Snow Guns Enlisted to Stop the Blaze
The resort’s snow guns usually sit idle in summer, waiting for below-freezing temperatures to make artificial snow. The high-pressure water lines used to spray frozen faux precipitation also make them a valuable tool in case of summer fire. “We are prepared to fight the good fight with fire crews + apparatus on-site,” the resort wrote in an Instagram post on Sunday morning.
That included the snow guns, which were used to wet vegetation and structures in hopes of protecting them from the advancing wall of flames.
