1000s of People Protest Plans to Blow Up an Austrian Glacier to Merge 2 Ski Resorts Thousands of people took to the streets of Innsbruck, Austria, on Friday to protest the planned destruction of a glacier to connect the Pitztal Glacier and Ötztal Glacier ski resorts in Tyrol, Austria. The plans involve exploding and removing more than 750,000 cubic metres of snow, rock and ice from the mountainside to create new ski slopes and services, reports […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 25, 2022 6 Comments
[PHOTOS] Caltrans Uses 14lbs of Explosives to Blow Up 458-Tons of Boulders Blocking US-50 Near Echo Summit Caltrans’ South Lake Tahoe area maintenance crew responded to three large boulders that fell onto U.S. Highway 50 near Echo Summit on Thursday, March 3, 2022. Related: [VIDEO] Caltrans Blows Up Huge Boulders Blocking Lake Tahoe, CA’s Highway 50 The estimated weight was 458 tons. The largest was 23 feet long and 14 feet tall. The crew used about 14 […] SnowBrains | March 7, 2022 0 Comments
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