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Brighton council approves waiver to let Solitude add remote avalanche‑control towers
Summary
Solitude Mountain Resort presented data and videos on avalanche risks in Honeycomb Canyon and the council approved a waiver to install four additional remote explosive towers in 2025 and three more in 2026 to reduce worker exposure and speed mitigation.
Solitude Mountain Resort won council approval on March 11 to expand its remote explosive avalanche‑control system on the Honeycomb Canyon ridge.
Ian Riddell, a Solitude representative, told the council the canyon includes substantial avalanche terrain and showed photos and videos of hand‑charge routes and past slides. He said the resort currently operates four diesel towers in the Honeycomb area and is proposing a phased buildout—four more towers in summer 2025 and three in 2026—to reduce staff exposure and trigger avalanches…
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