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Three Valley Gap

Innovative Rockfall Netting System Aims to Improve Safety at Three Valley Gap

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 12 Comments

About 20 kilometres west of Revelstoke lies a short stretch of BC Highway 1 with a unique geography. Running in-between Three Valley Lake and the Monashee Mountains, Three Valley Gap is, quite literally, located between

Categories BC Projects, BC Travellers, Commercial Vehicles, Trucking

Ka-BOOM! 4 Types of Remote Avalanche Control in BC

December 8, 2022February 20, 2018 3 Comments

“Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things.” – Vernor Vinge, author Rain… Wind… The weight from a layer of fresh snow… Warming temperatures… It doesn’t take much to break the bonds that hold

Categories Avalanche Program

How We Keep Traffic Moving in Avalanche Country

July 11, 2022November 16, 2016 4 Comments

Our avalanche control towers are operated remotely, to take down hazardous snowpack looming over the Trans-Canada Highway at Three Valley Gap near Revelstoke.

Categories Avalanche Program, Emergency Events

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