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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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Samnaun – How remote avalanche control systems may help to save on snow making

Facts Project: How remote avalanche control systems may help to save on snow making Place: Samnaun, GR Country: Switzerland Year: Installation since 2015 Customer: Bergbahnen Samnaun AG Protected Objects: Ski slopes Installed systems: – Wyssen Avalanche Tower 12 shots – WAC.3® Initial Situation The ski resort of Samnaun makes big efforts to offer an excellent

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Zermatt protects its access road, railway and the ski resort with Wyssen Towers

Safety for up to 30,000 people travelling through the valley per day Facts Project: Avalanche Protection in Zermatt Place: Zermatt Valley, Zermatt town, Valais Country: Switzerland Year: Installation since 2004 Customer: Zermatt Bergbahnen AG Protected Objects: Access Road & Railway between Stalden and Zermatt, Ski slopes Installed systems: – Wyssen Avalanche Tower 12 shots –

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Eiger North Face – How to do avalanche control in severe terrain

Facts Project: Avalanche Protection from Eiger North Face Place: Jungfrau Region, BE Country: Switzerland Year: 2003 Customer: Wengernalpbahn AG Protected Objects: Railway between Grindelwald and Kleine Scheidegg, Ski slopes, Ski resort Installed systems: – Wyssen Avalanche Tower 12 shots – WAC.3® How this came about… In 2003, an Avalanche Tower was installed in the lowest

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Breitzug Davos – Integration of Multiple Solutions

Facts Project: Breitzug Davos – Integration of Multiple Solutions Place: Davos, GR Country: Switzerland Year: 2018 / 2019 Customer: Community of Davos, Rhaetian Railway (RhB), Canton Civil Engineering office (Tiefbauamt) Protected Objects: Road, Railway Installed systems: – 4x Wyssen Avalanche Towers LS12-5 – 1x LIA® Laser Scanner – 6x GINA® Geophones in Avalanches – 1x

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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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SkiArena Andermatt-Sedrun – Integration of the daily operation of of the Patrol and Rescue Service into online platform WAC.3®

Facts Project: SkiArena Andermatt-Sedrun – Integration of the daily operation of of the Patrol and Rescue Service into online platform WAC.3® Place: Andermatt, UR Country: Switzerland Year: 2020 / 2021 Customer: Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG Protected Objects: SkiArena Andermatt-Sedrun (ski resort) Installed systems: – WAC.3® Cockpit, Assessment, Explosives – 3x Wyssen Avalanche Towers LS12-5 Initial Situation

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