Technical Visit Q&A 3: Highway Avalanche Mitigation in Canada’s Mountain National Parks
Thursday, February 10 11:30 - 12:00 (Calgary)
GMT :
02/10|
18:30 -
19:00
Paris :
02/10|
19:30 -
20:00
New Delhi :
02/11|
00:00 -
00:30
Tokyo :
02/11|
03:30 -
04:00
Sydney :
02/11|
05:30 -
06:00
Technical Visit Q&A 3: Highway Avalanche Mitigation in Canada’s Mountain National Parks
Hosted by: Gilles Lussier and Lisa Paulson
Parks Canada is a leader in avalanche safety and monitors slide paths that affect highways daily throughout the winter in the mountain national parks. When avalanche risks are elevated, Parks Canada staff deliberately trigger avalanches on slide paths that may affect park highways. In a few locations, Parks Canada has installed remote avalanche control systems (RACS) which can be safely deployed at any time of day or night and in all weather conditions.