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 ...

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

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 Wednesday afternoon as the Colorado Department of Transportation held traffic a few miles east of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial ...

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 ...

ALTA, Utah (KUTV) — The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) tested new avalanche control technology to help them prepare for real avalanche hazards. In July, UDOT installed 16 Wyssen Towers, ...

JACKSON, WYO. (KIFI) — Travelers heading through the Hoback Canyon, be prepared for some brief stops starting tomorrow, Wednesday, June 18. The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) will begin ...

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The Colorado Transportation Commission has voted to authorize $2 million to replace the avalanche mitigation systems at Loveland Pass on U.S. Highway 6. The avalanche mitigation systems produced by ...