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Research article
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09 Sep 2015
Research article |
| 09 Sep 2015
Analysis of avalanche risk factors in backcountry terrain based on usage frequency and accident data in Switzerland
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, 7260 Davos, Switzerland
B. Zweifel
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, 7260 Davos, Switzerland
K. Winkler
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, 7260 Davos, Switzerland
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We present a spatiotemporal picture of winter backcountry usage in the Swiss Alps and compare this with the distribution of avalanche accidents.
Critical avalanche danger conditions and an unfavorable snowpack (old snow problem) strongly increase the risk of winter backcountry recreationists to be involved in a severe avalanche accident. This explains why there are comparably more accidents in the inneralpine regions with less activity.
We present a spatiotemporal picture of winter backcountry usage in the Swiss Alps and compare...
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