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 ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Every year, avalanches in Colorado threaten lives and impact travel, so the Colorado Department of Transportation developed a system that uses artillery to ensure avalanches don’t ...

Avalanche season in the Cascades and Olympics is here. This season’s first avalanche fatalities occurred late last week near Mt. Stuart and the Enchantments north of Cle Elum. Two others were in the ...

Wyssen Towers, a form of Remote Avalanche Control System, can control slides from afar.

Avalanche technicians working for the Washington State Department of Transportation found this slide on a closed section of North Cascades Highway on March 16. To avoid similar surprises, the British ...

Motorists travelling east of Revelstoke tomorrow could be in for some major delays on the Trans-Canada Highway as avalanche control work in Rogers Pass will necessitate intermittent closures.