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Before and After Photos Reveal Just How Badly the Caldor Fire Burned Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA

Sierra-at-Tahoe announced last week that it wouldn’t open for the winter season until at least 2022 because of damage sustained from the devastating Caldor Fire earlier this year. But just how bad was the damage from the blaze? Related: Fire Damaged Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA, Will Not Open Until 2022 New drone imagery shows what Sierra-at-Tahoe’s ski runs look like after the […]

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Firebrains | November 8, 2021
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Australian Ski Resorts Using Snow Guns to Fight Fires

Perisher snow gun fire

Some Australian Ski Resorts have been deploying their snow guns to fight off incoming fires. Thredbo Ski Resort and Perisher Ski Resort are hoping to survive the brush fires ravaging Australia. The highest and largest ski areas in Australia, respectively, hope to avoid the fate of Selwyn Snow Resort, which succumbed to the fires at the beginning of January. Nobody […]

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Joseph Phillips | January 14, 2020
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