Thredbo Resort, Australia, Closing For the Season Due to Covid Restrictions Thredbo resort in Australia announced on Monday that Sunday will be the last day of this year’s season––they will be closing early due to ongoing covid-19 restrictions affecting the number of people able to visit the resort. The resort usually closes the first week in October. And that’s a wrap! Due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions affecting the number of guests […] Industry News Oz Brains | September 23, 2021 1 Comment
Guests Will Require Covid Pass and Masks to Ride Lifts at Austrian and Italian Ski Resorts This Winter With Austrian ski resorts available to overseas tourists for the first time in two years, the government is putting measures in place to prevent the headline-grabbing covid-19 outbreaks of 2020. They will require covid passes and masks to be able to use lifts, reports Reuters. “This year there will definitely be winter holidays in Austria. We have developed strict rules for […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 23, 2021 2 Comments
Guests at Vail Resorts Will Have to Provide Vaccination Proof to Dine On-Mountain Vail Resorts yesterday announced its operating plan for the upcoming winter 21/22 season, and how the pandemic will impact its guests and employees. The company will not have a reservation system this winter. They will be running all lifts at normal capacity and will not require face masks in lift lines, on chairlifts, or in gondolas. “Face coverings will not […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 21, 2021 9 Comments
Arapahoe Basin, CO, Latest Resort to Mandate Employee Vaccinations Arapahoe Basin ski area, CO is the latest ski resort to require that all their employees are fully vaccinated for covid-19 ahead of the 21/22 winter season. Resort CEO Alan Henceroth made the announcement in a blog post on Friday. Related: Aspen Skiing Co. Mandates Covid-19 Vaccination for Employees Managing Arapahoe Basin through the COVID era has been an extraordinary challenge […] SnowBrains | September 20, 2021 1 Comment
Mount Rose Ski Tahoe, NV Latest Resort to Mandate Employee Vaccinations | Steamboat, CO Considering It Mount Rose Ski Tahoe, NV, is the latest resort to require that employees be vaccinated for covid-19 ahead of the start of the 2021-22 winter season. Aspen Skiing Co. recently announced that they would be mandating their employees are vaccinated too. “Our intention is to do everything we can to open and operate safely all season long, and that starts with […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 16, 2021 9 Comments
First Lawsuit Against Austrian Government for Handling of Ischgl Ski Area Covid-19 Outbreak Begins Friday The first of potentially thousands of lawsuits against the Austrian government regarding the handling of the covid-19 outbreak at Ischgl ski resort in March 2020 will begin on Friday. The widow of Hannes Schopf, 72, an Austrian journalist who died with covid-19, is suing the Austrian government for €100,000 for responding too slowly to the threat of the virus, The […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 16, 2021 0 Comments
Aspen Skiing Co. Mandates Covid-19 Vaccination for Employees Aspen Skiing Co. announced yesterday that they will require all employees to get fully vaccinated before the start of the winter season, the Aspen Times reported. Related: Austrian Ski Instructor Training Candidates Face Vaccine Mandate The company, in conjunction with Aspen Valley Hospital (AVH), said that all winter employees must be fully vaccinated by November 15th (10/31 for AVH). The requirement […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 15, 2021 2 Comments
Ski Areas in Victoria, Australia Reopen for 4th Time as Lockdown is Lifted For the fourth time this season, ski resorts in Victoria, Australia have reopened after the Victoria Government lifted the lockdown allowing ski areas to welcome regional guests back from Friday 10 September. Related: New Lockdown in Victoria, Australia, Forces Ski Resorts to Close Again Restrictions are still in place, and the Victorian Government is regularly updating the travel restrictions and zoning classifications required to travel in […] Industry News Oz Brains | September 13, 2021 0 Comments
New South Wales, Australia Lockdown Extended by 2-Weeks | Ski Fields Remain Closed Ski fields in Australia will have to remain closed as the covid-19 lockdown introduced throughout New South Wales 12 days ago has been extended by two weeks. The entire state of New South Wales will remain under stay-at-home conditions, which began at 5 pm on Saturday, August 14, until at least September 10th. Gladys Berejiklian, head of NSW, said this is […] Industry News Oz Brains | August 27, 2021 0 Comments
New Zealand Ski Fields Forced to Close as Prime Minister Enforces Strict Lockdown After First Covid Case in 6-Months New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern returned the country to strict lockdown on Tuesday after the country’s first coronavirus case since February was reported in Auckland. The patient, a 58-year-old man, contracted the Delta variant of the virus. Yesterday, ski fields in New South Wales, Australia, were forced to close as a strict lockdown was enforced there. Related: Australian Ski Fields […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | August 17, 2021 2 Comments
Who is David Lesh? Over the last few years, the name David Lesh has circulated around the ski, snowboard, and outdoor enthusiast communities. Lesh is a 35-year-old Coloradan and the owner of an apparel company called Virtika. Virtika has become a huge success and is responsible for Lesh’s fame, but he has become much more than his brand and has amassed nearly 100,000 followers on […] Friday Fun Jesse | August 6, 2021 7 Comments
New Study Links Wildfire Smoke and COVID-19 A new study led by the Desert Research Institute in Reno, NV, has linked wildfire smoke exposure to an increased susceptibility to COVID-19. The study was published last week in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. Wildfire smoke is known to be hazardous to our health. It carries a mix of gases and particles, the most harmful of which […] Brains Hannah | July 20, 2021 0 Comments
Travel to Australia and New Zealand is Officially a No-Go For Americans This Winter If you have a U.S. passport that means you’re probably not going to make ski season in New Zealand and Australia happen this year. This will mark two southern winters in a row where skiing & snowboarding will be off-limits to foreigners down under. Related: Ski Season in South America Likely Off-Limits to U.S. Citizens This Year: Chile and Argentina […] Industry News Kiwi Brains | July 13, 2021 1 Comment
Ski Season in South America Likely Off-Limits to U.S. Citizens This Year: Chile and Argentina Extend Mandatory Quarantine for Travelers, Bar Americans from Entry Written on July 9, 2021 If you have a U.S. passport, ski season in South America likely won’t happen for you this year. This will mark two southern winters in a row where skiing & snowboarding will be off-limits for foreigners in South America. In 2020, the ski season in Argentina and Chile didn’t happen for foreign visitors due to […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 9, 2021 0 Comments
Australian Ski Businesses in Big Trouble, Refunds in the Thousands of Dollars Australian ski resorts and businesses are struggling to stay afloat as Sydney’s covid lockdown gets extended another seven days. This will add up to a total of three weeks of lockdown in New South Wales, Australia. Another week of lockdown means ski businesses are dishing out thousands of dollars in refunds alone. Related: New Zealand Ski Resorts Left Struggling After […] Industry News Artur | July 9, 2021 0 Comments
Australian Government Enforces 12-Day Lockdown in NSW as Winter Break Begins The Australian government stuck a knife into the heart of New Zealand ski areas yesterday by locking down and restricting movement in New South Wales (NSW) for twelve days after the Sydney community covid-19 outbreak. Ski fields in New Zealand have been flooded with cancellations as quarantine-free travel remains off the cards during most of the New South Wales school […] Industry News Oz Brains | June 29, 2021 0 Comments
NASA: Local Lockdowns Brought Fast Global Ozone Reductions This article was first published by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at California Institue of Technology When lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic cut local nitrogen oxide emissions, the effect on ozone pollution was global and unexpectedly rapid. Related: Mount Everest is Visible From Kathmandu, Nepal for First Time in Living Memory As the coronavirus pandemic slowed global commerce to a crawl […] SnowBrains | June 10, 2021 0 Comments
Big Sky, MT Nonprofits Launch COVID-19 Vaccine Incentive Program Today, three Big Sky, MT nonprofits announced the launch of the Big Sky Community Vaccine Incentive Program to help protect locals in advance of the summer tourist season. The Yellowstone Club Community Foundation, Moonlight Community Foundation, and Spanish Peaks Community Foundation have partnered with the Gallatin City-County Health Department and Bozeman Health Big Sky Medical Center to support a COVID-19 […] SnowBrains | May 27, 2021 0 Comments
UK Reacted Slowly to Covid-19 Because “Lots of Key People Were Skiing” in February 2020 The UK responded slowly to the covid-19 pandemic last year because “lots of key people were skiing,” a former government adviser revealed yesterday. Related: UK’s Largest Ski Tour Operator Cancels All Holidays For The Season Former chief adviser Dominic Cummings said the Government was “not in any way on a war footing” in February. “The Government and Number 10 was […] SnowBrains | May 27, 2021 0 Comments
Argentina Enters Another COVID-19 Lockdown, Threatening the 2021 Ski Season While COVID-19 vaccinations are on the rise around the world, the pandemic is still not under control. Several nations are still experiencing high rates of positive cases and death. Argentina has seen a rise in cases recently. Last Thursday, President Alberto Fernández announced Argentina’s first lockdown of 2021, potentially impacting this ski season. Since May 10, Argentina has seen its […] Industry News Alex Mangels | May 25, 2021 0 Comments
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