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Video: Everett Clausen on the History of CIL and the CAA

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ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1996, a young ski patroller at Big Sky, Montana, lost her life following an explosives accident while conducting avalanche control. The tragedy had repercussions across the North American avalanche world when explosives companies refused to supply industry in the aftermath. In Canada, the situation was looking dire when CIL Explosives stepped in […]

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Avalanche Mitigation With Drones in Alaska

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Will drones be used to conduct avalanche control in the future? In January in Alaska, two state agencies—the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities and the Alaska Railroad Collaboration—collaborated to test out Drone Amplified’s new Drone Avalanche Reduction Technology. The system was used to deliver two CIL explosives that were detonated to trigger to

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