Via The Denver Channel.com

The days of live munition and explosions are changing on two of Colorado’s most avalanche-prone passes.

“Colorado is one of the leaders in how we do avalanche mitigation, obviously we need to be,” said Amy Ford with the Colorado Department of Transportation.

Now, Colorado will again take the lead, installing two massive avalanche mitigation systems high above Loveland and Berthoud pass.

“We are going to be deploying a system called Gazex. It's French and it means that it's been in Europe. Some of the ski resorts in the US have it, but it's never been deployed as part of something that would be part of a department of transportation,” Ford said.

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