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Snowbird Resort on Tuesday officially broke its all-time record for total snowfall, surpassing the previous record of 783 inches. More snow has meant higher avalanche danger and more interlodge events — a time when avalanche danger is so high that ski areas shut down access to the slopes and order skiers to take shelter in buildings.
Luckily for Snowbird, and the thousands of skiers who make the often treacherous drive up Little Cottonwood Canyon to surf a seemingly endless supply of powder, the resort is self-powered by a cogeneration facility that recently won a national award for exemplary engineering.
Snowbird Power Systems, designed by Utah-based VBFA Engineering in 2021, is a 5.3-megawatt cogeneration system that’s 60% more efficient than Snowbird’s original cogeneration facility that started running in 1986.
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