SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. Caltrans is adding some firepower in efforts to control avalanches near Carson Pass.
The Caltrans District 10 Caples Lake crew has been installing powerful LoCat guns adjacent California State Route 88 and will use them to mitigate potential avalanches in an avalanche zone.
Caltrans crews are installing avalanche guns near Carson Pass. Provided / William Newman
“We had the LoCat cannons serviced earlier this year and we’re re-mounting them along SR-88 for this season,” Caples Lake Maintenance Supervisor Billy Newman said in a press release. “These cannons are so heavy that we need to fly them to the remote, elevated platforms.”