It’s that time of the year where we (and I mean me) look ahead to the ski season.
Actually I’ve been doing that since last season, but we’re now only 3 months away from the time in November where Baker, Crystal and Stevens open. In a normal year, that is. This past season with Covid was interesting to say the least. I hope it will indeed be a “normal” season but who knows? We do know that the ski areas can operate with masking and distancing if needed, so we will have a season if the weather cooperates. Hopefully we won’t need to deal with reservations, but if we do, we know we can handle that.
Stevens announced in May they were not inviting the concession skis schools (Lyon, Olympic and Clancy’s) back. As you may be aware, they didn’t operate last year due to Covid as Stevens stated they needed to restrict the number of ski lessons and students on the slopes. Lyon is shifting to camps, including summer camps at Mt Hood. The other two appeared to have closed rather than try to relocate to Snoqualmie, which already has a handful of independent ski schools.
What other changes do people anticipate? What are you looking forward to?
Personally, I have my Ikon pass for Crystal, I plan to take clinics with Snow Performance again so will be at Alpental as well, and I finally decided to get a Stevens Select pass for mid-week skiing.
Actually I’ve been doing that since last season, but we’re now only 3 months away from the time in November where Baker, Crystal and Stevens open. In a normal year, that is. This past season with Covid was interesting to say the least. I hope it will indeed be a “normal” season but who knows? We do know that the ski areas can operate with masking and distancing if needed, so we will have a season if the weather cooperates. Hopefully we won’t need to deal with reservations, but if we do, we know we can handle that.
Stevens announced in May they were not inviting the concession skis schools (Lyon, Olympic and Clancy’s) back. As you may be aware, they didn’t operate last year due to Covid as Stevens stated they needed to restrict the number of ski lessons and students on the slopes. Lyon is shifting to camps, including summer camps at Mt Hood. The other two appeared to have closed rather than try to relocate to Snoqualmie, which already has a handful of independent ski schools.
What other changes do people anticipate? What are you looking forward to?
Personally, I have my Ikon pass for Crystal, I plan to take clinics with Snow Performance again so will be at Alpental as well, and I finally decided to get a Stevens Select pass for mid-week skiing.