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Securing County Road 53 Tyin – Årdal by avalanche towers Facts Project: Securing County Road 53 Tyin – Årdal by avalanche towers Place: Tyin, Oppland County Country: Norway Year: 2016 Customer: Norwegian Public Road Administration (NPRA) Protected Objects: Road Installed systems: – 14x Wyssen Avalanche Tower LS12-5 – 1x Weather station – WAC.3® Initial Situation […]
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Highest Wyssen tower ever installed Facts Project: Open Pit Protection in Codelco Andina Mine Place: Los Andes, V Región Country: Chile Year: 2017-2022 Customer: Codelco VP Protected Objects: Copper Open Pit Mine Installed systems: – 24x Wyssen Avalanche Towers LS12-5 – 8x SARA® Short Range Avalanche Radar – 8x GINA® Geophones in Avalanches – 1x
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Avalanche Radar & Avalanche towers secure Silvretta street Facts Project: Securing Silvretta Street Place: Area Ischgl / Kappl, Tyrol Country: Austria Year: 2011 and 2013 Customer: Municipal of Ischgl and Kappl Protected Objects: Road and edges of settlement areas Installed systems: – Wyssen Avalanche Towers LS12-5 – LARA® Long range Avalanche Radar Initial Situation The
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Securing Ski resort Ischgl Facts Project: Securing Ski resort Ischgl Place: Ischgl, Tyrol Country: Austria Year: Installation since 2009 Customer: Silvrettaseilbahn Ischgl Protected Objects: Ski slopes and mountain railways Installed systems: – Wyssen Avalanche Tower LS12-5 – WAC.3® Ski resort must be safe Ischgl (Tyrol, Austria) is a well-known winter sport resort with 1.3 million
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Facts Project: Securing of ski slopes and residential area Place: Samnaun, GR Country: Switzerland Year: Installation since 2001 Customer: Bergbahnen Samnaun AG Protected Objects: Ski slopes, road and residential area Installed systems: – 80x Wyssen Avalanche Tower LS12-5 – WAC.3® A customer from the very beginning… Bergbahnen Samnaun AG has been a customer from the
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Facts Project: How remote avalanche control systems may help to save on snow making Place: Samnaun, GR Country: Switzerland Year: Installation since 2015 Customer: Bergbahnen Samnaun AG Protected Objects: Ski slopes Installed systems: – Wyssen Avalanche Tower LS12-5 – WAC.3® Initial Situation The ski resort of Samnaun makes big efforts to offer an excellent ski
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Safety for up to 30,000 people travelling through the valley per day Facts Project: Avalanche Protection in Zermatt Place: Zermatt Valley, Zermatt town, Valais Country: Switzerland Year: Installation since 2004 Customer: Zermatt Bergbahnen AG Protected Objects: Access Road & Railway between Stalden and Zermatt, Ski slopes Installed systems: – Wyssen Avalanche Tower LS12-5 – WAC.3®
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Facts Project: Avalanche Protection from Eiger North Face Place: Jungfrau Region, BE Country: Switzerland Year: 2003 Customer: Wengernalpbahn AG Protected Objects: Railway between Grindelwald and Kleine Scheidegg, Ski slopes, Ski resort Installed systems: – Wyssen Avalanche Tower LS12-5 – WAC.3® How this came about… In 2003, an Avalanche Tower was installed in the lowest part
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Facts Project: Protection of access road in the Brucejack mine Place: Brucejack Mine, BC Country: Canada Year: 2019 Customer: Pretium Exploration Inc. Protected Objects: Road Installed systems: – 12x Wyssen Avalanche Tower LS12-5 – WAC.3® Initial Situation Brucejack is a high-grade gold underground mine located in northwestern British Columbia. The year-round access road to the
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Securing access road and the town of Alta Facts Project: Wyssen Towers replace historic howitzer shots in LCC Place: Emma Ridge, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah Country: USA Year: 2017-2020 Customer: Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) Protected Objects: Highway, Town of Alta Installed systems: – 1x Wyssen Avalanche Tower LS12-5 (Installation 2017) – 12x Wyssen Avalanche
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