Is coronavirus changing your ski plans?

[Jilly]

Tremblant remains open. There will be extra sanitizer stations. Chairs and the Gondola will have reduced numbers. The cafeteria seating is being reduced. All food will be wrapped, so soup will be ladled out by staff no self serve.

They are offering cancellations at certain hotels.

This is the start of March break for Ontario.....and now it's 3 weeks long....

I was just out for groceries....this is nuts....no tp, no paper towels, no bread, pasta, potato chips, frozen veggies.....I just couldn't believe it. I needed bread, but....

 

[liquidfeet]

Today at my local grocery store, no milk, no eggs, no potatoes, no salted butter, no onions, no flour, no yeast. Oh, also no rosemary. No toilet paper, of course. No bars of soap. Yes, paper towels, for some reason. Yes, chocolate. Yes, cabbage.

 

[captain_hug99]

Well, I'm a teacher and my school is shut down four days early to provide "social distance." With that, I was able to snag a condo at Keystone in River Run for $72 a night. This condo would normally go for 350+. I'm going to go up, ski a few days and then clean my house with the rest of my extra time.

 

[Jenny]

I'm officially sulking now. Cancelled the Airbnb, car, and flight. Full refund on lodging and car, but need Southwest to extend the time to use our credit, or else need this to all go away before the end of July.

First local resort announced it's done. Others still claiming to be running, but it’s been so warm around here that this could very well be the last weekend anyway. I'm wavering between going this weekend, and just washing my hands of the season. Was really looking forward to this trip. Thankful that we had Taos, and that it was so much fun.

Went grocery shopping after work - just for regular supplies. Needed bread, but could only get Rye, which I and apparently lots of other people don’t like, lol. Empty shelves in bread, TP, paper towels - didn’t go by the cleaners or sanitizers but I’m guessing they were empty, too.

On the plus side, got a coupon for 50 cents off a gallon of gas (Max 20 gallons) and prices here are already only about $1.86 a gallon.

All schools were closed today, husband has been ordered to work at home for the next two weeks.

 

[ski diva]

Burke and Jay in Vermont announced they're closing.

For more info on what's going on with resorts in Vermont, visit the Vermont thread.

 

[BlueSkies]

I'm bummed too. We were about 2hrs into the drive to Jay Peak when we got the news that tomorrow will be their last day of the season. We have a condo and were planning on several more weekends.

 

[Christy]

Sorry @Jenny. :(

 

[marzNC]

This is the start of March break for Ontario.....and now it's 3 weeks long....

Since Canadians are restricted from entering the US, wonder if that means people will book at Tremblant instead.

 

[Jenny]

Sorry @Jenny. :(

Thanks. If this is the worst thing in my life, though, I’m pretty fortunate. And I am.

Did you manage to get books at the library?

 

[geargrrl]

I went looking for this online today and couldn't find anything. I read somewhere else that you had to self quarantine for two weeks coming in from the US, couldn't find that either. Can you post a link or source?

Since Canadians are restricted from entering the US, wonder if that means people will book at Tremblant instead.

 

[Christy]

Thanks. If this is the worst thing in my life, though, I’m pretty fortunate. And I am.

Did you manage to get books at the library?

Nope--none of my holds were ready, and trying to just browse library shelves around swarms of people wasn't working for me.

 

[marzNC]

I went looking for this online today and couldn't find anything. I read somewhere else that you had to self quarantine for two weeks coming in from the US, couldn't find that either. Can you post a link or source?

Source is the Jay Peak announcement on March 13 about closing. Only mentioned Québec and Ontario. I didn't find anything obvious anywhere else yet. See posts in VT thread about Jay starting at Post #124.

Canada is working on restrictions related to international travel. For instance, limiting the airports that will be open to international flights. Canadians are being encouraged to cancel "non-essential travel" outside Canada. At this point, every province with a border with the U.S. has at least one case. But definitely a work in progress.

March 13, National Post (Canada)
https://nationalpost.com/news/canad...el-restrictions-to-prevent-coronavirus-spread

 

[VickiK]

Have you talked to your doctor? This worries me.

I've seen 3 different doctors and gone to emergency.

 

[Christy]

Poor Crystal. On social media, they are getting it from both sides, for their decision to stay open but only allow 2-3 people in the gondola, and remove half the tables from the lodge. Everyone thinks they are either under or overreacting. Apparently they consulted with the Pierce Co Health Dept before deciding to stay open. Here's the forecast.

 

[Jenny]

Nope--none of my holds were ready, and trying to just browse library shelves around swarms of people wasn't working for me.

I downloaded a bunch of ebooks in the last few days.

 

[Christy]

3/4 - I talked to my doctor, he said 'flu' but did not test me. No Rx.
3/9 - I went to urgent care, and was told 'common cold', got a steroid shot and Rx for a Z-pack antibiotics, and prednisone pills.
3/13 - Back to urgent care, got a chest x-ray. They offered me an antibiotic injection. I declined, and went to emergency. There, they did another chest x-ray, gave me some prednisone steroid pills, a Rx for an inhaler and cough suppressant pills, and swabbed me for COVID-19. Diagnosis pending swab results: 'common cold'. Results will be in a "in a couple of days", and they will notify me only if I'm positive.

I need to find a good doctor.

Hang in there. Hopefully it's "just" a cold. A couple years ago I had some kind of respiratory virus aka a cold that I was absolutely sure was at least pneumonia but the doctor ruled out anything serious. It took me almost 3 months to really feel okay. "Colds" can be so much nastier than I knew.

 

[Christy]

If anyone needs a dose of positivity check out #WeGotThisSeattle on Twitter. (I'm not on Twitter but you don't need an account to view). There are some lovely messages (I think I have something in my eye...). Also, what a relief we've settled on a good hashtag (what's a crisis without a hashtag?) and not a recycled one like Seattlestrong.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeGotThisSeattle?src=hashtag_click

 

[Christy]

Or if anyone wants numbers from the front, @UWvirology is interesting to look at on Twitter. Yesterday they tested 1680 people with a 7% positive rate.

 

[Bluestsky]

Got impatient by the long holds at my library. I’ve been a happy user of LibriVox, the public domain audiobooks. The readers are hit or miss, but Mil Nicholson is awesome. She brings all characters to life. My current one read by her is Dicken’s ‘Our Mutual Friend’...delightful.

LibriVox

 

[Bluestsky]

As much as I’d miss the worry free skiing, now I’m waiting for spring with higher temps that will hopefully help with eradicating the virus. Got depressed with the barrage of news, looked out the window and captured the peaceful scene. Hope it’ll bring you a moment of relief too.

Waiting for Spring