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Title: Southcentral Alaska's Crack Problem: a 2015/16 Glide Avalanche Case Study
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Aleph Johnston-Bloom, Scott Hilliard, Wendy Wagner, Timothy Glassett, Heather Thamm
Description: Along the Seward Highway corridor in Southcentral Alaska, the winter of 2015/16 was defined by a profound and active glide avalanche cycle. Persisting...
Object ID: ISSW16_O3.01.pdf
Keywords: glide avalanches, alaska, operational decision-making, message fatigue
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Title: Managing the Physical Risk From Avalanches in a Helicopter Skiing Operation--Merging and Contrasting Gps Tracking Data with the Operational Guiding Perspective
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Pascal Haegeli, Roger Atkins
Description: In the backcountry, physical risk from avalanches is managed by 1) assessing the nature, severity and spatial distribution of the local hazard based o...
Object ID: ISSW16_O5.02.pdf
Keywords: helicopter skiing, decision-making, risk management, terrain choices, gps tracking
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Title: Towards the Evaluation of Human Factors in Avalanche Early Warning Systems
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Martina Saettele, Michael Bruendl, Kilian Zwirglmaier
Description: Early warning systems (EWS) play a crucial role in managing the risks posed by avalanches and other mass-movement processes to settlements and infrast...
Object ID: ISSW16_O10.01.pdf
Keywords: early warning system, human factors, reliability, decision-making
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Title: 10 Common Missteps of Avalanche Practitioners
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Todd L. Guyn
Description: Avalanche practitioners work in a hazardous environment, characterized by a large degree of uncertainty. While extensive operational efforts are under...
Object ID: ISSW16_O10.04.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, awareness, patience
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Title: Understanding Global Crowd Sourcing Data to Examine Travel Behavior in Avalanche Terrain
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson
Description: This paper will present a subset of our results from our last three seasons (2013/14 to 2015/16) of global crowd sourced data collection to examine tr...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.06.pdf
Keywords: backcountry skiing, gps tracking, decision making, avalanche terrain, crowd-sourcing
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Title: Human Factor and Avalanche Decision Making in a Commercial Context
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Sigmund Andersen, Arild Rokenes
Description: Professional ski and nature guides, as well as outdoor educators, have a considerable amount of time in exposed avalanche terrain. This paper focuses ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.08.pdf
Keywords: human factor, guiding, friluftsliv, avalanche, commercial demands
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Title: What is the Risk Threshold that Backcountry Enthusiasts are Willing to Accept and How Does Their Perception Align with the Actual Risk Involved?
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Terry Eyland, William Thibeault
Description: An empirical investigation looked at backcountry enthusiasts? avalanche danger threshold and what the main factors are that alter that threshold. The ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.11.pdf
Keywords: decision-making, human factors, risk homeostasis, cost-benefit analysis, education
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Title: Chasing the Dragon - Can Impulse Control and Addiction Therapies Assist Some Recreational Decision Makers?
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Mark Kelly
Description: Recreational backcountry travelers pursue their chosen activities for a variety of reasons. Many of the reasons that recreationalists choose to travel...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.14.pdf
Keywords: addiction, impulse control, heuristics, decision making
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Title: The Norwegian Avalanche Science Center – Focus on Human Factors
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Espen Nordahl, Carsten Rolland, Rune Engeset, Audun Hetland, Sigmund Andersen, Bjørn Michalesen, Markus Landrø
Description: UiT The Arctic University of Norway is establishing The Avalanche Science Center (ASC) during the period 2015-2017 with the vision No Avalanche Fa...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.17.pdf
Keywords: no avalanche fatalities, human factor research, dissemination of knowledge, preventive work and education
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Title: Tracking Snowmobilers to Understand Travel Behavior in Avalanche Terrain
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson
Description: This paper will present an analysis of snowmobile tracks from the 2015-16 winter season. Avalanche fatality statistics since 2000 shows that an increa...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.23.pdf
Keywords: snowmobiles, gps tracking, decision making, avalanche terrain, education
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Title: Exploring Large-Scale Terrain Preferences for Managing Avalanche Risk in a Commercial Backcountry Skiing Operation
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Reto Sterchi, Pascal Haegeli, Clair Israelson
Description: Guides of commercial backcountry skiing operations manage the physical risk from avalanches by assessing the local avalanche hazard and carefully choo...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.31.pdf
Keywords: avalanche risk management, terrain selection, decision making, helicopter skiing, conceptual model of avalanche hazard
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Title: Heli-Ski Guide Tracking for Institutional Memory and Auditing
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson
Description: Heli-skiing is a growing industry in many parts of the world, with new operations starting in Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Iceland and elsewhere in rece...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.32.pdf
Keywords: hel-skiing, gps tracking, decision making, avalanche terrain, management
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Title: La Skieda Telemark Festival: Managing Risk and Human Factors of 350 Skiers and 12 Guides
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Fabiano Monti, Alberto Marazzi, Davide Spini, Christoph Mitterer, Walter Steinkogler
Description: Often, accidents involving avalanche-aware people can be ascribed to human factors, i.e. inappropriate risk management; professional mountain guides a...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.46.pdf
Keywords: mountain guides, decision-making, human factor, heuristic traps
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Title: Overcoming Avalanche Inexperience Using Active Education
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Karl R. Geisler, Neil S. Geisler
Description: The majority of class time in introductory avalanche courses is spent introducing topics and providing a knowledge base. While important, this highlig...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.26.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, flipped classroom, human factors, behavioral economics
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Title: Backcountry and Sidecountry Users: an Intercept Survey Approach
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Kevin Fitzgerald, Jessica Kay, Jordy Hendrikx, Jerry Johnson
Description: This paper explores the differences in overall preparedness (i.e. equipment, skills, knowledge and awareness) between backcountry, and lift-accessed b...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.29.pdf
Keywords: decision-making, recreation, backcountry, sidecountry
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