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Title: Evaluation of Protection Measures Against Avalanches in Forested Terrain
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Thomas Feistl, Armin Fischer, Peter Bebi, Perry Bartelt
Description: Small to medium sized avalanches release in forest gaps and open forest above roads and infrastructure in the Prealps regularly each winter. Avalanche...
Object ID: ISSW16_P1.12.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, forest, public safety, modelling
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Title: Two Decades of a Winter Backcountry Permit System - is This the 'Right' Tool to Encourage Avalanche Awareness, Education, and Responsibility?
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Patrick M. McGervey
Description: In Arizona, the Kachina Peaks rise to an elevation of over 3,800 meters providing a stark contrast to a relatively flat and arid landscape below. Slop...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.40.pdf
Keywords: permit system, education, public safety
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Title: Exemplary Actions of Education for Increasing the Resilience of Communities to Natural Hazards in High Mountain
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Paola Dellavedova, Océane Vibert, Luca Pitet, Jean Pierre Fosson, Valerio Segor, Alessandro Benati, Elisabetta Ceaglio, Nathalie Durand, Antoine Brulport
Description: In response to actual climatic variations and global warming, highlighted by the scorching summers of 2003 and 2015, major alpine faces within the Mo...
Object ID: ISSW16_O4.02.pdf
Keywords: mountaineering, natural hazards, education, resilience, risks, prévriskhautemontagne project
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Title: Direct and Indirect Avalanche Experiences Among Backcountry Skiers: Relationships with Risk Perception and Use of Safety Gear
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Davide Marengo, Paola Dellavedova, Maria G. Monaci, Renato Miceli
Description: A relevant factor that may affect risk perception and behaviors related to natural hazard is personal experience. Findings on recreational sports (e.g...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.10.pdf
Keywords: avalanche experience, backcountry skiing, risk perception
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Title: Using Crowd-Sourced Data to Understand Usage Patterns of Backcountry Recreational Users
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Ryan Buhler, James Floyer
Description: Avalanche Canada's Mountain Information Network (MIN) is an online platform that allows users to share real-time information with the backcountry comm...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.21.pdf
Keywords: public forecasting, crowdsourcing, travel behavior, terrain use, avalanche danger index
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Title: Design and Testing of Blast Shield for Avalanche Control used by the Colorado Department of Transportation
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Vilem Petr, Eduardo Lozano
Description: An accidental explosion took place in March 2014 while performing an avalanche control operation in Loveland, Colorado. After the unfortunate events, ...
Object ID: ISSW16_P2.51.pdf
Keywords: barrier, blast wave, fragmentation, high explosives, safety
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Title: Avalanche Consequence Lesson Plan
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Harlan L. Sheppard
Description: This poster presentation will be on teaching Avalanche Consequence. I will introduce a new lesson plan that departs from standard techniques. The main...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.49.pdf
Keywords: avalanches, avalanche education, safety
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Title: The North Rockies Mountain Snowmobilers in the Absence of a Daily Public Avalanche Bulletin
Date: 2016-10-02
Authors: Andrew J. Duncan, Iain Stewart-Patterson
Description: British Columbia's mountainous topography and weather makes it a rewarding region for winter backcountry travel. Studies acknowledge that less is know...
Object ID: ISSW16_P3.50.pdf
Keywords: avalanche bulletins, north rockies, snowmobilers, avalanche risk culture, public safety
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Title: Artificial Avalanche Release and the Probability of Triggering Secondary Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Lukas Stoffel, Stefan Margreth, Jurg Schweizer
Description: Today, avalanches are often artificially triggered to protect ski areas and to some extent, transportation routes and residential areas. During avalan...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O1-14.pdf
Keywords: artificial release of avalanches, secondary avalanches, application of artificial avalanche release, safety concept
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Title: Avalanche Safety in Ski Areas – The Legal Position in Austria
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Siegfried Sauermoser, Marianne Fritz, Gebhard Walter
Description: The avalanche safety in the area of ropeways is regulated on the basis of the Austrian Ropeway Act 2003 (version of 2012) in the so-called “Ava...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O4-16.pdf
Keywords: avalanche safety, austrian ropeway act 2003, ski areas, avalanche commission, cableway, ropeway installation
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Title: Modern Avalanche Education: About Rubber Gloves and a Card Game
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Rolf Westerhof, Maarten Huisman
Description: Avalanche educators face a daunting task: they usually have very little time to convey a very complicated matter to an ignorant audience. So what is ...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-08.pdf
Keywords: avalanche education, active learning, avalanche card game, card game
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Title: The Role of Avalanche Character in Public Avalanche Safety Products
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Karl Klassen, Pascal Haegeli, Grant Statham
Description: Avalanche character is a significant factor in professional decision-making (Atkins, 2004). Weak layer/interface, slab properties, persistence, weak l...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_O5-13.pdf
Keywords: wet slab, slab, cornice
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Title: Toward Better Decision Tools for the Management of Frequent Avalanches
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Segor, V., Pitet, L., Bovet E., Dellavedova P., Sovilla B., Steinkogler W., Veitinger J., Maggioni M., Chiambretti I., Prola M.
Description: Avalanche safety personnel often face with the problem of whether to close a road or a ski-resort exposed frequently to avalanches. Such decisions are...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-03.pdf
Keywords: strada, frequent avalanches, management, routes, ski-resorts, strategies
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Title: National Avalanche Warning Service for Norway – Established 2013
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Rune Verpe Engeset
Description: Norway established a national public avalanche danger warning service on 14 January 2013 based on international standards - a milestone in the Governm...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-19.pdf
Keywords: avalanche, warning, forecasting, public safety
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Title: Forecasting Forest Avalanches: A Review of Winter 2011/12
Date: 2013-10-07
Authors: Michaela Teich, Frank Techel, Peder Caviezel, Peter Bebi
Description: Mountain forests play a crucial role in avalanche mitigation by hindering avalanche formation. Nevertheless, due to the complex interactions between e...
Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-24.pdf
Keywords: forest avalanches, forecasting, road, railway, ski-run safety
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