Who's going skiing and where - 2021 #postcrisis
Discussion
Dog Star said:
I'm knocking 2021 on the head ski-wise; this covid thing isn't going to be over, nothing like. I'm not blowing hundreds and hundreds of pounds, sorting the annual leave etc just to spend ages wondering if I'm going to win the cancelled holiday lottery. I WFH so this quarantine nonsense doesn't matter, but the rest of it is a farce now.
similar thoughts to next season. I also have a 1yr old to add into the mix, was planning a family snow holiday with minimal skiing for me, but can’t be bothered with the worry/ stress.fingers crossed i’ll get some days in scotland, and i’ll maybe consider a last minute long weekend via munich as you can normally score cheap enough flights. but I really really hope this season gets some decent numbers and doesn’t cause too many casualties. I feel worst for all the season workers, lifties, instructors, shops, local cafes........ all the normal people who have lost out.
malks222 said:
similar thoughts to next season. I also have a 1yr old to add into the mix, was planning a family snow holiday with minimal skiing for me, but can’t be bothered with the worry/ stress.
fingers crossed i’ll get some days in scotland, and i’ll maybe consider a last minute long weekend via munich as you can normally score cheap enough flights. but I really really hope this season gets some decent numbers and doesn’t cause too many casualties. I feel worst for all the season workers, lifties, instructors, shops, local cafes........ all the normal people who have lost out.
I got out of Bad Gastein via Salzburg on March 14th - the day they had to close down. The day before the slopes were totally deserted, it was surreal and a bit sad. I felt very bad for the bar and restaurant owners on the slopes - they were closing up or getting ready to, it was extra helping of strudel as they were just giving it away. On the upside at least they’d got most of the season done. fingers crossed i’ll get some days in scotland, and i’ll maybe consider a last minute long weekend via munich as you can normally score cheap enough flights. but I really really hope this season gets some decent numbers and doesn’t cause too many casualties. I feel worst for all the season workers, lifties, instructors, shops, local cafes........ all the normal people who have lost out.
They’ll probably do ok next season - the non-brits can just hop in the car/train and go when they want, unlike us who need ferries or planes (which get cancelled).
Our flights are already booked for next year, so we'll just have to see what happens, fortunately they were cheap enough not to worry about the cost. ESF are currently not taking any bookings for ski school and I suspect we'll book everything else last minute.
I must admit, I'll do everything in my power to make sure we get there. It's a large family group, we stay in a self catering chalet, only eat out once during the week and don't do Apres. There's far more chance of me catching it at home living with a wife who treats Covid patients. It really wouldn't be an issue to isolate in the chalet for the week only heading out to complete socially distanced skiing.
If the flights get cancelled I'd drive if legal.
I must admit, I'll do everything in my power to make sure we get there. It's a large family group, we stay in a self catering chalet, only eat out once during the week and don't do Apres. There's far more chance of me catching it at home living with a wife who treats Covid patients. It really wouldn't be an issue to isolate in the chalet for the week only heading out to complete socially distanced skiing.
If the flights get cancelled I'd drive if legal.
I have two trips to the PDS planned, one in Jan and one in March. Rightly or wrongly, the risk of Covid19 isn't a significant worry for me. If there is a requirement to quarentine at that time I will just have to abide.
I'm more concerned about a potential lack of travel insurance should there be an accident on the mountain. Im hoping more insurers become open to covering non covid related expenses even if the FCO advise against travel
I'm more concerned about a potential lack of travel insurance should there be an accident on the mountain. Im hoping more insurers become open to covering non covid related expenses even if the FCO advise against travel
DanGibsonRacing said:
I have two trips to the PDS planned, one in Jan and one in March. Rightly or wrongly, the risk of Covid19 isn't a significant worry for me. If there is a requirement to quarentine at that time I will just have to abide.
I'm more concerned about a potential lack of travel insurance should there be an accident on the mountain. Im hoping more insurers become open to covering non covid related expenses even if the FCO advise against travel
There’s always the insurance that you can buy with your lift pass - it will cover you for anything mountain related, but likely not Covid related.I'm more concerned about a potential lack of travel insurance should there be an accident on the mountain. Im hoping more insurers become open to covering non covid related expenses even if the FCO advise against travel
DanGibsonRacing said:
I have two trips to the PDS planned, one in Jan and one in March. Rightly or wrongly, the risk of Covid19 isn't a significant worry for me. If there is a requirement to quarentine at that time I will just have to abide.
I'm more concerned about a potential lack of travel insurance should there be an accident on the mountain. Im hoping more insurers become open to covering non covid related expenses even if the FCO advise against travel
My worries are about flights being cancelled, operators going bust, resorts not opening etc.I'm more concerned about a potential lack of travel insurance should there be an accident on the mountain. Im hoping more insurers become open to covering non covid related expenses even if the FCO advise against travel
We have the flights booked and plan to book everything else last minute. If everyone else does the same as us the negative impact on the businesses we will want to use could be huge. Bit of a Catch-22 really.
Carbon Sasquatch said:
There’s always the insurance that you can buy with your lift pass - it will cover you for anything mountain related, but likely not Covid related.
I understand that covers being 'recovered' from the mountain, but it wouldn't cover treatment for say a broken collarbone once I'm back down in the town. With the EHIC likely ending at the end of Dec some health cover seems sensible JQ said:
My worries are about flights being cancelled, operators going bust, resorts not opening etc.
We have the flights booked and plan to book everything else last minute. If everyone else does the same as us the negative impact on the businesses we will want to use could be huge. Bit of a Catch-22 really.
I'm being optimistic, but resorts opened this summer for MTB, so excluding mass European lockdown I imagine the lifts will be running We have the flights booked and plan to book everything else last minute. If everyone else does the same as us the negative impact on the businesses we will want to use could be huge. Bit of a Catch-22 really.
DanGibsonRacing said:
Carbon Sasquatch said:
There’s always the insurance that you can buy with your lift pass - it will cover you for anything mountain related, but likely not Covid related.
I understand that covers being 'recovered' from the mountain, but it wouldn't cover treatment for say a broken collarbone once I'm back down in the town. With the EHIC likely ending at the end of Dec some health cover seems sensible https://carreneige.com/static/documents/2019-2020/...
Carbon Sasquatch said:
It covers the treatment from the accident. It paid for my daughters operation and hospital stay when she had an accident
https://carreneige.com/static/documents/2019-2020/...
That is really useful to know - thankshttps://carreneige.com/static/documents/2019-2020/...
Re Scotland - you might have a shock in that those who would normally go overseas all go to Scotland instead causing capacity issues.
On the actual slopes if capacity is down too much surely parts of the mountains would be closed down and also then the smaller resorts may really struggle/big resorts drop prices notably making small resorts possibly close.
If numbers grow in the winter it’s going to be questionable why anyone would but for some reason people make their own risk choices.
For those living out in the mountains genuine question if things get bad in your resort to the point it closes or doesn’t open for 20/21 what then? Unless you are into Nordic ski hiking un pisted and no lift mountain is pretty useless for skiing.
On the actual slopes if capacity is down too much surely parts of the mountains would be closed down and also then the smaller resorts may really struggle/big resorts drop prices notably making small resorts possibly close.
If numbers grow in the winter it’s going to be questionable why anyone would but for some reason people make their own risk choices.
For those living out in the mountains genuine question if things get bad in your resort to the point it closes or doesn’t open for 20/21 what then? Unless you are into Nordic ski hiking un pisted and no lift mountain is pretty useless for skiing.
Welshbeef said:
For those living out in the mountains genuine question if things get bad in your resort to the point it closes or doesn’t open for 20/21 what then? Unless you are into Nordic ski hiking un pisted and no lift mountain is pretty useless for skiing.
Depends..... in March this year everything shut overnight, bars, restaurants, all the shops - so it was time to head home.I can’t believe the resorts won’t open, but it may be a bit choppy, with some closures at the weekends, hotels and bars at lower capacity etc. So it won’t be as convenient, but better than nothing.
And yes, I might even take up cross country skiing if there are closures on the slopes but other things stay open
DanGibsonRacing said:
I'm more concerned about a potential lack of travel insurance should there be an accident on the mountain. Im hoping more insurers become open to covering non covid related expenses even if the FCO advise against travel
Pick your insurer carefully, AXA advised me they were happy to continue providing cover, excluding Covid related stuff, even with the advice to avoid all but essential travel in place, but other insurers won't cover anything in the same locations. If the advice is to avoid ALL travel to a location then it's unlikely any main stream policy will cover you.
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