New remote avalanche mitigation towers installed on Breckenridge’s Peak 7, marking change of pace from widely-used artillery technology

New remote avalanche mitigation towers installed on Breckenridge’s Peak 7, marking change of pace from widely-used artillery technology

Throughout the last week, Breckenridge Ski Resort and Wyssen Avalanche Control have worked together to install two remote avalanche control towers in Breckenridge’s Peak 7 Bowl.  The new towers are the first of their kind for Summit County’s ski resorts — though they are already used by the Colorado Department of Transportation along the Interstate 70 corridor, and Arapahoe Basin Ski Area proposed implementing similar technology at their resort …