Episode
Highway Thru Hell: The Avalanche Zone
Overview
Heavy snowfall has created avalanche conditions on the Coq. Plow crews are barely able to keep up. When traffic starts backing up in high-risk avalanche zones, highway authorities decide to close the road in both directions. A team of avalanche techs flies up the mountain in helicopters to drop concussion bombs and release the build-up, but bad weather hampers their first attempt. With the Coq closed overnight, trucks are using the back roads to get through.
Details
- Series
- Highway Thru Hell
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 2012-10-09
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
The Avalanche Zone is Episode 6 in Season 1 of Highway Thru Hell. It aired on 2012-10-09. The runtime is 43 min.
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Jamie isn't the only tow guy on the Coq. Lone wolf Al Quiring is a tough as nails wrecker and Jamie's main rival. Their dads did battle a generation ago, now Jamie and Al are fighting it out for the title - 'King of the Coq'.
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