Gazex For Colorado

[@kruemel534]

This will never be as cool as shooting artillery at a mountain.

[@kishascape]

They still have that too for touchup work. This just lowers the operating costs and speeds up removal.

[@DysartDrones]

I don't know what's louder... the gas detonation or the f-bomb at 2:11.😂

[@johnni37]

Saw these all over Squaw and we were there for Blizzard Harper and it was like being in a war zone. Really smart way to automate an otherwise dangerous job for the patrollers.

[@kishascape]

Sucks for anyone shoeing through the snow though when that goes off.

[@pauloakes6952]

Smart people don’t snow shoe in slide zones.

[@martymcflyer8487]

I think the Stanley Chute slid this week onto US40 for the first time since they were installed 5 years ago. They cleaned it up in a few hours. Not bad considering the pass was closed for 4 days due to small slides on the west side earlier this winter. The longest closure ever I think.

[@lifebites21]

Well that’s clearly keeping the snow away there. Good invention.

[@TehTezMan]

no snow dares settle on this mountain.

[@mccommas2]

:)

[@vcummins]

I was wondering that the pipe things were at the top of no name at snowbasin. Now I know lol.

[@timstich1052]

The echo from the shot is so cool.

[@Zanthum]

That looks like a lot of escaping gas right before ignition. Any way to reduce that to improve efficiency and cut down on the unused greenhouse gas release?

[@AlexDlugosch]

The fuel used (propane) isn't a greenhouse gas.

[@Zanthum]

​@@AlexDlugoschMy mistake I thought it was but I also thought they were using methane/compressed natural gas based on the cylinders shown in the animation and that I believe methane is easier to achieve the required detonation using air fuel mix as I didn't realize they were using an oxygen mix which is probably what those cylinders are if they rendered them true to reality in the first place.

[@Africanfrogs]

Have seen lots of resorts with these, never knew what they were

[@large_planet]

wery good!👍

[@griffithd05]

Well after this week...let's add some more of these!

[@estelja]

Awesome! Maybe now they'll only shut down Vail Pass 24 times a season instead of 25.

[@Jacob-od5yo]

Imagine some poor elk is under that when it goes off

[@vanessaxoax7646]

Those are monitored before firing.

[@Stuart-e9e]

I like the cannon better.

[@henriks5008]

pule!