The era of using howitzer military guns to mitigate avalanches at Alta Ski Area has ended. Earlier this year, the ski area installed the final three Wyssen remote avalanche detonation towers 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 ...

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.