This summer Alta is adding 5 Wyssen Remote Avalanche Control System (RACS) towers to the 4 O'Bellx RACS towers already present on Mt. Baldy and the 3 recently installed in the Supreme area of the resort. There are plans to add more towers next summer. The old military howitzers housed in the resort's artillery bunker that currently are used for avalanche control work will be phased out after the coming season. Another 13 UDOT RACS towers line the south-facing slopes of Cottonwood Ridge, strategically situated amongst the 64 named avalanche paths in the most active start zones of said avalanche-prone terrain. More RACS towers are located in BCC, with plans for additional ones to be added soon.
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Alta's artillery bunker (near dead center of photo on prominent high point, as seen from target area (Mt. Baldy):
Alta's artillery bunker, as seen from Snowbird's Peruvian Gulch:
An Alta artillery bunker video:
Two of the four O'Bellx RACS towers minus their pods (removed by helicopter during the off-season), located on East Baldy at Alta.
Some background on the O'Bellx RACS towers at Alta's East Baldy:
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Two of the 13 UDOT RACS units (look like French Gas-ex to me), located high above LCC highway in the Superior, Hellgate, Sixtyfour Chute, Blackjack slide path area:
Utah ski resorts upgrade avalanche mitigation technology to phase out old military artillery
Alta Ski Area is installing new avalanche towers to better protect skiers and to phase out old military artillery.
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Alta's artillery bunker (near dead center of photo on prominent high point, as seen from target area (Mt. Baldy):
Alta's artillery bunker, as seen from Snowbird's Peruvian Gulch:
An Alta artillery bunker video:
Two of the four O'Bellx RACS towers minus their pods (removed by helicopter during the off-season), located on East Baldy at Alta.
Some background on the O'Bellx RACS towers at Alta's East Baldy:
Aliens at Alta?
No, those are not alien space ships or Alta's first foray into on-mountain micro-living. Those egg-shaped pods are actually just the latest tool in Alta's perennial battle against the avalanche dragon.
Two of the 13 UDOT RACS units (look like French Gas-ex to me), located high above LCC highway in the Superior, Hellgate, Sixtyfour Chute, Blackjack slide path area:
