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 ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Washington State Department of Transportation says a new remote-controlled system will replace the aging artillery once used ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo/Ski Utah) Avalanches have forever posed risks to ski resorts, mountain highways, and towns. If left unmitigated, they often ...

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 ...

One of the primary risks for crew members is that they have to snowmobile through four avalanche-prone areas before they get to the howitzer, a weapon originally designed to shoot tanks. The gun and ...

ALTA, Utah — The big guns may be gone, but the boom will still be heard as a new system is being installed to aid avalanche mitigation in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Sixteen towers are set to be ...

Every day that Yellowstone National Park crews work their way up to snow-covered Sylvan Pass to artificially trigger avalanches is fraught with risk, according to park officials. Just getting to the ...

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