Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-571-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-571-2018
Research article
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22 Feb 2018
Research article |  | 22 Feb 2018

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

Christian Pfeifer, Peter Höller, and Achim Zeileis

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by Editor and Referees) (04 May 2017) by Sven Fuchs
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ED: Publish as is (03 Jan 2018) by Sven Fuchs
AR by Christian Pfeifer on behalf of the Authors (10 Jan 2018)
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In this article we analyzed spatial and temporal patterns of fatal Austrian avalanche accidents caused by backcountry and off-piste skiers and snowboarders within the winter periods 1967/1968–2015/2016. As a result of the trend analysis, we noticed an increasing trend of backcountry and off-piste avalanche fatalities within the winter periods 1967/1968–2015/2016. As a result of the spatial analysis, we noticed two hot spots of avalanche fatalities (Arlberg–Silvretta and Sölden).
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