Mountain High ski resort saved by snow-makers during Bridge Fire

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@davidmarvindelacruz Ай бұрын

It crept up on us so fast. We were working on the mountain doing our summer maintenance, monitoring the fire and then so quickly it jumped to right on top of us. Luckily we all made it off the mountain safely and in time to get home and evacuate.

@MichelleRomero-lf1nu Ай бұрын

Thank you and glad you all are safe. Praying a hedge of protection around all the firefighters, police, & volunteers. In Jesus name. Amen❤

@cricketlovely8541 Ай бұрын

Well done 👏 smart turning on those machines 😊

@JayRCaliBoy-ec3vw Ай бұрын

Mt High was blessed by the snow Gods!! ❄️ 🙏🏽

@AllenHanPR Ай бұрын

May God bless all the people stuck there and help them get out safely.

@JP-gw9ts Ай бұрын

Nice, snow making sprayers for the save. Hopefully the wind doesn’t shift.

@RannPatterson Ай бұрын

Such great news! Great idea so glad they were functional.

@scottsmith8381 Ай бұрын

We went through this at Sierra at Tahoe. They are probably down for one year. They will need to cut down hazard trees, replace haul ropes and chairs, the wrestling, wheels hoses, electronics, etc., 3:07 and they will likely need to replace a few lift towers. In short, their will be a gargantuan amount of work to do, which can't be done once it starts snowing. However, it's just one season.

@eddieg6436 Ай бұрын

Giant sprinklers similar to these “snow makers” are what saved that winery / lake / dining area above Malibu in the mountains off Kanan road.

@walalopez6735 Ай бұрын

That's awesome glad to hear you got saved, unfortunately I know the vineyard up in trancas lost all its vines

@eddieg6436 Ай бұрын

@@walalopez6735 Yes, just AWFUL what happened to so much of Malibu, Agoura, Calabasas, and some of Westlake Village and Oak Park. …..to this DAY, I can’t understand HOW they could let the fire jump the 101 at Agoura Hills at 2am!! I know it was EXTREMELY windy, but if those “jumping embers” would have been extinguished on the west side of the 101, it would’ve SAVED Malibu!!! 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

@GodsSparrowSpeaks Ай бұрын

@@eddieg6436My son has a photo of him driving to or from work in Calabasas on the 101 with the fire arching over the freeway Insane

@OverBoardPeople Ай бұрын

Would be nice if more mountain/brush communities could get something like these snowblowers for emergency situations like this. I know, sounds wishful and not possible for everywhere but does seem like defensive infrastructure

@Cave-u5j Ай бұрын

Like very big, very cold sprinklers, it makes sense as defensive infrastructure.

@ianalderson5133 Ай бұрын

Lots of places have theses

@OverBoardPeople Ай бұрын

@@ianalderson5133 I want them in Baldy Village

@sallyg4544 Ай бұрын

Everyone should have a snowmaker at home.

@cindyfall8063 Ай бұрын

👍

@SpaceCowboy-u7j Ай бұрын

I have an ice maker.

@blaydCA Ай бұрын

@@SpaceCowboy-u7j Well, make sure you aim those cubes at the fire with your SLING shot! 😊

@djm5k Ай бұрын

Maybe not a snowmaking machine, but a large impulse sprinkler (Rainbird, etc.) they can set off in areas with vegetation around property.

@SpaceCowboy-u7j Ай бұрын

If I ever have to evacuate -for ANY reason- I’m turning that sucker on before I leave the house.

@maxasaurus3008 Ай бұрын

I remember that surreal atmosphere when the smoke obscures the sun, terrifying.

@Matt-ne6de Ай бұрын

and the flakes of ash sprinkling down from the hellish sky like snow causing all the scenery and surroundings to go grey

@maxasaurus3008 Ай бұрын

@@Matt-ne6de and the smell the stink that penetrates everything you’re wearing, yep you’ve been there too

@dre.vil4 Ай бұрын

Shout out mt high snow makers!!!!

@arxligion Ай бұрын

Been looking at the web cams.. the fire has pretty much encircled wrightwood.. it's good that everyone has gotten out

@Bluebird-77 Ай бұрын

On another broadcast there were some horses that were left outside and you can see the fire right behind them. Please send a rescue to get them to bring them down to an animal safe area.

@BKDDY Ай бұрын

The equipment itself doesnt matter since they can just buy more. If the trees were burned around there the forest service will shut em all down for many years.

@rambitomone Ай бұрын

YES THEY LEASE THE LAND..THIS SEASON ITS OVER..

@CrazyTimeWithCoraline Ай бұрын

Smart thinking!!!!

@kenneymatz Ай бұрын

No snow blowing this year hopefully they lower the prices for season pass holders and also stop charging people for parking

@KiiKiiMc Ай бұрын

Wonderful idea❤

@liuyu7688 Ай бұрын

I hope it's ok that was my fav place to snowboard

@vintagelady1 Ай бұрын

OMG---Brilliant move! Maybe this is a way for communities to protect themsielves---I've never seen one but they basically seem to look like giant sprinklers---could fire retatdant be shot out of them? Time for some clever folks to get to their drawing boards.

@slyley5 Ай бұрын

the ski resorts in California need to have snowmakers to deal with the fire seasons

@pg396 Ай бұрын

I saw the one shot of the wall of fire coming up to that chairlift. Every time what stands out to me is the wall of flames is violet? What makes a wall of trees burn violet? Ultra high temperatures?

@MichelleRomero-lf1nu Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same. Maybe it is a chemical the resort adds to the snow. I wonder what causes that color.

@davarph Ай бұрын

It absolutely is a case of the heat of the fire. The hottest fires burn blue.

@davarph Ай бұрын

The top of of that ski area is toast though. This is look at the areas base at the bottom of the hill. Fire always moves upwards. Many canyons of mountains are spared in wildfires.

@ItsMeRobynMarie Ай бұрын

Cole saved the day!!!

@krimzendubz3727 Ай бұрын

Made my day 🙏🏾

@nativepride101 Ай бұрын

Yeah water everything Don't stop

@simonandlola7713 Ай бұрын

Can reporters be banned from saying, “as you can see…”

@ICallItAsItIs Ай бұрын

Well, then give those staff members who decided to turn on the snow makers a raise, but we all know that's not going to happen.

@kenneymatz Ай бұрын

I feel only bad for homeowners and wildlife mt sucks after all the changes over the years

@shirleydaniels9310 Ай бұрын

brilliant

@reversingglobalwarming9431 Ай бұрын

100 tri axle 53' water tanker trailers loaded ready to go with city trucks at all times in the southwest

@GarrettKoval Ай бұрын

Would be a drop in the bucket. I’m a snowmaker myself. A small snowmaking system can pump 2,000GPM a minute, I’m guessing mountain high can pump more. 100 tankers at 7,500 gallons each = 750,000 gallons, pumped at 2,000 GPM only gets you 6 and a half hours of run time. honestly, 2000 gallons a minute sprayed over a mountain that size is barely enough to matter….. Even if you had other ways to utilize that 750,000 gallons of water, it’s still such a small amount for the vast amount of terrain that would need to be wetted down in a wild fire scenario. My point is, your ideal is completely inadequate and would be a massive waste of time and money spent.

@fastm3980 Ай бұрын

Awesome

@erod6468 Ай бұрын

Nice! Hopefully they are able to open the MTB trails this month. 🤘🏽

@JohnDoe-mn3jn Ай бұрын

Highly unlikely.

@frankdeak2397 Ай бұрын

Emergency heavy duty sprinklers. Soak your property. It’s a great idea

@steveryono1112 Ай бұрын

very smart

@patford9087 Ай бұрын

😢

@derekconstantino7759 Ай бұрын

Watch them still find a way to increase lift ticket prices 🤣

@stanimal8 Ай бұрын

Not a bad idea for folks with homes adjacent to fire prone areas to have the ability to pump water from their swimming pool to sprinklers that could wet their roof and shrub near their home & other structures. Cheap insurance.

@JamesFAFOCreel Ай бұрын

Oh bummer look northern Mexico is on fire

@Mth308 Ай бұрын

I can tell you for a fact those snow makers had no effect on the fire.

@pachuco1815 Ай бұрын

just imagine them pits of hell together with satan himself? God allows U-turns

@rubenfranco-v9l Ай бұрын

Smart... now if only our government would do some cloud seeding I think this is a suitable time...

@user-mx9th2fx8r Ай бұрын

"isn't as bad as we thought"? Isn't it bad enough there was a fire? An acre enough?

@miguelcastaneda7257 Ай бұрын

Whole mountain community up there is a Waiting fire hazard there's no clearance between cabins and growth..

@ianalderson5133 Ай бұрын

Way more clearance than the communities in the San Bernardino mountains

@giftedgreen2152 Ай бұрын

Doesn’t look like its been saved.

@hughjass69702 Ай бұрын

Why that place is trash

@hostilebogeyinbound Ай бұрын

YOU. LIVE. IN. A. DESERT.

@JackieChan-rk7mc Ай бұрын

Wrightwood is a mountain region not desert. 🤡

@2AmBr Ай бұрын

@@JackieChan-rk7mc it's considered High Desert.

@JackieChan-rk7mc Ай бұрын

@@2AmBr no it's not.

@2AmBr Ай бұрын

@@JackieChan-rk7mc I lived there 50 years. Yes. It. Is.

@JackieChan-rk7mc Ай бұрын

@@2AmBr no it's not. Does that mean big bear is the desert? Is Mt Baldy the desert?

@rayray4192 Ай бұрын

I don’t see a mountain at mountain high. Visit Colorado to see mountains.

@macross25 Ай бұрын

Mountain High is 8200 feet at the summit and the mountain just around the corner is Mt. Baden Powell & hits 9407 ft. at its summit, The San Gabriel Mountain range is no Sierra Nevada, but it's not little rolling hills either.

@rayray4192 Ай бұрын

@@macross25 Thanks. How high is the highest ski run, not mountain tip? I ski at 10,000 feet in Colorado.

@macross25 Ай бұрын

@@rayray4192 Yeah, Mountain High is in the San Gabriel Mountains which is a High Desert range. However, Mammoth Moutain ski resort in the Sierra Nevada (relatively close to Lake Tahoe) is at 11,053 feet. So if you want to ski or snowboard from a really high altitude, that's definitely your go to. =o)

@rambitomone Ай бұрын

@@rayray4192 DUDE...CAN YOU SKI AND SURF IN A SAME DAY IN CO.? NOPE STICK WITH YOUR ROCKIES!

@rayray4192 Ай бұрын

@@rambitomone my name is not “ dude,” little boy. I’m on Coronado in south San Diego right now. One of the most polluted areas in America. While a person could swim in the polluted Pacific and then make it to a ski hill in the same day the percentage of people that do so is infinitesimal. So, your boast is asinine. I’ve climbed 20 of the 14,000 foot peaks in “ Colorful Colorado.” The Aspen trees are amazing in the fall. San Diego doesn’t really have a fall.

@kittywhiskerz Ай бұрын

Justin Halstenberg of Norco purposely set the fire. His sister is Samantha Grinstead. Some of their family members seem to find it amusing just by their own reactions on social media.