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SFU Avalanche Research Program (SARP) utilizes interdisciplinary research and development for improved avalanche safety.

Burnaby, British Columbia
Joined January 2016
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We published a study looking at risk management decisions in snowmobiling, check it out here: #SARP avalancheresearch.ca/pubs/us…
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New article: Spatial and temporal analysis of fatal off-piste and backcountry avalanche accidents in Austria with a comparison of results in Switzerland, France, Italy and the US doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-571…
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Turning intuition into capturable data to improve avalanche safety. @SFU avalanche expert Pascal Haegeli explains: piquenewsmagazine.com/whistl… #SFUResearch #avalanche #data @AvalResearch @FCATatSFU @FAS_SFU @WhistlerRez @MikeWiegeleHeli @cmh_heli @PiqueNews
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New #openaccess paper on "Operational implementation and evaluation of a blowing #snow scheme for #avalanche hazard forecasting" by Vionnet et al. #CRST Congrats on managing the entire #TRL chain from upstream #research to #realtime operations 👉 sciencedirect.com/science/ar… – at Grenoble, France
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New D-paper: Characterizing the nature and variability of avalanche hazard in western Canada doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2018-2
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Our paper, "Characterizing the nature and variability of avalanche hazard in western Canada" is open for discussion at @EGU_NHESS nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci-d…
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Interested in avalanche research? Check out SARP's positions for next year avalancheresearch.ca/opportu…
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Our study examining terrain choices of professional ski guides just got published in Natural Hazards! @MikeWiegeleHeli @MitacsCanada @ZHAW @SFUResearch avalancheresearch.ca/JrLXW
A framework for avalanche hazard and risk assessment is now available in Natural Hazards #springerlink #SARP avalancheresearch.ca/pubs/a-…
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What can the #ENSO forecast tell us about this seasons avalanche hazard? #SARP #avalancheresearch avalancheresearch.ca/present…
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Winter is around the corner. How do climate patterns affect avalanche hazard? avalancheresearch.ca/pubs/li…
Different terrain for different avalanche hazard situations. #SARP
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BCCS recently released summary report on winter activity deaths in British Columbia from 200/06 to 2015/16 www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/pu…
Managing avalanche risk. What do you see? #AvalancheResearch #SARP
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We are looking at terrain preferences for managing avalanche risk at a heliski operation. #ISSW2016 isswabstracts.com/abstract_s…
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Congratulations to Faculty of Environment's new graduates! #MySFUGrad #SFU50
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How well do you remember last winter in Rogers Pass? @avalancheca @ParksMtnSafety @GlacierNP
+20 000 GPS tracks recorded this season thanks to partners!
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