Australian alpine resorts bring snow guns to firefight 0 SHARES Share it! Images from live cameras at Perisher, the largest ski resort in the southern hemisphere, showed “snow guns” connected to long twisting hoses funneling liters of water instead of white powder. “We are utilizing resort infrastructure including snowmaking to support fire authorities.”The tactic was also being deployed at the Thredbo Ski Resort, southeast of Australia’s highest peak, Mt Kosciuszko. “They have turned all the snowmakers on, so that’s stopped the ember attacks,” Stephen Turner, owner of the Aneeki Ski Lodge in Thredbo, told Reuters by phone. “They’ll be able to spread the ground with snow guns that they’ve got,” he said.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 11, 2020 11:34 UTC