barryj Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Hope everybody is staying safe considering the intensifying situation! I surely don't mean to make light of the situation with this being a Pandemic with people dying but life in general and being on the local ski hill up here in northern NH (were 60 miles south of the Canadian border) has not changed or been disrupted in any way noticeable as of yet. On my riding days last week to two destination resorts up here, Loon and Bretton Woods I didn't here any talk or concern of "corona virus" in the lodge or on the chair or gondola. Both ski areas were busy imo for mid-week with the college spring break crowds. All stores are well stocked and no shortage of TP or other desirable essentials. All other businesses and schools are running regular schedules and it seems business as usual. In NH and VT there only 7? or so confirmed cases, so (as of yet) I don't know of anyone impacted or even remotely impacted by the virus so obviously NH is not being impacted anywhere like Italy where all non essential businesses and all ski resorts were shut down! ............but what's happening to you, your ski areas and your neck of the woods?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishrising Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) maybe some marketing playing into it, with an already pre-planned earlier close date....maybe, but....https://berkshireeast.com/the-resort/blog/statement-on-covid-19 "Berkshire East will close for the season today, Thursday, March 12 at 4pm and Catamount Ski Area will not reopen this weekend. COVID-19 has been discovered in the surrounding hill towns and multiple people are being quarantined" Edited March 12, 2020 by fishrising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Lets nip this in the bud and cancel further discussion. If you want reliable information contact your local health unit or doctor. This can get political too quickly to do anyone any good. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tddragon Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 31 minutes ago, lowrider said: Lets nip this in the bud and cancel further discussion. If you want reliable information contact your local health unit or doctor. This can get political too quickly to do anyone any good. Agreed. Although useful to know what different mountains are doing. Didn't know until this post that my local mountain closed for season (b east) - had tickets for this weekend. 39 minutes ago, fishrising said: maybe some marketing playing into it, with an already pre-planned earlier close date....maybe, but....https://berkshireeast.com/the-resort/blog/statement-on-covid-19 "Berkshire East will close for the season today, Thursday, March 12 at 4pm and Catamount Ski Area will not reopen this weekend. COVID-19 has been discovered in the surrounding hill towns and multiple people are being quarantined" No marketing at all. Great ski weather this weekend. They just called me and offered a full refund on tickets I had purchased. Really bummed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowFerret Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 I suppose I should provide some extra clarifications whenever I’m talking about my Virus in the near future... All kidding aside, we may be canceling or rescheduling our trip to CO this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1xsculler Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Definitely less traffic to and from the Mt probably due to fewer people driving to work or school. On the Mt weekdays are always light so I don't notice much difference there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, lowrider said: Lets nip this in the bud and cancel further discussion. If you want reliable information contact your local health unit or doctor. This can get political too quickly to do anyone any good. I agree there's potential for this conversation to get political...but it really shouldn't! We have a public health issue that is almost certain to become more serious in the weeks ahead, and will affect every American. If that doesn't transcend our usual political squabbling / business as usual, I don't know what does. Here's an extremely sobering chart showing that cases in the US were increasing at an exponential rate as of a week ago -- I don't believe we've done anything since then to change the growth trajectory: So yeah, I think we would be well advised to take precautions that seem excessive...that could be the difference between looking back 3 months from now and saying "LOL, we really went overboard" vs having a large fraction of the population infected with a 1-3% death rate. Maybe this conversation should move to the Lodge? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Moved to Lodge. It's reasonable to talk about the effects and precautions to be taken. No politics please. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRAZZ Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 I half jokingly thought less lines at the big resorts but honestly there is nothing good about this. I'm waiting before committing many hundreds of dollars for next year's pass. My guess is that I'm not the only one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 I got a job in the Seattle area and my start date is the end of March... Not sure how things are going to shake out exactly, but I'm expecting a lot of remote work, and may be postponing our apartment hunting trip... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryj Posted March 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 15 minutes ago, Dan said: I got a job in the Seattle area and my start date is the end of March. Wow Dan, really hope your new job isn't in jeopardy! With today's news of all the NCAA, NBA, MLS, NHL, etc...sporting events seasons being canceled It hit me how Huge the economic meltdown of lay offs and loss of work is going to be!! I really hope I'm wrong! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tddragon Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 I just changed my sugarbush trip from weekend to weekday. They said practically noone there during weekdays. As always practicing good hygiene (washing hands regularly with soap and warm water for 20 + seconds and not touching your face etc) - is best line of defense. Aside from obviously staying away from large crowds for now or folks coughing/sneezing (Which in general is a Great Idea during flu season). Yeah nothing political about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 7 minutes ago, barryj said: Wow Dan, really hope your new job isn't in jeopardy! Thank you, me too! That thought has crossed my mind - I gave notice at my old job, so if this offer is retracted, I'll be selling boards to make my mortgage payment My new company is tech-focused - their work and their customers' work is heavily online, so hoping things will come through as expected. I will seriously be up the creek if there is a change... I think canceling sporting events is the right thing to do, but I totally agree there's going to be a big economic impact, both from that and from other effects of and responses to the virus. Life will go on, but I think it will be a while before we're back to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st_lupo Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Norway is starting to implement significant quarantines. Schools, sport venues, etc are closed. The local hill is closed until the 27th at which point the virus situation will be reevaluated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted March 12, 2020 Report Share Posted March 12, 2020 Just 5 confirmed cases in NZ so far and no new cases for 6 days but no complacency where I work in NZs health service. Planning committee at our hospital meets daily. Our hospitals are expecting to need to admit to ICU level care about 5% of confirmed cases and ventilate 1-2%. We anticipate the need to triage ventilator care, that is to select which cases receive it because the numbers potentially benefitting will exceed our ability to supply it. NZ significantly has better leave and income support protection for workers than the USA. We have a universally available public healthcare system which is centrally organised and coordinated. As a result we anticipate NZers are more likely to self isolate when appropriate rather than turn up to work, and to seek healthcare when they do get sick knowing that they will not face prohibitive healthcare costs. Hopefully that will translate into slower community spread and overall a lower case fatality rate. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 https://www.denverpost.com/2020/03/11/coronavirus-aspen-australians/amp That will put a dampener on some people's plans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chouinard Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Got an email from aspensnowmass today regarding “a number of presumptive positive tests of” the wuhan coronavirus “COVID-19 in Aspen in the past 36 hours.” 6 hours ago, Dan said: Not sure how things are going to shake out exactly, but I'm expecting a lot of remote work, and may be postponing our apartment hunting trip... My son, who works in Seattle, was told today to work from home starting tomorrow and expect to do so for the next 5-6 weeks. With WebEx, Skype, VPN, etc. there is probably going to be a paradigm shift moving forward long after this hysteria is over for a lot of computer jockeys. I hope to be one of them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tddragon Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 11 minutes ago, Chouinard said: Got an email from aspensnowmass today regarding “a number of presumptive positive tests of” the wuhan coronavirus “COVID-19 in Aspen in the past 36 hours.” My son, who works in Seattle, was told today to work from home starting tomorrow and expect to do so for the next 5-6 weeks. With WebEx, Skype, VPN, etc. there is probably going to be a paradigm shift moving forward long after this hysteria is over for a lot of computer jockeys. I hope to be one of them! I am pretty sure after this all blows over we will see a whole new approach to remote working, meeting etc. Also companies like netflix, Amazon etc will capitalize on this in a big way long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 USASA Nationals are canceled. All USSA events are canceled after this weekend’s Junior Moguls Nationals at Winter Park, where I am right now with my daughter. @barryj, please try to use the organization of the forums appropriately, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryj Posted March 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 20 minutes ago, Jack M said: try to use the organization of the forums appropriately, thanks. hmm....Jack you post a response and then scold me for the topic? I'm confused I thought an opportunity to discuss what were experiencing with this situation could provide us all with more knowledge and knowledge is our best weapon in this critical situation. if your saying it's inappropriate to discuss the effects and precautions of this global situation that will be effecting all of us............than delete the post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 It’s inappropriate to post this in any forum but The Lodge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missionman Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 So - my wife booked a non-refundable hotel at Mont Tremblant for this weekend (March break for hte kids) . So I guess we are going - don't feel like walking away from $2k (CAD, chump change for you Americans). But do you guys take any other precautions when going out? Should I wear a mask (not a ski mask) in line? On the Gondola (which seems like a place, if any, where one could transmit the virus)? We are going to avoid the big cafeteria at the top of hte mountain which is always a zoo - that's pretty easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted March 13, 2020 Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 Are you staying on the south side (village) or driving each day from town ? If staying off site you could reduce contact by packing lunch and driving to north side where you get to park closer to lifts and can eat from you picnic in the car. Excellent for switching gear dry mitts etc. If not too busy you can usually hog a gondola cabin for the whole family. It's a skill you have to work on whining kids who are slow to load helps keep others away. Have fun you are making family memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryj Posted March 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 13 hours ago, Jack M said: It’s inappropriate to post this in any forum but The Lodge. Jack, I don't see how it was inappropiate as I was interested in the impact of this situation on other members local Mtn. and the resulting issues and experience...........but to call me out publicly, that was Inappropriate............but whatever~ Corey thanks for using your Moderator skills and discretion to move this to the appropriate forum without publicly placing judgement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryj Posted March 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Missionman said: Should I wear a mask (not a ski mask) in line? On the Gondola Hey Missionman, Not sure a mask would help as this is more about bodily contact as I understand it, but yeah a mask would help if somebody sneezed on you I guess.....it's a tough call Yea, even last week it felt a little disconcerting to be stuck in the gondola with a bunch of strangers and everybody has the sniffles form the cold conditions! When I go out next week, (if mountains up here haven't closed!) I plan to avoid the gondola and stick to the regular lifts......at least on an open chairlift your not stuck in a petri dish. Edited March 13, 2020 by barryj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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