Exploring the gendered landscape of the avalanche safety industry - barriers, benefits and potential drawbacks of professional diversity

Journal Paper
Mannberg, A., Johansson, M., & Latosuo, E.
Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 51, 100937.
Publication year: 2025

Clustering simulated snow profiles to form avalanche forecast regions

Journal PaperSnowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modelling
Simon Horton, Florian Herla, and Pascal Haegeli,
Geoscientific Model Development, 18, 193–209, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-193-2025
Publication year: 2025

A clustering technique to identify spatial patterns in snow cover model output

Conference Paper - ISSWSnowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modelling
Simon Horton, Florian Herla, and Pascal Haegeli
Proceedings of the 2024 International Snow Science Workshop in Tromso, Norway, 58-64
Publication year: 2024

Snow profile alignment and similarity assessment for aggregating, clustering, and evaluating of snowpack model output for avalanche forecasting

Journal PaperSnowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modelling
Florian Herla, Simon Horton, Patrick Mair, and Pascal Haegeli
Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 239–258, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-239-2021
Publication year: 2021

Is it a problem? Takeaways from research into the use an effectiveness of avalanche problems

Conference PaperConference Paper - ISSWSnowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modelling
Simon Horton, Pascal Haegeli, Grant Statham, Bret Shandro, Taylor Clark, Stan Nowak, Moses Towell, Heather Hordowick, and Florian Herla
Proceedings of the 2023 International Snow Science Workshop in Bend, Oregon
Publication year: 2023

Designing for ambiguity in sensemaking: Visual analytics in risk analysis and prediction

Snowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modellingThesis
Stan Nowak
PhD thesis, 2023-08. School of Interactive Arts and Technology. Simon Fraser University, Surrey, B.C.
Publication year: 2023

Understanding Avalanche Problem Assessments: A Concept Mapping Study with Public Avalanche Forecasters

Snowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modellingThesis
Heather Hordowick
M.R.M. thesis, 2022-04. School of Resource and Environmental Management. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.
Publication year: 2022

Examining the operational use of avalanche problems with decision trees and model-generated weather and snowpack variables

Journal PaperSnowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modelling
Simon Horton, Moses Towell, and Pascal Haegeli
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 3551–3576, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-3551-2020
Publication year: 2020

Linking avalanche problem types to modelled weather and snowpack conditions: A pilot study in Glacier National Park, British Columbia

Snowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modellingThesis
Moses J. Towell
M.R.M. research project no. 723, 2019-12. School of Resource and Environmental Management. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.
Publication year: 2019

Exploring the link between the Conceptual Model of Avalanche Hazard and the North American Public Avalanche Danger Scale

Snowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modellingThesis
Taylor Clark
M.R.M. research project no. 721, 2019-1. School of Resource and Environmental Management. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.
Publication year: 2019

A conceptual model of avalanche hazard

Journal PaperSnowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modelling
Grant Statham, Pascal Haegeli, Ethan Greene, Karl Birkeland, Clair Israelson, Bruce Tremper, Chris Stethem, Bruce McMahon, Brad White, John Kelly
Natural Hazards, 90(2), 663-691. doi:10.1007/s11069-017-3070-5
Publication year: 2018

Consistency and Accuracy of Public Avalanche Forecasts in Western Canada

Conference PaperConference Paper - ISSW
Statham, G., Holeczi, S., Shandro, B.
ISSW Workshop Proceedings
Publication year: 2018

Assessing the impact of precipitation inputs on snowpack simulations in Western Canada

Snowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modellingThesis
Kelsea Krawetz
M.R.M. thesis, 2024-12. School of Resource and Environmental Management. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.
Publication year: 2024

Assessing the impact of precipitation inputs of snowpack simulations in Western Canada

Conference Paper - ISSWSnowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modelling
Kelsea Krawetz, Simon Horton, and Pascal Haegeli
Proceedings of the 2024 International Snow Science Workshop in Tromso, Norway, 484-492
Publication year: 2024

Enhancing the operational value of snowpack models with visualization design principles

Journal PaperSnowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modelling
Simon Horton, Stanislaw Nowak, and Pascal Haegeli
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 1557–1572, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-1557-2020, 2020.
Publication year: 2020

Exploring regional snowpack patterns with gridded models

Conference PaperConference Paper - ISSWSnowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modelling
Simon Horton, Stanislaw Nowak and Pascal Haegeli
Proceedings of the 2018 International Snow Science Workshop in Innsbruck, Austria
Publication year: 2018

A data exploration tool for averaging and accessing large data sets of snow stratigraphy profiles useful for avalanche forecasting

Journal PaperSnowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modelling
Florian Herla, Pascal Haegeli and Patrick Mair
The Cryosphere, 16, 3149–3162, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-3149-2022
Publication year: 2022

Snow profile alignment and similarity assessment for aggregating, clustering, and evaluating of snowpack model output for avalanche forecasting

Journal PaperSnowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modelling
Florian Herla, Simon Horton, Patrick Mair, and Pascal Haegeli
Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 239–258, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-239-2021
Publication year: 2021

A quantitative module of avalanche hazard—comparing forecaster assessments of storm and persistent slab avalanche problems with information derived from distributed snowpack simulations

Journal PaperSnowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modelling
Florian Herla, Pascal Haegeli, Simon Horton, and Patrick Mair
Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 25, 625–646, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-625-2025
Publication year: 2025

A large-scale validation of snowpack simulations in support of avalanche forecasting focusing on critical layers

Journal PaperSnowpack and avalanche hazard assessment and modelling
Florian Herla, Pascal Haegeli, Simon Horton, and Patrick Mair
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 2727–2756, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-2727-2024
Publication year: 2024

Automated Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) mapping - Local validation and optimization in Western Canada

Journal PaperTerrain characterization and decision support
John Sykes , Håvard Toft , Pascal Haegeli , and Grant Statham
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 947–971, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-947-2024
Publication year: 2024

AutoATES v2.0: Automated avalanche terrain exposure scale mapping

Journal PaperTerrain characterization and decision support
Håvard Boutera Toft , John Sykes , Andrew Schauer, Jordy Hendrikx, and Audun Hetland
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 1779–1793, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-1779-2024
Publication year: 2024

Automated snow avalanche release area delineation in data sparse, remote, and forested regions

Journal PaperTerrain characterization and decision support
John Sykes, Pascal Haegeli and Yves Bühler
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 3247–3270, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3247-2022
Publication year: 2022

Development of operational decision support tools for mechanized ski guiding using avalanche terrain modelling, GPS tracking, and machine learning

Journal PaperTerrain characterization and decision support
John Sykes , Pascal Haegeli, Roger Atkins, Patrick Mair, and Yves Bühler
Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Science, 25, 1255–1292, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-1255-2025
Publication year: 2025

Quantitatively capturing decision-making practices of mechanized ski guides using GPS tracking, avalanche terrain modelling and Bayesian Networks

Conference PaperConference Paper - ISSWTerrain characterization and decision support
John Sykes, Pascal Haegeli, Roger Atkins, Patrick Mair, and Yves Bühler
Proceedings of the 2023 International Snow Science Workshop in Bend, Oregon
Publication year: 2023

Automated snow avalanche release area delineation in data sparse, remote, and forested regions

Journal PaperTerrain characterization and decision support
John Sykes, Pascal Haegeli and Yves Bühler
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 3247–3270, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-3247-2022
Publication year: 2022

Exploring the relationship between avalanche hazard and run list terrain choices at a helicopter skiing operation

Journal PaperTerrain characterization and decision support
Reto Sterchi, Pascal Haegeli and Patrick Mair
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19(9), 2011-2026. doi:10.5194/nhess-19-2011-2019
Publication year: 2019

Patterns in the exposure of ski guides to avalanche terrain

Conference PaperConference Paper - ISSWTerrain characterization and decision support
Eirik Sharp, Pascal Haegeli and Mike Welch
Proceedings of the 2018 International Snow Science Workshop in Innsbruck, Austria
Publication year: 2018

A method of deriving operation-specific ski run classes for avalanche risk management decisions in mechanized skiing

Journal PaperTerrain characterization and decision support
Reto Sterchi and Pascal Haegeli
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 269-285, 2019 https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-269-2019
Publication year: 2019

Describing the severity of avalanche terrain numerically using the observed terrain selection practices of professional guides

Journal PaperTerrain characterization and decision support
Scott Thumlert and Pascal Haegeli
Nat Hazards (2018) 91(1): 89-115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-017-3113-y
Publication year: 2018