Wyssen Towers, a form of Remote Avalanche Control System, can control slides from afar, making for safer and faster terrain ...

CDOT and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center operate 54 remote-controlled avalanche systems Remote-controlled avalanche mitigation in Colorado began in 2015 on Stanley Mountain above U.S. 40 on ...

Remote-controlled avalanche mitigation in Colorado began in 2015 on Stanley Mountain above U.S. 40 on Berthoud Pass. The idea was that frequently triggered, remote-controlled explosions from the five ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado transportation officials plan to nearly double the number of remotely controlled avalanche blasters installed on mountain ridges above highways, a ...

The Washington State Department of Transportation says a new remote-controlled system will replace the aging artillery once used to trigger avalanches over Snoqualmie Pass, marking a major safety and ...

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 ...

Everything was silent on the Interstate 70 corridor for a moment on Wednesday afternoon as the Colorado Department of Transportation held traffic a few miles east of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial ...