Item: Powerline Pass - B.C. North Coast Mountain the History of Avalanche Damage, Mitigation and a Modern Epic
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Title: Powerline Pass - B.C. North Coast Mountain the History of Avalanche Damage, Mitigation and a Modern Epic
Proceedings: Proceedings of the 1996 International Snow Science Workshop, Banff, Canada
Authors:
- Scott Flavelle [ Chris Stethem & Associates Ltd. P.O. Box 1507, Canmore, Alberta ]
- Hector MacKenzie [ Chris Stethem & Associates Ltd. P.O. Box 1507, Canmore, Alberta ]
Date: 1996
Abstract: Scott Flavelle will trace the history of avalanche damage to the Alcan transmission towers and the various mitigation methods recommended by our avalanche forefathers since the powerline was first built in 1953 to two recent tower failures in 1992 & 1993. Hector MacKenzie will then describe his psychological epic of being trapped by weather in a plywood coffee shack in a large avalanche track with modern linesman while avalanches are running...
Object ID: issw-1996-268-270.pdf
Language of Article: English
Presenter(s): Unknown
Keywords: avalanche, history, mitigation, survival
Page Number(s): 268-270
Subjects: avalanche damages avalanche hazard historical avalanche data
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