The International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW) exists to facilitate the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and experiences between snow science researchers and practioners. The motto of the International Snow Science Workshop is "A Merging of Theory and Practice". ISSW hosts a biennial conference in the western North American mountain region that brings together researchers and practioners from all over the world. In 2009, the first European ISSW was held in Davos, Switzerland and additonal European ISSWs are planned.

The next ISSW Conference, ISSW 2012 will be held in Anchorage, AK, from the 16th September to the 21st September 2012. Visit the ISSW2012 website

ISSWs have now been approved for Grenoble, France (with an excursion to Chamonix): October 7 to October 11th 2013, and Banff, Alberta, Canada: September 28 - Oct 3, 2014. Please send any questions to: isswsteering@yahoo.com

Previous ISSWs And ISSW Proceedings

Summaries of the history of each ISSW are provided below, including archived versions of their websites from 1996 onward. All ISSW Papers and Abstracts are now available online. The ISSW Proceedings database project was a joint development effort of Montana State University Library Digital Collections and the ISSW Steering Committee. Additional funding for the Project was provided by the Canadian Avalanche Association and the American Avalanche Association. Click here for the ISSW Proceedings Database.

• 2010 Squaw Valley, CA
• 2009 Davos, GR, Switzerland
• 2008 Whistler, BC
• 2006 Telluride, CO
• 2004 Jackson, WY
• 2002 Penticton, BC
• 2000 Big Sky, MT
• 1998 Sunriver, OR
• 1996 Banff, Alberta
• 1994 Snowbird, UT
• 1992 Breckenridge, CO
• 1990 Big Fork, MT
• 1988 Whistler, BC
• 1986 Lake Tahoe, CA
• 1984 Aspen, CO
• 1982 Bozeman, MT
• 1980 Vancouver, BC
• 1976 Banff, Alberta

For Information about ISSW contact: Rich Marriott.