GEOPRAEVENT in Georgia

On May 17th, 2014, a large ice avalanche detached from the Devdoraki Glacier on the north side of Mt. Kazbek (5033m), causing a large debris flow of several million cubic meters. The debris flow claimed several lives as it blocked an important road connecting Georgia...

Detecting people with radar

This is from a project in the Swiss Alps where avalanches are released artificially using blasting towers. The explosions are controlled remotely. For the safety of backcountry skiers, GEOPRAEVENT has developed a system using radar technology that detects and tracks...

Ice avalanche at Weissmies

Our radar-based glacier monitoring at Weissmies is operational since more than one month. Several ice avalanches happened during this time. We managed to capture one of them in unprecedented detail: Two days before the failure, locally increased velocities were...