Show Cannon Blais Jl Slide H lard ALTA Artillery ALTA Artillery fire resounded through this normally quiet winter resort Thursday as Utah national guardsmen disposed of menacing menacing- snow formations Operation avalanche prevention prevention prevention tion was directed by Lt Col Cot Glenn Z Z Nielsen Ordnance medium maintenance Corps Utah national guard I IN N Nearly early a dozen rounds from a n 75 mm field piece operated by M hi Lloyd K IC Hill were blasted into a series of wind slabs and cornices cornices' built up by natures nature's forces i in high places of the Wasatch Va Wa- satch mountains Robert W W. Gardner Wasatch forest ranger together with snow rangers stationed in the area co co- co- co operated Alta was one of the first winter resorts where the artillery fire method was u use used s e d to eliminate snow-slide snow hazards in ski areas It Itis Itis Itis is one of the few areas in the nation nation nation na na- na- na tion where the operation has attained attained attained at at- successful results said aid F. F C. C Koziol supervisor of Wasatch national national national na na- na- na forest By attacking dangerous snow formations with artillery fire artificial artificial artificial arti arti- avalanches are caused in a n prearranged area where steps have been taken to protect life and property explained forest rangers |