Notes: Highline Ridge and West Basin Ridge open. Closing day is Sunday, April 4.
Taos Post Season Policy: Uphill skiing/riding is only allowed beginning three days after the announced last day of winter ski area operations and ending on May 15th, when the Summer Operations Plan takes into effect. During this time the New Mexico Ski Safety Act duties of ski area operators will not apply to the skiing area or any persons skiing/riding on the terrain. All such skiers/riders will legally assume all risks of injury or death while participating, including avalanche risk and all inherent risks such as, but not limited to, snow conditions, terrain, trees, natural and man-made objects, variations in terrain and the operation of ski area vehicles such as, but not limited to snowcats, snowmobiles, trucks, and other vehicles. Private motorized vehicles, including snowmobiles are prohibited from access. Markings, warnings, signage ski patrol or other rescue assistance, and all other ski area op
and nebraska and we ll watch the system and bring news on that as it warn and from a super-soaker in the east, wildfires out west, hundreds of firefighters battling flames in several states. it started the beginning of last week and now, has just spread, arizona, first, the fire everyone has been watching so closely, the gladiator fire which began sunday and was burning this week in the historic mining town of crown king forcing 350 homes and businesses. people who live there and work there, to leave. the fire spreading to nearby pine flats, people there, packing up and clearing out. with this wind, it can travel. it brought emotion to me, going over the top, and looking at all of the smoke coming into the valley, right here. it is. it is really sad. harris: along with the fires in arizona, they are burning in california, nevada, new mexico, utah and, what you see here, colorado, the governor there
it doesn t look risky. i mean, phil, does this look risky to you? nancy? fred? no. well it is. in a high-risk area, there s a 1-in-4 chance homes like us will flood. i m glad i got flood insurance. fred, you should look into it. i m a risk-taker. [ female announcer ] only flood insurance covers floods. visit floodsmart.gov/risk to learn your risk. hello, everyone. i m fredricka whitfield. you re in the in the ann romney newsroom. burning fires intensifying and being intensified by the stiff winds, and they continue to pick up those flames and then for a second they die down and within minutes the flames are now moving twods the prescott national forest. the biggest fire called gladiator threatens the historic mining town. and the officer on the scene is joining us at crown king with an update. give me an idea how difficult this plays is to battle. well, good afternoon, fredricka. you know, crews have been fighting this fire for just about a week now, and the last couple o
northern arizona. i want to tell you that this area, prescott, is outside of phoenix, and we ve seen this because they can see the smoke from the city of phoenix. it s 85 miles north of there, though, in the community of crown king, and that s why they re calling in the crown king fire. we know they ve had some evacuations now, 350 residents of a mountain community there in crown king, and they ve been trying to form some protection lines around areas. one just a short time ago got saved, pine flats, where they had about 40 properties. so they re trying to keep this fire contained as well as they can, but so far 80-100 acres have burned x no sign of and no sign of officially controlling in the fire. and these brand new pictures coming in, jon, it looks like nighttime, that smoke is so clear but, obviously, it is not. and dry, windy and hot in arizona right now. typical for this time of the year, but boy, it can be really,