AVALANCHE MITIGATION SERVICES

The Sun Valley Ski Patrol purchased a Falcon GT Avalauncher from Avalanche Mitigation Services in the summer of 2007 and it was placed into service for the 2007-2008 winter season. The purchase of the Falcon was a major upgrade from our Circa 1974 MK avalauncher. We built our new gun platform from the specs supplied by AMS and installed the gun. After firing just a few "dummy" rounds through the gun to get an idea for shot pressure and target acquisition as compared to the MK, we were using live rounds during control mornings. We have a 3 person gun crew but with the ease of use of the falcon, the gun could easily be operated by a single gunner... Since we put our Falcon GT into service last winter (2012-2013), our patrollers have enjoyed great success. We purchased our Falcon GT to help us access a large and rather remote piece of terrain. Loveland's snow safety team can now safely assess this terrain's snowpack in considerably less time than it took us before. Our new launcher has..

Also known as: Avalanche Mitigation Services, Inc.

Primary location: Kirovsk Russia