The Department of Transportation installed a weather station at the 2,000-foot level on the mountain ridge above 11-Mile Zimovia Highway. Construction was completed during the first week of August. The unit is the second station installed in the area of last year's devastating landslide.
The Alaska Department of Transportation installed a ridgetop weather station near 11-Mile earlier this month. The station will allow scientists and DOT officials to further monitor the area affected by the November 2023 landslides.
Standing 18 feet tall, the structure will report data such as air temperature, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and snow depth. Notably, it is the only snow depth monitor on the island other than the airport weather station, according to Pat Dryer, an avalanche and geohazard specialist for DOT.
Scientists are currently evaluating the initial data to make sur...
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