Rockfalls, rockslides and rock avalanches as well as other alpine mass movements are among the primary drivers of landscape evolution in steep terrain and they are some of the most hazardous and least anticipated processes.

This session aims to bring together state-of-the-art methods for identifying, predicting, assessing, quantifying, and protecting against rock slope hazards and alpine mass movements. We seek innovative contributions from investigators dealing with all stages of rock slope and alpine hazards such as rock-ice avalanches, glacier-related hazards, debris flows or hazard cascades originating from the periglacial environment.

Innovative contributions dealing with alpine mass movement predisposition, triggering, transport, and deposition are welcome, including (1) insights from field observations and/or laboratory experiments; (2) applications of statistical methods and/or artificial intelligence to identify and map mass movements; (3) in-situ or remote-sensing based monitoring approaches; (4) mass movement modeling for the analysis and interpretation of the governing physical processes – from conceptual frameworks to theoretical and/or advanced numerical approaches; (5) the development of strategies applicable for hazard assessment, mitigation and protection; (6) the impact of weather and climate on alpine mass movements, climate change attribution strategies, as well as the role of science at the interface with society; as well as (7) preparedness and risk reduction, and studies that integrate social, structural, or natural protection measures.