Swissinfo have an article suggesting there’s a lot more use of explosives this winter :
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Avalanche_blasts_rise_during_record_winter.html?cid=32102490
SwissMountainLeader.com & B&B L’Epicéa, Leysin, Switzerland
Interesting. Our local resort has been very quiet this year, normally it is like guns of Navarone.