Coronavirus hits Vermont ski resorts in the pocketbook
Visits, revenues are down amid strict rules aimed at out-of-state visitors
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Welcome to Vermont, but not during the pandemic. The state s tough quarantine rules has meant for a tough ski season.Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union
MONTPELIER, Vt. The COVID-19 pandemic has made the Green Mountains of Vermont a little less green.
As of the end of February, the 2020-21 ski season in Vermont saw a 30 percent overall drop-off in revenue, with losses estimated at $100 million, according to the Vermont Ski Areas Association.
Year-to-year, paid skier visits declined by more than 40 percent, lodging revenues by 60 percent, and food and beverage revenues by 70 percent.
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Then there is Dynamite Hill.
When Fred Better returned from World War II, he had an idea for his hometown. He decided to turn over some land his family owned outside of the hamlet of Chestertown to build a recreation park for local residents.
The 10th Mountain Division veteran and avid skier wanted to be sure the park included skiing.
The recreation area opened in 1962, a few months before West Mountain in Queensbury and two years before New York state’s nearby Gore Mountain. It was a cooperative effort of the local Rotary Club and the Town of Chester Highway Department. Local and state government chipped in with $5,000, a bargain even then for the 133-acre site. From the start it featured a rope tow to haul skiers 500 feet uphill so they could slide down the open slope. Bottom to top vertical: 75 feet.
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With COVID-19 infection numbers heading down in Leominster, public school students will be heading back to in-person classes on a part-time basis over the next few weeks.
In a letter posted Thursday night on the Leominster Public Schools Facebook page, Superintendent of Schools Paula Deacon wrote that students would shift from remote learning (with only online courses) to hybrid learning (with both in-person and online classes) starting on the following dates:
Monday, Feb. 1: All sub-separate programs (applied behavior analysis, Life Skills and the SSC program at Northwest Elementary School).
Thursday, Feb. 4: Leominster High School’s vocational-technical division and the Leominster Center for Excellence.