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In December 2008 the Teton Mountains near Jackson, Wyoming, experienced weather conditions, including a 30-in. snowfall, that pushed the mountain slopes to a critical condition for avalanches around the Teton Pass. This article provides a timeline that recounts the avalanche control measures and highway operations to deal with this event and to keep Teton Pass open to traffic.

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p 13

2009-11

TR News

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Avalanches; Snowfall; Traffic safety; Weather conditions

Control triggered avalanches

Jackson (Wyoming); Teton Pass

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I62: Winter Maintenance

TRIS, TRB

Jan 26 2010 1:41PM

• Adjusting Traffic Signal Timing in Inclement Weather
• Creativity Takes to the Streets
• Developing a Winter Maintenance Decision Support System: Prototype to Field Tests to Payback—and Beyond
• Evolution of the Highway Maintenance Concept Vehicle: Assembling the Ideal Platform for Mobile Winter Operations
• Getting the Most out of Winter Weather Forecasting Services
• Going Green with Snow Fences: Technology Reinvents a Settler Practice
• Introduction: Anatomy of Change in Winter Maintenance
• Pushing Road and Weather Information to the Public: Japan's Use of Cell Phones and E-Mails
• Real-Time Traffic Management Communications in Sweden: An Effective Smorgasbord of Technologies
• Reaping the Benefits of Attending the TRB Annual Meeting: Utah Department of Transportation's Practical, Systematic Model
• Research Pays Off: Implementing a Winter Maintenance Decision Support System: Indiana Department of Transportation's Process, Success, and Savings
• Selecting Snow and Ice Control Chemicals to Mitigate Environmental Impacts
• The Role of Chemicals in Winter Maintenance
• Training for Winter Maintenance Operations: Reaching the Public, Building on Know-How
• Winter Weather and Road Condition Forecasts: Advances in Models, Sensors, Tools, and Platforms Improve Maintenance Operations