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

The Sheriff’s Office identified the snowmobiler who was killed as Nicholas Bringhurst, 31, of Springville, Utah.

(UPDATE: Jan. 6 @ 3:25 pm) – Two additional highway closures are happening Tuesday evening to allow for avalanche control work. In addition to the closure between Revelstoke and Golden, which will ...

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 ...

US 2 at Stevens Pass will temporarily close on early Friday for the Washington Department of Transportation to perform avalanche control.

Avalanche season in the Cascades and Olympics is here. This season’s first avalanche fatalities occurred late last week near ...

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 Wednesday afternoon as the Colorado Department of Transportation held traffic a few miles east of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial ...

On the afternoon of March 23, 2005, a bomb fell out of the sky and exploded in Scott and Lori Connors’ backyard in Pleasant Grove, cratering their lawn, sending shrapnel into their living room and ...

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.

Motorists looking to travel east of Revelstoke tomorrow will have to wait as avalanche control work is expected to close the Trans-Canada Highway for a couple hours.