by Annina Streuli | Mar 25, 2021 | Eis und Schnee, Neuigkeiten |
Pollfjellet: New AVYX avalanche radar system installed in Norway Our newest avalanche radar system was installed in the village of Furuflaten in the north of Norway in February 2021. The AVYX avalanche radar monitors the southern slope of Mount Pollfjellet, which is...
by SW | Nov 18, 2020 | Eis und Schnee, Neuigkeiten |
Avalanche radars Bear Pass: more than 1100 avalanches detected in first winter 2019/20 The automatic avalanche detection system at Bear Pass, Canada, consists of three stations: the two radar stations, George Copper and Little Bears, and the relay station Mt Johnson...
by SW | Nov 14, 2019 | Eis und Schnee, Neuigkeiten |
Ice and snow Our crew successfully completed installing the avalanche radar system at Bear Pass, Canada, for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI). Despite challenging weather conditions, the installation team was able to setup and take into...
by SW | Aug 6, 2019 | Eis und Schnee, Neuigkeiten |
This year, we extended our glacier lake monitoring system on the Plaine Morte with four autonomous camera stations and an additional pressure probe. The rapid discharge of Lake Faverges in Juli 2018 led to severe floods in the valley floor and damaged several...
by SW | Jul 5, 2019 | Eis und Schnee, Neuigkeiten |
On Tuesday night, 2 July 2019, a large, unstable section in the northern slope of Trift Glacier at Weissmies, Switzerland, broke off. Several days before, the image analysis of our deformation camera showed a significant acceleration of the affected area and indicated...
by SW | Jun 7, 2019 | Eis und Schnee, Neuigkeiten |
The world’s largest detection system for avalanches is being built at the Rogers Pass in Canada to improve the winter safety of the Trans-Canada Highway (media releases by Government of Canada, CBC, Revelstoke Mountaineer). Among the detection devices are four...
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