After Boston’s Snowbound Festival was officially cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ray Stenson’s plan went into action. “We came up with the idea almost immediately because it was almost a no-brainer,” said the owner of Country Ski and Sport, a ski and snowboard outfitter based in … [Read more...]
Vermont’s COVID-19 winter operations guidance requires ski areas to ‘alter’ business
Vermont has gotten even stricter with its rules about who can visit this winter. The state's COVID-19 winter operations guidance, which was released on Tuesday, states that Vermont ski areas must collect the names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of all people using the resort, each day, this … [Read more...]
Viral images from Italy, Canada suggest chaotic beginning to the ski season
If you saw the images from Sommet Saint-Sauveur circulating social media over the weekend, perhaps you’ve already gone into full-on panic mode over what might occur once the lifts start spinning just south of the Canadian border. One week after throngs of skiers and riders showed up en masse to … [Read more...]
From Kowloon to your living room, where to watch the best ski movies this fall
As if there needed to be another reminder of the social events that the COVID-19 pandemic has snatched away from us this year, our annual sampling of the latest in ski movies won’t be the same this fall. A ski movie premiere is normally one of the social highlights of the preseason calendar. … [Read more...]
Vail Resorts hoping reservation system has improved in time for U.S. winter
If the reservation system that Vail employed for its resorts in Australia and New Zealand earlier this summer is going to be the same process we utilize in North America, get ready for some frequent headaches. Vail’s first attempt at utilizing a COVID-related reservation process led to long … [Read more...]
You can’t get there from here: Vermont and New Hampshire bring different regulations to winter
It was big news earlier this week when the Indy Pass announced that Jay Peak Resort was joining the assortment of members on its affordable ski pass this winter. The only problem might be, can you actually get there? Vermont has had the most-stringent COVID-19 travel regulations of any state … [Read more...]