Updated National Forest Closure No Longer Includes Kirkwood Mountain Resort, CA | Opening Day to Go Ahead as Planned It was touch and go for a while, but Kirkwood Mountain Resort, CA, confirmed over the weekend that the season will proceed as planned after survivng the Caldor Fire that burned south of Lake Tahoe in September. Related: Kirkwood Mountain Resort, CA Confirms “No Direct Fire Damage” From Caldor Fire | Will Open December 3rd as Planned After burning through […] Fire Firebrains | October 18, 2021 0 Comments
98% of California’s Caldor Fire is Now Contained On Wednesday, the U.S. Forest Service reported that the Caldor fire is 98% contained. The Caldor Fire began on August 14, and by October 2 had burned around 221,775 acres of land. The fire is located within El Dorado and Amador counties in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Because of dry weather and low humidity levels, firefighters were observing […] Industry News Breya Bergom | October 16, 2021 0 Comments
NASA: California, A Multi-Dimensional Fire Challenge This is the second part of a story about fires in California. Read part 1 here. Climate change has helped fuel California’s surge of unusually large and destructive fires by exacerbating heat waves and droughts, but climate is not the only factor contributing to the surge. More than a century of fire suppression has caused excessive amounts of dead trees, […] Fire Firebrains | October 7, 2021 2 Comments
NASA: What’s Behind California’s Surge of Large Fires? If it seems like enormous wildfires have been constantly raging in California in recent summers, it’s because they have. Eight of the state’s ten largest fires on record—and twelve of the top twenty—have happened within the past five years, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). Together, those twelve fires have burned about 4 percent […] Fire Firebrains | October 5, 2021 4 Comments
Big SNOW American Dream, NJ Closed at Least a Week Due to Fire The Big SNOW American Dream indoor ski area in New Jersey will be closed for at least a week while health and safety officials assess the damage caused by a fire over the weekend. The fire broke out in the ski area in the early hours of Saturday morning, before spreading to the rest of the mall. Firefighters from multiple departments […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 27, 2021 0 Comments
Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA, Posts Update on Fire Damage | Lifts Damaged But Hoping to Restore Operations Before Start of Season As the Caldor Fire tore through Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA, earlier this month, we feared the worst––one of our favorite resorts was being razed to the ground. Thankfully, that didn’t happen, and due to heroic work by firefighters and the use of snowguns to dampen the area, Sierra-at-Tahoe survived. But that doesn’t mean there wasn’t any damage. Related: Satellite Image Shows Impact of […] Fire Firebrains | September 21, 2021 0 Comments
NASA: California Wildfire Encroaching on Giant Sequoias ‘Wildfire encroaching on Giant Sequoias’ first appeared on NASA Earth Observatory and was written by Michael Carlowicz. In the midst of another brutal wildfire season that has threatened many lives, homes, and businesses, several of California’s natural treasures have also been threatened. Still burning after nearly nine weeks, the Caldor fire has encroached on Lake Tahoe. Now some of the […] Fire Firebrains | September 17, 2021 1 Comment
Sequoia National Park, CA Closed Due to Wildfire The KNP Complex, ignited by lightning on the night of September 9, grew significantly yesterday. The complex is comprised of the Paradise Fire and the Colony Fire. Sequoia National Park is closed to the public, and employees that reside inside the park have been evacuated. Kings Canyon National Park remains open, but serious air quality impacts are possible. The KNP […] Fire Firebrains | September 16, 2021 0 Comments
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