WRIGHTWOOD, Calif. — It was early in the morning when Ben Smith drove his SUV to the top of Mountain High ski resort and looked south. Miles away and…
Read more Inside the battle to save Mountain High ski resort from a monster California wildfireOn the evening of Sept. 10, things looked bad for the mountain ski town of Wrightwood in the San Gabriel Mountains, northeast of Los Angeles. Driven by extreme…
Read more Opinion: How a California community helped prevent the Bridge fire from destroying their townA number of Southern California’s most popular ski resorts are under threat from wildfires that are burning across the mountains that skiers glide down. At the Mountain High…
Read more Fire threatens Southern California ski resorts. Will they make it to winter?As the Bridge fire swept through mountain communities Tuesday night, Mountain High’s webcam showed a dramatic scene: Flames cutting through ski lifts at the well-known ski resort. The…
Read more Bridge fire swept through Mountain High, but famed ski resort largely survivedAngeles National Forest visitors were being evacuated Sunday as a wildfire broke out north of Glendora in Los Angeles County. Dubbed the Bridge fire, the blaze had quickly…
Read more Bridge fire in Angeles National Forest grows to 200 acres; visitors are evacuated
