Islands, the mountains or stay home this winter due to Covid?

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What will people do in the winter of 2020/21, head to the islands, head out to mountains to ski or stay home due to Covid?  The islands in ways provide a setting where perhaps it might be easier to socially distance compared to skiing.  Lift lines?  Close proximity?  How about when it’s cold and getting into the base lodge or on mountain restaurant?  Lot’s of sneezing and running noses…

Over the years I’ve been skiing there has never been a time of substantial concern over disease transmission at a ski resort, but the winter of 20/21 is entirely different.

Check out Vail Resorts Inc’s Covid Operating Plan here:

http://news.vailresorts.com/corporate/vailresorts/winter-operating-plan-2020-letter.htm

Many folks know of the IKON Pass, but you may not know the corporate name of the primary competitor to Vail Resorts: Alterrea Mountain Company.  Here’s the link to their news site where you can check on their 20/21 operating plans:

https://www.alterramtnco.com/news/

 

Doug Lifton at Stratton 2019. Yep I was there for the World Cup in 1977!