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Originally Posted by curves2000
I am a little sad as a close skiing buddy hasn't been vaxxed and isn't looking to get vaxxed. We bought Sunshine seasons passes again this year but with this requirement, it may be a lonely year.
I am fully onboard with vaccination, even on the hills for common areas etc indoors but to get onto the hill seems a bit much in some regards. The ski hills for the most part operated with virtually zero cases amongst guests during last winter during some really bad waves. The outbreaks that did happen was mostly amongst staff living in close quarters and people partying amongst their group of friends. The risk of getting Covid at a skill hill with the level of people vaxxed, being outdoors etc is about as low as possible.
Hopefully he changes his mind soon and I can get out, last year was magical in a lot of ways as it had been a few years since I had gone on a regular basis.
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I think for Sunshine, in particular, the vaccine mandate is very important just so there isn't a bottleneck at the gondola trying to move people up to the hill. With the mandate, they'll be able to cram people into the gondola and you won't be waiting in line at the base for hours.
I only went to Lake Louise last year, but they did a great job of protecting guests from Covid, which is why we didn't hear of any crazy transmission there. I went about 25 times and didn't eat inside a lodge a single time. My kids had snowboard club there about 15 full days and also didn't eat inside even once. The lodges were essentially closed, they had people policing the lines for social distancing and mask usage, and they didn't put different cohorts in the gondola.
If they can make vaccines a requirement, they save themselves so much trouble and it allows the rest of us to have a more normal season.
Anti-vaxxers like your friend should absolutely not be accommodated by the rest of us. Bummer you'll be without your ski friend, though, but from an outside perspective...fata him.