Squaw Valley, CA – This fall, the International Snow Science Workshop will be held from Oct. 17 through Oct. 22 at the Resort at Squaw Creek at Squaw Valley USA. The five-day symposium brings together some of the world’s top snow scientists and avalanche practitioners for a merging of theory and practice, promoting the exchange of ideas and research, and introducing the latest forecasting tools and winter products at their meeting at the California ski and snowboard resort.nThe International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW) is a biennial meeting of professionals who work in the field of snow science and winter recreation. The only conference of its kind, the ISSW is truly international, with participants from Europe, Russia, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and North and South America. The workshop is designed to bring together ski patrollers and mountain guides, scientists, mining company engineers, architects, and forecasters from ski resorts, Departments of Transportation and the U.S. Forest Service for a forum in which to discuss theories, present papers and explore innovative new research topics.

ISSW 2010 will offer a full social agenda to complement this week of learning and enlightenment. Traditionally, ISSW participants leave the lecture halls for a day of field observation and learning. Squaw Valley USA, home of the 1960 winter Olympics, begs for a variety of field trips in to avalanche terrain which shaped the historic culture of the place and continues to govern habitation and recreational imperatives to this day.