This report provides a synthesis on the use and design of snow sheds to protect transportation corridors against avalanches. This report summarizes the various snow shed designs and standards, regulation environment, construction and operational costs, risk, benefits, loading considerations, operational and design considerations, and alternate methods employed when snow sheds are no longer needed, or when alternative long-term mitigation measures are employed.
Jordy Hendrikx, Alan Jones, Andrew Schauer, Ryan Buhler.
"October 2020."
"Performing organizations: Snow and Avalanche Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA; Dynamic Avalanche Consulting, Revelstoke, BC, Canada."
Includes bibliographic references.
Report No. CDOT-2020-13."
Online resource; title from PDF cover (viewed March 2021)
