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The Top 9 Highest Paved Roads in the United States

Millions of miles of paved roads snake throughout the United States. With winter closing in, a world of snow-related closures will begin to fall on high-altitude roads and mountain passes. In honor of this, we decided to answer the question, what are the highest paved roads in the United States? Drive em’ while you still can! Related: The 15 Highest Ski […]

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Andrew | September 16, 2021
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Swiss Develop Radar Avalanche Detection System

Leave it to the Swiss to develop the next best thing after the army knife; now they have an early avalanche detection system that will reduce the time between avalanche threat and road closures.  The system is being tested in Zermatt, a popular tourist destination in Switzerland.  The access road to Zermatt is passes through multiple known avalanche flow paths and […]

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Keenan Grady | March 4, 2016
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