of Mr. Neal's 5th grade class was specifically designed to educate their fellow schoolmates regarding snow and aval...
Object ID: P__8056.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, safety, education
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Title: Virtual Reality in Mountain Survival
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Hanan Yaniv
Description: Working and traveling in the mountains comes with a level of risk, but that risk can be diminished with knowledge. This knowledge takes two significan...
Object ID: P__8268.pdf
Keywords: education, survival
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Title: Alaskasnow: A Practitioners
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Peter E. Carter, Sarah A. Carter
Description: This poster presentation describes the enhancement of AlaskaSnow.org, the Valdez Chugach Region network of avalanche professionals, with a practitione...
Object ID: P__8240.pdf
Keywords: valdez chugach region network, avalanche safety, online data sharing
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Title: American Avalanche Association Memorial List
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Halsted Morris
Description: The American Avalanche Association's memorial list is currently comprised of 48 individuals. The criterion for being listed on the memorial list is: T...
Object ID: P__8072.pdf
Keywords: safety, avalanche
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Title: Slab Avalanches at Mt. Kamihorokamettoku in Hokkaido in November 2007: Report of New Avalanche Research Team in Hokkaido Branch of JSSI
Date: 2008-09-22
Authors: Toshihiro Ozeki, Akihiro Hachikubo, Go Iwahana, Kazuki Nakamura, Kazuo Higuchi, Hitoshi Onishi, Daisuke Sasaki, Eizi Akitaya
Description: Slab avalanches occurred at Mt. Kamihorokamettoku, Tokachi Mountain Range, in Hokkaido Prefecture in November 2007. The first slab avalanche occurred ...
Object ID: P__8230.pdf
Keywords: slab avalanche, depth hoar, mt kamihorokamettoku, hokkaido branch of jssi
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Title: Fatal Avalanche Accidents and Forecasted Danger Levels: Patterns in the United States, Canada, Switzerland and France
Date: 2006
Authors: Ethan Greene, Thomas Wiesinger, Karl Birkeland, Cécile Coléou, Alan Jones, Grant Statham
Description: Throughout the winter, avalanche forecasters issue bulletins to help the public and the managers of public facilities make avalanche safety decisions....
Object ID: issw-2006-640-649.pdf
Keywords: avalanche accidents, avalanche danger, avalanche forecasting
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Title: Skill and Knowledge Mastery of Students in Level I Avalanche Courses
Date: 2006
Authors: Nancy Pfeiffer, Jeffrey M. Foley
Description: Avalanche education began in the United States in early 1970’s. The current entry level--often referred to as Level 1--avalanche curriculum fo...
Object ID: issw-2006-264-273.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, avalanche curriculum, learning outcomes, outcomes assessment, information retention
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Title: A History of Mitigation and Operational Forecasting on Red Mountain Pass, Colorado
Date: 2006
Authors: Jerry Roberts, Mark Rikkers, Noel Pete Peterson
Description: The San Juan Mountains are an abrupt and youthful mountain range notorious for a very fragile and unstable continental snowpack. In the 19th century, ...
Object ID: issw-2006-304.pdf
Keywords: forecasting, fatalities, safety, transportation
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Title: Avalanche Control Past-Present-Future
Date: 2006
Authors: Jon Andrews
Description: Forecasting for avalanches and applying the information to avalanche control and route safety should start at the beginning of the storm cycle and no...
Object ID: issw-2006-576-578.pdf
Keywords: route safety, control, forecasting, weather, stormy cycle
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Title: Mountain Weather Forecasting in BC for Avalanche Safety
Date: 2006
Authors: Dr. Melinda Brugman
Description: A special weather bulletin is produced during the winter season at the Pacific Storm Prediction Centre (PSPC) in Vancouver to support avalanche foreca...
Object ID: issw-2006-844-850.pdf
Keywords: mountain, weather, forecasting, british columbia, environment canada, verification, avalanche, probability, short term, long term, synopses
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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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Title: Little Cottonwood Canyon Transportation Study
Date: 2006
Authors: Jon Nepstad, Ritchie Taylor, Chris Stethem, Andrea Clayton
Description: This project was commissioned by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) in conjunction with Alta Ski Lifts, Snowbird, the Town of Alta, and the...
Object ID: issw-2006-907-909.pdf
Keywords: risk reduction, transportation, planning, traffic
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