❄️Winter-Ready!❄️ 🚁 CDOT crews recently installed and tested remotely-controlled avalanche mitigation systems across southwest Colorado mountain passes in preparation for winter snow accumulations that could result in potential snow slides. 🔹CDOT operates more than 40 systems across the state, including these two O’bellX units on US 550 Red Mountain Pass. 🔹Installed on ridgelines above known slide paths, the devices use compressed air and gasses that create a concussive blast to trigger a sno