We rode with a Tahoe avalanche control team during a massive dump. It was a blast
Billy Newman had two questions on his mind on Thursday morning: would he need to blast the mountain later that day? And if so, when? Snow had begun barrelling across parts of Highway 50 the night ...
The Financial Times5 天
On the slopes with the ski patrol – Chamonix’s first responders
It’s the sound of controlled avalanche detonations; an unmistakable signal that ski patrol is at work, long before the first lifts hum to life. On Mont Blanc, as elsewhere in the world ...
2 small avalanches occur at Palisades Tahoe ski resort, officials say
Two small avalanches occurred Friday morning at the Palisades Tahoe Ski Resort, officials said Friday. The resort said at 10:50 a.m., two slides happened on the Palisades side of the resort, one in ...
朝日新聞社10 个月
Slush avalanche cascades down Mt. Fuji during heavy rainstorm
The avalanche was first confirmed at around 8:20 a.m. on April 9 near the Osawa-kuzure valley, according to the land ministry’s Fuji sand erosion control office in Fujinomiya city in the prefecture.
Janesville Gazette1 个月
Colorado to double arsenal of mountainside avalanche blasters in war against highway ...
DENVER — Colorado transportation officials plan to nearly double the number of remotely controlled avalanche blasters installed on mountain ridges above highways, a project estimated to cost ...