Artificial Avalanches from Vallee de la Sionne, 6th March 2006. We triggered and filmed five avalanches.
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Avalanches can be triggered at five spots along the skyline
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Warning signs to keep out ski tours
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Helicopter for dropping charges
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Small avalanche
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Just reaching the 20m measurement mast
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The mast is just visible
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A bigger avalanche
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The bunker was buried
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First floor entrance to the bunker
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Radar pointing out the closed shutters on the first floor
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Climbing up into the debris
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Impact pressure sensors
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Jim and others digging around the mast
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Jim studying the snow layers
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Depth of the debris at the mast
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Jim in the entrance
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Inside the bunker