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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colo. — There are more than 500 avalanche paths hanging above Colorado highways and 278 of those are monitored and controlled by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), ...

After 75 years of using military howitzers to trigger slides, Utah is shifting to modern systems. What gets lost and gained ...

The storms that pass through the state deposit heaps of powder at famed ski resorts like Alta and Snowbird, providing bottomless turns. Alta, during an average season, sees 548 inches of snow, but ...

Three skiers were likely killed when an avalanche swept them away on a remote mountain range in Alaska, authorities said Wednesday. The three adult skiers were flown by helicopter to the remote ...