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Water Use For Snowmaking
Stowe Mountain Resort, VT

Project Title:
Pipeline

Description:
To decrease the environmental impacts of outdated water use techniques for snowmaking, the resort constructed a 6-mile underground pipeline from Waterbury Reservoir to the mountain for much-needed snowmaking upgrades. The capital for this project came from the Spruce development.

Resort Web Site

Resort Contact: Robert Apple

Golden Eagle Awards

Golden Eagle Award - Overall Environmental Excellence
2006 (FINALIST)

Golden Eagle Award - Overall Environmental Excellence
2000 (Winner)

The Golden Eagle Awards for Environmental Excellence were established in 1993 to recognize the environmental achievements of ski areas. Clif Bar & Co. administers the awards program. Judges for the Golden Eagle Awards include representatives from the Trust for Public Land, U.S. Forest Service, Wildlife Habitat Council, EPA, Natural Capitalism Solutions, Native Energy, Bonneville Environmental Foundation, Ecos Corporation, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, Clif Bar, Babes in the Backcountry and National Ski Areas Association. For further information, visit clifbar.com.

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