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Title: Periodic Patterns in Snow Stability: Date: 1980; Authors: Peter Lev, Cliff Mohwinkel; Description: The art and science of snow avalanche prediction is built around saving lives. This study is based upon 181 avalanches which occurred during a 23-year...; Object ID: issw-1980-108-119.pdf; Keywords: fatalities, avalanche accidents, snow stability, risk; View additional details about Periodic Patterns in Snow Stability

Title: Decision-Making as a Function of Avalanche Accident Prevention: Date: 1980; Authors: Douglas S. Fesler; Description: During the decade of the 1970's, 17 fatal avalanche-accidents, resulting in 24 deaths, occurred in Alaska. An investigation of these accidents reveale...; Object ID: issw-1980-128-138.pdf; Keywords: fatalities, avalanche accidents, accident prevention, avalanche victims; View additional details about Decision-Making as a Function of Avalanche Accident Prevention

Title: Avalanche Hazard Evaluation in Public Education Programs: Date: 1980; Authors: Tony Daffern; Description: One of the most difficult aspects of avalanche safety education is teaching the back country traveler how to apply theoretical concepts in the field. ...; Object ID: issw-1980-139-144.pdf; Keywords: hazard, backcountry skiing, snowcraft, gradient; View additional details about Avalanche Hazard Evaluation in Public Education Programs

Title: Experience and the Perception of Avalanche Hazard: Date: 1980; Authors: Ray Smutek; Description: On March 3, 1979, fourteen members of a Seattle mountain climbing club set out for the summit of Suntop Mountain. As they neared the top, eight of the...; Object ID: issw-1980-145-152.pdf; Keywords: avalanche terrain, fatalities, hazard, forecasting, mountaineers, risk; View additional details about Experience and the Perception of Avalanche Hazard

Title: Information and Warning Programs for Back Country Travellers: Date: 1980; Authors: Dale G. Gallagher; Description: Avalanches and weather in the back country can cause serious problems--usually to the uninformed. The responsibility for educating back country users ...; Object ID: issw-1980-176-189.pdf; Keywords: victims, backcountry skiing, education, awareness, fatalities; View additional details about Information and Warning Programs for Back Country Travellers

Title: Avalanche Burials in the United States: 1967-1980: Date: 1980; Authors: Betsy R. Armstrong; Description: In 1976, Williams (1978) analyzed data from documented case histories of avalanche burials to determine chances of survival. With the addition of four...; Object ID: issw-1980-215-230.pdf; Keywords: fatalities, avalanche accidents, accident prevention, avalanche victims, avalanche burials; View additional details about Avalanche Burials in the United States: 1967-1980

Title: Safe Helicopter Skiing: Date: 1976; Authors: M. Wiegele; Description: Procedures for safe travel in avalanche terrain have been discussed in several publications (Gallagher, 1967; Williams, 1975; Perla and Martinelli, 19...; Object ID: issw-1976-246-251.pdf; Keywords: fatalities, safety, helicopter skiing, skiing site, terrain; View additional details about Safe Helicopter Skiing

Title: Avalanche Evaluation and Safety in the Back-Country: Date: 1976; Authors: R. Perla; Description: Avalanche burials within developed ski area boundaries are rare; fatalities are quite rare. Almost all ski areas can boast a record of less than one a...; Object ID: issw-1976-260-269.pdf; Keywords: fatalities, safety, backcountry skiing, avalanche rescue, burial; View additional details about Avalanche Evaluation and Safety in the Back-Country

Title: Avalanche Control and Hazard Forecasting Techniques: Date: 1976; Authors: D. Anderson, L. FitzGerald, K. Hoopingarner, J. Stratton; Description: The Snowbird Corporation controls approximately 450 starting zones which affect the ski area, and an additional 47 starting zones which affect the acc...; Object ID: issw-1976-002-018.pdf; Keywords: avalanche control, avalanche forecasting, starting zones, fatal; View additional details about Avalanche Control and Hazard Forecasting Techniques

Title: Major Canadian Avalanches 1970-1976 and the UNESCO Annual Reports: Date: 1976; Authors: C.S.L. Onunanney; Description: The purpose of this short paper is to indicate the nature of an existing international reporting system that includes Canadian avalanche events and to...; Object ID: issw-1976-195-198.pdf; Keywords: avalanche fatalities, avalanche activity; View additional details about Major Canadian Avalanches 1970-1976 and the UNESCO Annual Reports

Title: An Avalanche Tragedy in Chile: Date: 1976; Authors: R.E. Leon; Description: The Andes enter Chile in the North and extend for 3500 km along the Chile-Argentine border to the Tierra Del Fuego. This report is about an avalanche ...; Object ID: issw-1976-219-228.pdf; Keywords: fatalities, damage, chilean andes; View additional details about An Avalanche Tragedy in Chile

Title: The Avalanche Victim: Date: 1976; Authors: K. Williams; Description: "The victim is a male, 27 years old, has had several years of skiing or mountaineering experience, and didn't know an avalanche from a snowball." Thus...; Object ID: issw-1976-232-244.pdf; Keywords: fatalities, victims, avalanche accidents, avalanche rescue; View additional details about The Avalanche Victim

Title: Dealing with Avalanche Problems in Helicopter Skiing: Date: 1976; Authors: H. Gmoser; Description: After having guided and conducted high mountain alpine ski tours for 12 consecutive seasons, I recognized one overriding difference when I seriously g...; Object ID: issw-1976-252-259.pdf; Keywords: helicopter skiing, hazard, mountain guides; View additional details about Dealing with Avalanche Problems in Helicopter Skiing