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Avalanche Program

Information on how our Avalanche Safety Program keeps our roads safe, constantly monitoring conditions and closing-reopening roads to avoid disaster.

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Photo Blog: Avalanche Control Over BC Highways

September 28, 2021January 19, 2013 2 Comments

Avalanches are mesmerizing – at least from a safe distance, whether that be via video, photograph, or directly from a helicopter. No one gets closer to the action than our avalanche control technicians. They trek

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Avalanche Control: Timing “Train Travel” on Bear Pass

January 26, 2022April 20, 2012 Leave a comment

Q. What train can travel 70 possible routes over a glacier, from 2,500 metre-high mountain tops down to near sea level, in about 20 seconds? A. An “avalanche train” in Bear Pass. An avalanche train

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BC Avalanche Control: Exploding for Highway Safety

September 27, 2021January 24, 2012 2 Comments

Our Avalanche and Weather Program teams are on the job 24 hours a day to keep you and our roads safe. How? The best way is to show you… Check out this video and see

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Avalanche Safety – Shedding Light on the Snow Shed

February 22, 2024November 30, 2011 46 Comments

Have you ever heard the term, “snow shed” and wondered what it is? Well, it’s not a place where we keep extra snow. Actually, it’s more like a tunnel – a concrete cover built over

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