Manufactured by the Swiss company Wyssen, these towers are considered Remote Avalanche Control Systems, or RACS. Unlike one ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When ski resorts receive large amounts of snow at one time, there are usually concerns about the potential for avalanches. China Peak, along with California's other larger resorts, uses avalanche ...