A 49-hectare fireguard, about one kilometre long and 400 to 500 metres wide, will be heavily logged east of Lake O’Hara Road and northwest of Lake Louise.
Wildfire experts say a changing climate leading to longer and hotter fire seasons, combined with more than a century of fire suppression, has led to tinder dry and ageing forests that have created perfect conditions for high intensity wildfires to spread quickly.