Alpine Infrastructure crews were installing towers and detonation chambers on Thursday for a new remote control avalanche system near the top of Limelight Bowl on the Canons Village side of Park City Mountain.
The system will be operational for the 2026-27 ski season. It allows Park City Mountain Ski Patrol to remotely detonate an explosion that could trigger a controlled slide to the west of the Quick Silver gondola.
Ski patrol snow safety manager Toph White explained that this system will allow the resort’s team to mitigate avalanche risk without placing patrollers in dangerous situations along Pinecone Ridge. The system could also potentially allow the Quick Silver gondola to run sooner on a powder day.
This is the first remote control system in the Wasatch Back, though similar systems are in use at Snowbasin Resort as well as Alta Ski Area in the Little Cottonwood Canyon.
