Australia's alpine resorts have dusted off winter snowmaking machines to bl...
SYDNEY - Australia’s alpine resorts have dusted off winter snowmaking machines to blast ice-cold water onto dry ski slopes as huge bushfires threaten to engulf the Snowy Mountains region.
“We have been preparing the resort ahead of worse fire conditions,” the resort said in an emailed statement to Reuters. “We are utilizing resort infrastructure including snowmaking to support fire authorities.” Firefighting planes flew low over Perisher and other ski fields on Friday, dumping bright red fire retardant to help protect infrastructure and chairlifts.
The usually temperate Snowy Mountains region is a popular tourist spot even in summer, particularly with hikers, mountain bikers and other nature lovers. “We’ve got water tanks on the hill, so we’re going to put in sprinklers to where we pull all the vegetation around the building - we then are going to put the sprinkler system to keep the ground wet,” Mark Glover, part-owner of the Thredbo Farm Ski Lodge and a volunteer firefighter, told Reuters.Temperatures were forecast to top 30 degrees Celsius on Friday in parts of the region, where much of the bushland is very dry after a three-year drought.
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