Parks Canada has announced the Trans-Canada highway running through Rogers Pass and Glacier National Park will be getting the world's largest avalanche detection network. "The avalanche detection network is a key new investment as part of our avalanche safety mitigation along the Trans-Canada Highway," he told Daybreak South's Bob Keating. (Parks Canada)Parks Canada says the new system will be the first of its kind in Canada and the largest such detection system in the world. The new detection network is part of a larger $18 million plan for avalanche mitigation in the area. Radar systemWithin the 42 kilometres of the Trans-Canada Highway in Rogers Pass, there are 134 avalanche paths.

Source: CBC News May 29, 2019 21:00 UTC