This morning I was up at 4am and at main lodge at 4:45am in order to go up with ski patrol to gun 1 for avalanche control. Gun one is a bonfied military howitzer artillery gun, it shoots live explosive rounds at designated avalanche zone/targets in order to trigger avalanches before the slopes open to the public! The intention is to trigger avalanches, so once people start sking the risk of one occuring is significantly lower. It was so cloudy this morning that we couldn’t even see where the rounds were landing. But it was a educautional expierence to say the least. Here are some pics!
