To the relief of cooped-up powder hounds everywhere, skiing has proved to be relatively safe during the pandemic, thanks to the abundance of fresh air and natural social distancing on the hill. But one aspect of a day at the resort still poses significant COVID risk: the ski lodge. To avoid crowded indoor spaces, many
Outside editors have been
chicken fingers for meals prepared at home.
But which brown-bag lunches are best for getting you through a day at the resort? We rounded up the
Outside staff’s favorite to-go meals, below, then asked Kristen Gravani, the director of sports nutrition for Stanford University athletes, to weigh in on our choices. Gravani, a former college ski racer, says there are three components of a good to-go meal:
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Looking back now, it’s hard to believe we ran a feature story on overcrowding in 2020 that doesn’t contain a single mention of viral loads, the effectiveness of masks, or the ethics of large-scale human gatherings. Mark Sundeen’s January report, which explores how Utah’s five iconic national parks became victims of the state’s genius marketing efforts to attract tourists, now seems like a relic from another era. But one day soon, the pandemic will be in our rearview, and when that happens, the biggest issue facing adventure travel in the recent past how do we protect the world’s most sought-after destinations from being loved to death? is destined to dominate the future. Chris Keyes, editor
quickly, may be under bury mode. but we do have three fatalities. wjz has learned through friends of the victim that the dead include jim jack, a former extreme skier, who judged preskiing competitions around the world. friends say he was on the mountain making a video, with chris rudolph, a marketing director. a third man, john brennan, also died. pro skier elise was also stabbed. kept her atop the avalanche and basically saved her life. reporter: earlier this month, the same kind of gear saved professional skier misha taylor. i saw the ground ripple. it was like the earth was breathing. once an avalanche has you, you re not going anywhere. she deployed an air bag as she was swallowed by snow. john was buried alive. i was getting suffocated, face first in the snow. reporter: several friends rushed to rescue swanson, digging frantically to free him. we got you. you re good. reporter: nationwide, there have been 17 avalanche deaths this season. reporter: an