Changes in Attitudes To Risk and Knowledge About Avalanches Among Swedish Skiers After The Introduction of a National Avalanche Safety Program

• In 2013, a web survey was conducted together with Freeride.se, aimed towards Swedish off-piste skiers in order to identify the target group's knowledge, experience and attitudes towards off-piste skiing and avalanches. 1047 skiers participated. The results of the survey gave new important knowledge about different target groups prior to the start of the Swedish avalanche forecast program and also more knowledge regarding the level of avalanche awareness among skiers in general. In 2016 Sweden launched the first national avalanche forecasting program and the same year, a revised avalanche education program was developed and presented. Both constitute important tools for prevention of future avalanche accidents among Swedish skiers. In April 2017, a repetition of the first survey was initiated, with nearly the same questionnaire, to see if there had been any change in behavior, attitudes to risk and knowledge about avalanche awareness among Swedish skiers since 2013. With 1028 participants, the results of the new survey showed some interesting changes that probably could be seen as early effects of the introduction of a new public avalanche forecasting service together with the revised avalanche education program.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Samhällsbyggnadsteknik -- Geoteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Civil Engineering -- Geotechnical Engineering (hsv//eng)

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Soil Mechanics

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