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Utah Ski Resort Shows Off New Remote Avalanche Control Tech

Wyssen Towers, a form of Remote Avalanche Control System, can control slides from afar, making for safer and faster terrain ...
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Avalanche cannons along Colorado's I-70 retired, replaced with new remote control system

The booms echoing through Colorado's high country each winter are getting a high-tech upgrade. For years, crews with the Colorado Department of Transportation used howitzer cannons along I-70 to blast ...
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WATCH: With new remote systems, CDOT retires use of World War II artillery for avalanche mitigation on I-70

Everything was silent on the Interstate 70 corridor for a moment Wednesday afternoon as the Colorado Department of Transportation held traffic a few miles east of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial ...
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No more WWII Howitzers: CDOT revamps avalanche control system

DENVER (KDVR) — Every year, avalanches in Colorado threaten lives and impact travel, so the Colorado Department of Transportation developed a system that uses artillery to ensure avalanches don’t ...
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WSDOT no longer using artillery for avalanche control on Snoqualmie Pass

SNOQUALMIE PASS, Wash. — Washington is changing the way it handles avalanche control at Snoqualmie Pass. Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) officials say crews will no longer rely ...