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snowmaking equipment
Coverage of snowmaking equipment in the Nexus archive.
- Alpine resorts’ snowmaking equipment may be put to work fighting summer forest fires
Alpine resorts may utilize their snowmaking equipment for a new purpose: fighting summer forest fires. This provides potential aid as Europe experiences increasingly hot summers.
- Alpine resorts' snowmaking equipment may be put to work fighting summer forest fires
As a response to climate change and receding glaciers, the Adelboden-Lenk resort plans to repurpose its extensive snowmaking infrastructure for fighting forest fires in summer. The system uses underground pipes and reservoirs that collect rainfall and melting snow, which can then be used by firefighters to create wet buffer areas against advancing flames.