Washington transportation officials will no longer rely on a collection of artillery to shoot loose snow on Snoqualmie Pass ...

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 ...

Since the 1980s, transportation crews have used artillery including a recoilless rifle, an M60 tank and a World War II-era Howitzer to shoot snow loose.

Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) officials say crews will no longer rely on artillery systems to trigger ...

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 ...

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 ...

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), ...

CDOT is revamping its system to no longer use World War II-era artillery to clear possible avalanches from the east side of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels along Interstate 70.

Drivers can expect delays and stoppages as the avalanche control system located at the Mt. Rose Highway (State Route 431) summit is replaced, according to a news release from the Nevada Department of ...