After the Caldor Fire seriously impacted the ski area, Sierra At Tahoe is open again. As you can see, it was a high intensity portion of the fire, with the previous forest being highly flammable and loaded with decades of heavy dead fuels. After several droughts, the area did not have any salvage operations. The area is also known to have nesting pairs of goshawks around.
As you can see, snow sports people will be enjoying a new experience of skiing and boarding, without so many trees ‘hindering their personal snow freedoms’. *smirk*
Speaking of skiing, I ran across this today…new biomass facility at Mt. Bachelor
Not sure why other ski areas aren’t trying this.. maybe they are?
FS could give them a discount on their permit to encourage “climate-smart” recreation?
https://ktvz.com/news/environment/2022/11/15/mt-bachelor-announces-it-will-add-a-wood-energy-biomass-facility-next-summer/
A chip-fired boiler system could be developed for hydronic walkways. Or, for emergency backup power, for the ski lifts.