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Norway Tests Avalhex

The avalanche season opened in Western Norway, blocking roads and threatening villages but the National Higway Authority has a new tool in its armoury this winter in the form of the French avalhex system. This is a five meter steel tower containing 17 ballons. Each ballon can be filled with explosive gas and detonated, producing a controlled avalanche from a safe distance. The system has been tested over a number of years on the Lauteret road pass between Grenoble and Briançon.



Norway tests new avalanche control system

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