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Skiers and snowboarders wait in line for the chair lift on the opening day of the 2020-21 season at Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Text size
The pandemic may have shut down ski lifts last March, but it hasn’t stopped the new ski season from coming. Vail Mountain kicked off its opening day last month, as eager skiers and riders masked up and social-distanced their way down the slopes.
The Colorado mountain is among the roughly three-dozen resorts and ski areas operated by
Vail Resorts (ticker: MTN). The company says that in addition to Vail, it has opened most of its U.S. resorts, including other Colorado destination spots like Keystone and Breckenridge. East Coast resorts, such as Stowe and Okemo in Vermont and Hunter Mountain in New York, are open too.
Stratton Mountain file photo.
Vermont Business Magazine This ski season, Stratton and Sugarbush Resorts are thinking green – for the sake of its visitors’ health and planet health. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, skiers today are placing a heightened importance on hygiene and are actively looking for transparency and trust in the standard of sanitation in all aspects of their experience – from the lodge to the chairlifts.
Stratton and Sugarbush Resorts are taking cleaning and disinfecting protocols seriously with Seventh Generation’s professional line of bio-based cleaning and disinfectant products.
Seventh Generation, a leading household and personal care products company and pioneer in the environmentally conscious products space, based in Burlington, has announced a five-year partnership with Alterra Mountain Company, meaning starting this month, Seventh Generation will be the preferred cleaning supplier for Stratton and Sugarbush Resorts through October 31, 2025.
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Credit Courtesy of Deer Valley In an effort to keep both their staff and skiing guests safe, Deer Valley Resort lowered its capacity limits for the entire season and is constantly reviewing its season pass visitation forecast and pre-sold daily lift tickets against the new limits. As a result, the resort has stopped the sale of season passes and daily lift tickets until after the new year.
Due to the increase in Deer Valley season pass sales, the resort announced Friday that it made the difficult decision to place the sale of season passes on hold until they can reassess their on-mountain capacities.