[ski_resort_observer]

Originally Posted by bigbob

Killington rents a slew of IR 1600 CFM diesel compressors. You can see them lined up at bottom of Bear Mtn and at Snowshed. These are cleaner burning engines than in the past and now must use Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel.

Thanks for the info....I remember it was mentioned awhile back on killingtonzone that they were removed at the end of snow-making season. I thought they were talking about diesel powered back-up generators. I did some quick research to see if I could find which resorts aside from kmart still use them. I did notice this little ditty at encyclepedia.com, " The diesel generators at Vermont's Killington Ski Area, for instance, have made that resort the single biggest stationary air polluter in the state".

I did happen on some interesting info about the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act(NFSAP) of 1986 passed by Congress to make the permit process easier for resorts within NF's to get permits. The use of diesel power was a part of that discussion. It contains alot of info regarding several battles between ski resorts and environmentalists when resorts were trying to expand. Sugarbush and Loon were just a few mentioned.