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Title: Avalanche Awareness at the Jackson Hole High School: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Sarah Carpenter, Trevor Deighton; Description: Each year, more young skiers, riders, and snowmobilers are accessing the backcountry. For the past 12 years, the American Avalanche Institute has been...; Object ID: ISSW16_O4.03.pdf; Keywords: avalanche education, youth education, wyoming; View additional details about Avalanche Awareness at the Jackson Hole High School

Title: Teenagers in the Backcountry: a Study of Use and Education from the Perspective of High School Students: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Emery L. Rheam; Description: Teenagers are using the backcountry increasingly more and more during the winter for a wide range of activities. When growing up in mountain communiti...; Object ID: ISSW16_O4.04.pdf; Keywords: teenagers, avalanche education, youth education; View additional details about Teenagers in the Backcountry: a Study of Use and Education from the Perspective of High School Students

Title: Know Before You Go Revision: an Introductory Tool for Influencing Backcountry Behavior: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Craig Gordon, Paul Diegel, Trent Meisenheimer, Brian Lazar, Ethan Greene, Mary Clayton, Aaron Carlson, Bruce Tremper, Mark Staples, Karl Birkland, Tim Bennett; Description: The open-source Know Before You Go (KBYG) avalanche awareness program provides a 50 minute introduction to avalanche safety for motorized and non-moto...; Object ID: ISSW16_O13.01.pdf; Keywords: awareness, education, introductory, video, school, know before you go; View additional details about Know Before You Go Revision: an Introductory Tool for Influencing Backcountry Behavior

Title: The Avalanche Puzzle: Date: 2016-10-02; Authors: Mark Kelly; Description: The Avalanche puzzle is an educational tool that is focused on engaging demographics of the public that would not normally seek out formal avalanche e...; Object ID: ISSW16_P3.42.pdf; Keywords: education, tools, puzzle; View additional details about The Avalanche Puzzle

Title: Know Before You Go: Adapting Youth Avalanche Education for Alaska: Date: 2012; Authors: Sean Fallon, Eeva Latosuo; Description: Increased accessibility and snow sports media expose more youth to dangerous avalanche terrain than ever before. Standard avalanche education has fail...; Object ID: issw-2012-788-794.pdf; Keywords: youth, avalanche education, avalanche awareness, know before you go, alaska, alaska avalanche school; View additional details about Know Before You Go: Adapting Youth Avalanche Education for Alaska

Title: How to Explain Avalanche Dynamics to Children and Their Parents: Date: 2012; Authors: Florence Naaim-Bouvet, Thierry Faug, FrÃ©dÃ©ric Ousset, Xavier Ravanat, Paolo Caccamo; Description: Snow avalanches threaten mountain communities worldwide: avalanches affect not only snow sport tourists but people can also be caught in inhabited are...; Object ID: issw-2012-820-826.pdf; Keywords: avalanche, dynamics, small-scale model, education, general public; View additional details about How to Explain Avalanche Dynamics to Children and Their Parents

Title: Youth Avalanche Education Programs in the Pacific Northwest: Analysis and Recommendations: Date: 2010; Authors: Kenneth Turner; Description: In Washington State alone, avalanches historically claim more lives that earthquakes, volcanoes, and other natural disasters. With snow sports becomin...; Object ID: ISSW_P-031.pdf; Keywords: youth avalanche education programs, pacific northwest, survey; View additional details about Youth Avalanche Education Programs in the Pacific Northwest: Analysis and Recommendations

Title: Targeting Teens: A One Hour Avalanche Awareness Program: Date: 2002; Authors: Peter Spear, Gordon Ritchie, Kevin Biggs, Debbie Ritchie; Description: The Canadian winter of 1997-98 exacted a toll of21 backcountry avalanche related deaths. Six teenagers, comprised of three skiers, one snowboarder and...; Object ID: issw-2002-273-276.pdf; Keywords: education, youth, avalanche; View additional details about Targeting Teens: A One Hour Avalanche Awareness Program