Ever wonder how the Wyoming Department of Transportation helps reduce avalanche danger on mountain passes during the winter? They bust out the big guns.
WYDOT is one of many agencies across the world who create their own "controlled avalanches" using heavy artillery...
Full operations including WYDOT's rotary plows, dozers and snowcats have been working feverishly to try and open WYO 130 between Centennial and Saratoga since May 9. This was a week earlier than usual, as WYDOT tried to get a head start on snow pack removal in the Snowy Range...