News Items tag as: Avalanche control

Ever wonder what these huts on the side of the Coquihalla Highway are?
September 30, 2023 - 6:00 AM
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If you drive down the Coquihalla Highway you might notice these structures which look like huts.
How avalanche techs keep drivers safe on B.C. highways in winter
January 28, 2022 - 9:00 PM

Avalanche control technicians worked on the Jack McDonald snowshed on the Trans-Canada Highway east of Revelstoke earlier this month.
Coquihalla Highway to be closed overnight for avalanche control
January 05, 2021 - 11:27 AM

Drive BC issued a heads-up today, Jan. 5, warning motorists that a long stretch of the Coquihalla Highway will be closed overnight for avalanche control.
iN VIDEO: Avalanche control near Revelstoke packs a punch
December 28, 2020 - 6:00 PM

The weight carried by showshed tunnels along the Trans-Canada Highway was on full display this week in footage of some avalanche control efforts.
Snowfall warning, avalanche could cause delays on Highway 3
February 15, 2016 - 6:52 AM

PENTICTON - A system moving through southern B.C. is expected to drop a lot of snow on Highway 3 before tomorrow morning.
Avalanche control to cause delays on Interior highways
February 05, 2016 - 2:05 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If heading east is in your long weekend plans, allow a couple of extra hours to travel.
Several B.C. Interior highways closed for avalanche control this morning
January 14, 2016 - 7:01 AM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - If you were heading east today, expect delays west of Revelstoke and along several other Interior highways as crews perform avalanche control today.
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News Items tag as: Avalanche control

Ever wonder what these huts on the side of the Coquihalla Highway are?

How avalanche techs keep drivers safe on B.C. highways in winter

Coquihalla Highway to be closed overnight for avalanche control

iN VIDEO: Avalanche control near Revelstoke packs a punch

Snowfall warning, avalanche could cause delays on Highway 3

Avalanche control to cause delays on Interior highways

Several B.C. Interior highways closed for avalanche control this morning

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