Heavenly Resort Closes For The Season Due To Wildfire Risk

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (CBS13) – Heavenly Ski Resort says it’s closing down for the play owed to hazard from wildfires.

In a connection issued Monday, edifice absorption said:

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“Due to ongoing hazard of wildfire to the Tahoe Region, Heavenly is closed for summer. We convey our guests and unit for a large summertime and present crook our attraction to winter. We’ll beryllium acceptable erstwhile the snowfall flies and look guardant to welcoming you backmost for the 2021/22 wintertime season.”

Up until now, the edifice had been offering its upland coaster, gondola, and hiking.

The Caldor Fire, which is burning westbound of Lake Tahoe successful El Dorado County, has grown to implicit 106,000 acres and is 5 percent contained. It has led to the shutdown of Highway 50, the main proscription way from the Sacramento portion to South Lake Tahoe.

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CBS13 Staff