A Colorado ski resort is bringing a safer approach to blowing up avalanche terrain
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MOUNT CRESTED BUTTE — In the last 10 years, the process of bombing avalanche terrain above highways and ski slopes has evolved from World War II-era ammunition fired from howitzer cannons and bomb-dropping helicopters to remote-control systems that dribble…
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MOUNT CRESTED BUTTE — In the last 10 years, the process of bombing avalanche terrain above highways and ski slopes has evolved from World War II-era ammunition fired from howitzer cannons and bomb-dropping helicopters to remote-control systems that dribble…
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