Settlement areas

Site specific avalanche forecasting in Tromsø municipality

Protection of residents and settlement areas Facts Project: Site specific avalanche forecasting in Tromsø municipality Place: Tromsø Municipality Country: Norway Year: 2023-2026 (options to extend to 2032) Customer: Tromsø Municipality Protected Objects: Residents / Settlement areas Installed systems: WAC.3® Cockpit and Assessment Provided services: – Avalanche forecasting – Field trips and observations – Documentation and […]

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Securing Silvretta Street

Avalanche Radar & Avalanche towers secure Silvretta street Facts Project: Securing Silvretta Street Place: Area Ischgl / Kappl, Tyrol Country: Austria Year: 2011 and 2013 Customer: Municipal of Ischgl and Kappl Protected Objects: Road and edges of settlement areas Installed systems: – Wyssen Avalanche Tower 12 shots – LARA® Long Range Avalanche Radar Initial Situation

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Samnaun efficiently secures ski slopes and residential areas

Facts Project: Securing of ski slopes and residential area Place: Samnaun, GR Country: Switzerland Year: Installation since 2001 Customer: Bergbahnen Samnaun AG Protected Objects: Ski slopes, road and residential area Installed systems: – 80x Wyssen Avalanche Towers LS12-5 – WAC.3® A customer from the very beginning… Bergbahnen Samnaun AG has been a customer from the

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Wyssen Towers replace historic howitzer shots in LCC

Securing access road and the town of Alta Facts Project: Wyssen Towers replace historic howitzer shots in LCC Place: Emma Ridge, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah Country: USA Year: 2017-2020 Customer: Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) Protected Objects: Highway, Town of Alta Installed systems: – 1x Wyssen Avalanche Tower LS12-5 (Installation 2017) – 12x Wyssen Avalanche

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Utah Department of Transportation – First Wyssen Tower in the USA

Protection of Highway 210 to secure access to the ski resorts of Alta and Snowbird Facts Project: Protection of Highway 210 to secure access to the ski resorts of Alta and Snowbird Place: Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah Country: USA Year: 2017 Customer: Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) Protected Objects: Road and town Installed systems: –

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Avalanche Protection at Trans Canada Highway #1

Facts Project: Avalanche mitigation for the Trans-Canada Highway #1 at Three Valley Gap Place: Three Valley Gap near Revelstoke, BC Country: Canada Year: 2016-2018 Customer: Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) Protected Objects: Road Installed systems: 11x Wyssen Avalanche Tower, 12 shots each Initial Situation The Trans-Canada Highway #1 is the main highway from East

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Schattenbachlawine Walenstadt – Modernization of the existing avalanche protection system

Facts Project: Avalanche protection Walenstadt residential area Place: Walenstadt, SG Country: Switzerland Year: 2021 Customer: Gemeinde Walenstadt Protected Objects: Residential area, road Installed systems: – 7x Wyssen Avalanche Towers LS12-5 with the 2K® charge – 1x wildlife protection horn – WAC.3® Cockpit and Communication Video: An impressive film of the construction of the avalanche towers

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Goms valley optimizes avalanche restriction through detection and safety concept

Facts Project: Goms valley optimizes avalanche restriction through detection and safety concept Place: Goms, VS Country: Switzerland Year: 2018-2020 Customer: Gemeinde Goms Protected Objects: Infrastructure Installed systems: – 4x IDA® (Installation 2018 bis 2020) – 1x GINA® (Installation 2019) – Geoformer igp AG safety concept (2019) fully integrated into WAC.3® Cockpit and Assessment – 8

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