Videos of many of the presentations were taken and are now available for viewing online at: avalanche-research.com
Delegates to the conference were given transcripts of the proceedings on CD. The majority of them are now also available from this site. Click on the icon below a subject to download that talk's paper.
Each day's schedule is also available as a separate printable page.
- Print ready schedule: Monday
- Print ready schedule: Tuesday
- Print ready schedule: Thursday
- Print ready schedule: Friday
Time | Description | Presenter |
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8:00 |
Opening remarks |
Brian Gould and Helene Steiner |
8:15 |
Fracture mechanics and avalanche dynamics session introduction |
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8:20 |
Alec van Herwijnen |
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8:40 |
Anticracks: a new theory of fracture initiation and fracture propagation in snow |
Joachim Heierli |
9:00 |
Validation of the propagation saw test near whumpfs and avalanches |
Dave Gauthier |
9:20 |
Slab fracture at 1900 frames per second - experimental methods |
Chris Borstad |
9:40 |
David McClung |
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10:00 |
Extended column test results during surface warming: does surface warming affect fracture propagation potential? |
Ron Simenhois |
10:20 - 10:45 |
BREAK |
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10:45 |
Rescue session and transceiver technology panel session introduction |
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10:50 |
Specialized multiple burial techniques: Reality versus myth. The European perspective |
Dieter Stopper |
11:00 |
A systematic approach to optimize avalanche beacon design for minimum search time |
Rolf Matzner |
11:10 |
New definition of the USEFUL RANGE using a reliable accurate and reproducible test procedure with practical relevance - Running a field test tracked by a DGPS |
Markus Eck |
11:20 |
Digging deeper: uncovering the real issues in North American multiple burials |
Bruce Edgerly |
11:30 |
Panel discussion open to the floor |
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12:10 - 13:40 |
LUNCH |
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13:40 |
Manuel Genswein |
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14:00 |
Avalanche survival strategies for different parts of a flowing avalanche |
Theo Meiners |
14:20 |
Dale Atkins |
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14:40 |
Weather session introduction |
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14:45 |
Melinda Brugman |
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15:05 |
Atmospheric patterns leading to major avalanche episodes in the Eastern Pyrenees and estimating occurrence |
Carles Garca Sells |
15:25 |
Poster session introduction |
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15:30 - 16:25 |
POSTER SESSION |
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16:25 |
Instrumentation session introduction |
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16:30 |
Helicopter based microwave radar measurements in alpine terrain |
Hans-Peter Marshall |
16:50 |
Next level for snow pack monitoring in real-time using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) technology |
Achim Heilig |
17:10 |
The avalanche dummy. Development and testing of a system to measure loads and forces experienced by an avalanche victim, using an automotive crash test dummy. |
Robb Larson |
To Monday |
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8:00 |
Snowpack modeling microstructure and variability session introduction |
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8:05 |
Observing and forecasting snow surface temperatures for Nordic ski race courses at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver BC |
Wendy Wagner |
8:25 |
Ethan Greene |
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8:45 |
Quantifying changes in weak layer microstructure associated with loading events |
Eric Lutz |
9:05 |
Laboratory simulations of radiation-recrystallization events in Southwest Montana |
Andrew Slaughter |
9:25 |
Henry Munter |
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9:45 |
Slope scale spatial variability across time and space: Comparison of results from continental and maritime climates |
Jordy Hendrikx |
10:05 - 10:30 |
BREAK |
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10:30 |
Leif Borgeson |
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10:50 |
Michael Smith |
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11:10 |
Water movement and capillary barriers in a stratified and inclined snowpack |
Erich Peitzsch |
11:30 |
Deriving spatial stability variations from penetration resistance measurements |
Sascha Bellaire |
11:50 |
Predicting the fracture character of potential weak layers in penetrometer signals |
James Floyer |
12:10 |
Modeling short wave radiation penetration into the snowpack: What can we learn from near-surface snow temperatures? |
Charles Fierz |
12:30 - 14:00 |
LUNCH |
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14:00 |
Hazard risk and danger session introduction |
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14:05 |
A case study in transmission line risk tolerance: 1) Colorado, USA &2) Eastern Iceland |
Art Mears & Chris Wilbur |
14:25 |
Avalanche hazard investigations, zoning and ordinances. |
David Scroggin |
14:45 |
Grant Statham |
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15:05 - 15:30 |
BREAK |
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15:30 |
Can field observations be combined systematically with the regional danger rating to estimate the local avalanche danger? |
Bruce Jamieson |
15:50 |
Trauma as a cause of death in Western Canadian avalanches: |
Jeff Boyd |
16:10 |
Ian McCammon |
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16:30 |
Poster session introduction |
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16:35 - 17:30 |
POSTER SESSION |
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To Tuesday |
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8:00 |
Forecasting session introduction |
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8:05 |
Rod Gee |
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8:25 |
The importance of micro-scale avalanche forecasting in Mount Washington's Tuckerman and Huntington Ravines |
Christopher Joosen |
8:45 |
Guidelines for forecasting snow avalanches on the Milford Road, New Zealand |
Howard Conway |
9:05 |
John Stimberis |
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9:25 |
Operational highway avalanche forecasting using the infrasonic avalanche detection system |
Jamie Yount |
9:45 |
Matt McKee |
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10:05 - 10:30 |
BREAK |
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10:30 |
Edward Bair |
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10:50 |
Determining the critical new snow depth for a destructive avalanche by considering the return period |
Jürg Schweizer |
11:10 |
On wet slab mechanics and yellow snow: A practitioner's observations |
Adam Brown |
11:30 |
A solar warming model (SWarm) to estimate diurnal changes in near-surface snowpack temperatures for back-country avalanche forecasting |
Laura Bakermans |
11:50 |
Bob Comey |
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12:10 |
On Snow Avalanche Flow Regimes: Inferences from Observations and Measurements |
Peter Gauer |
12:30 - 13:40 |
LUNCH |
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13:40 |
Mitigation methods session introduction |
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13:45 |
Chris Stethem |
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14:05 |
Opening the Mt. Rose Chutes: Transformation of a control program from road protection to skier protection |
Michael Ferrari |
14:25 |
Bootpacking and "systematic application of explosives": Shear plane disruption technique in the continental climate |
Peter Carvelli |
14:45 |
Development of an helicopter-borne gas device for avalanche preventive release |
Philippe Berthet-Rambaud |
15:05 |
Development of the technology to induce an artificial avalanche for the wet snow layer |
Makoto Machida |
15:25 |
Poster session introduction |
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15:30 - 16:25 |
POSTER SESSION |
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16:25 |
Worker safety session introduction |
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16:30 |
A practical use of historic data to mitigate worker exposure to avalanche hazard |
Mike Rheam |
16:50 |
Deep slab instability, decision making, and consequences: a case study |
Kirsti Jurica |
17:10 |
Snow doughnut, beacon checker, blaster trailer and other low cost tools from the field |
Mike Stanford |
To Thursday |
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8:00 |
Stability session and propagation test panel session introduction |
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8:05 |
Comparing fracture propagation tests and relating test results to snowpack characteristics |
Cameron Ross |
8:15 |
Application of the field stability evaluation methods to the snow conditions of the Eastern Pyrenees |
Ivan Moner |
8:25 |
Comparison of different snow stability tests including the extended column test |
Kurt Winkler |
8:35 |
The extended column test: Test effectiveness. Spatial variability and comparison with the propagation saw test |
Karl Birkeland |
8:45 |
Predictions of the propagation saw test: Comparisons with other instability tests at skier tested slopes |
Dave Gauthier |
8:55 |
Panel discussion open to the floor |
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9:35 - 10:00 |
BREAK |
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10:00 |
The effect of snowpack warming on the stress bulb below a skier |
Thomas Exner |
10:20 |
Mixed effect and spatial correlation models for analyzing a regional spatial dataset |
Randall Mullen |
10:40 |
Estimating rutschblock stability from snowmicropen measurements |
Christine Pielmeier |
11:00 |
Investigations on snow hardness as a measure to determine shear strength |
Peter Hller |
11:20 |
Education session introduction |
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11:25 |
Shoveling education at work: A case study. Success story on Mt. Proctor
BC. |
Ian Bezubiak |
11:45 |
Mary Clayton |
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12:05 - 13:30 |
LUNCH |
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13:30 |
The Avaluator™ avalanche accident prevention card: Facts, fictions and controversies |
Bob Uttl |
13:50 |
Evaluating the Avaluator™ - first reflections on the Canadian decision aid |
Pascal Hägeli |
14:10 |
Is it safe? An educational poster developed by grade school students for their peers |
Andrew Slaughter |
14:30 |
Poster session introduction |
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14:35 - 15:30 |
POSTER SESSION |
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15:30 |
Decision making and human factors session introduction |
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15:35 |
Marc Piche |
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15:55 |
Christopher Morin |
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16:15 |
Guidelines For avalanche control services: Organisation, hazard assessment and documentation. An example from Switzerland |
Lukas Stoffel |
16:35 |
Out-Of-Bounds Avalanche Awareness: Assessment, Current Practices, and Future Management |
Ian McCammon |
16:55 |
Albert (Albi) Sole |
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17:15 |
Closing remarks |
Brian Gould and Helene Steiner |
Last updated: 07.47 PST. Monday, 30th March, 2009. CJM.
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