Travel and terrain advice statements in public avalanche bulletins:  a quantitative analysis of who uses this information, what  makes it useful, and how it can be improved for users

Fisher, Kathryn C.; Haegeli, Pascal; Mair, Patrick

doi:10.5194/nhess-22-1973-2022

Articles | Volume 22, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1973-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1973-2022

© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 22, issue 6

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14 Jun 2022

Research article |

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Travel and terrain advice statements in public avalanche bulletins: a quantitative analysis of who uses this information, what makes it useful, and how it can be improved for users

Kathryn C. Fisher, Pascal Haegeli, and Patrick Mair

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Short summary

Avalanche bulletins include travel and terrain statements to provide recreationists with tangible guidance about how to apply the hazard information. We examined which bulletin users pay attention to these statements, what determines their usefulness, and how they could be improved. Our study shows that reducing jargon and adding simple explanations can significantly improve the usefulness of the statements for users with lower levels of avalanche awareness education who depend on this advice.