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    Ski Down and Mask Up — Resorts Try To Stay Safe In Pandemic Skiing Boom

    Ski areas are seeing record sales of season passes as people look for outdoor exercise this winter. Most are requiring masks, limiting lodge use, and making people put their boots on at their cars.
    by Chris Arnold Jan 18, 2021 3 minutes
    There's plenty of social distance out on the slopes, but resorts are requiring masks in lift lines and lodges and limiting lodge use. Most skiers and boarders are happy to comply but Schweitzer Mountain in Idaho had to suspend season passes for some who refused to wear masks and were verbally abusive to lift line attendants.

    Eager to get out of the house and enjoy the outdoors, more people than ever are hitting the slopes on skis and snowboards.

    "Oh, yeah. I mean, we sold probably a thousand more season passes this year than we ever had," says John DeVivo, the General Manager of Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire. "We were up about 20% in pass sales."

    Those passes let skiers or snowboarders ski all season and can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars depending on the

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