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By Joel Gratz, Founding Meteorologist Posted 11 years ago March 3, 2014

Helicopter avalanche control - Portillo

Watch as a helicopter drops bombs to trigger avalanches in the mountains surrounding Portillo, Chile.

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Joel Gratz

Founding Meteorologist

Joel Gratz is the Founding Meteorologist of OpenSnow and has lived in Boulder, Colorado since 2003. Before moving to Colorado, he spent his childhood as a (not very fast) ski racer in eastern Pennsylvania.

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