Most of the cases are in the staff and that article is being kind about the staff conditions, when I am in staff accommodation there is 10 of us in a condo, sharing a kitchen and two fridges, and a laundry room. Anything goes around.
My brother was staying with a good friend of mine at Whistler each weekend on the couch which he paid $50.00 for and stopped because the staff {young) were taking no measures, not wearing masks, partying, sharing joints and he decided he couldn't risk staying with them and chose to share a hotel room or condo each weekend with another mountain host, both off this season.
Ontario ski hills don't have the round the world staff that Whistler does or the same exposure. There was several outbreaks at Whistler this year, starting when staff arrived in November. One of the staff buildings had to be assigned as a quarantine building; no one was supposed to come without having quarantined at their own expense for 14 days and negative covid tests, but young people think it won't happen to them. They also rarely got tested and just quarantined or pretended they just had the flu.
Again, US hills stayed open with measures in place, Alberta hills stayed opened and over all with the measures in place Skiing, especially in Ontario, was an outdoor lower risk activity as Ontario has no one living in shared accommodations. Wear your mask, keep you sanitizer, don't go out when sick, and keep 6 feet distance. I never rode a chair all winter with anyone but my husband and my bubble of friends who were as cautious as me. I left the North Carolina hill twice when I felt it was too crowded and allowed too many people on the bus from the parking, but I went to one of the others that followed protocols well and had the staff following them properly and asked people to put on their masks etc.
Tremblant seemed to do well for the season. I think it's a shame the staff at Whistler didn't take it seriously enough and follow all the protocols, cause I believe if they had it wouldn't have been as big an issue.
I am pleased Ontario was able to open for the last month, even though cases were much higher in that month than previous months and it seemed to go well from what I heard.
For those that wonder the reason for the risks.
https://apple.news/AGKa25-35QLu90fyoET2abA
200 cases transmitted by the resort. Just think “they tell 2 friend and so on”.
This is a bad thing no matter how you see it.
I am not a lock down fan, but certain activities carry risks beyond what we conceive.
