I think that it depends..
If crowds are low naturally since we are getting on into March, then I think these measures can be helpful. I do think they should all greatly scale back any food service and anything that brings you into the lodge besides the bathroom. If the entirety of the southern states end up on the ski mountains because kids are out of school (talking New England), I think that will be a big problem of crowding that might sway my opinion the other way.
This morning I went on the lift once. The line was kind of long because we had a lot of wind holds on most other lifts today. I was uncomfortable being in that line, not gonna lie.. I did make sure I rode alone on a quad, and no one tried to change that behavior, so that was a plus. Two younger girls tried to ride with me, and I just let them go ahead. I was surprised that the liftie was still scanning passes. I wear mine on my helmet, and she got real close to scan it, I think that process needs to change somehow.
@lisamamot and I then went for a skin which was absolutely lovely!! It’s nice when you can get where no one else is, and still get freshly groomed snow. We saw a good number of others skinning as well. I do hope for some more lift serviced days this season, but if I have to skin instead for the most part, I’m fine with that as well. We were very temped to have a beer on the deck in the sun before calling it a day, but resisted the urge because we would have had to go inside to the bar and the picnic table area outside was a little crowded too. I think we’ll be packing some goodies in our bags or a close by car for future days this spring, that way you have your own supplies/containers, and can spread out away from other groupings of people.
I also made sure to have a small hand sanitizer bottle in my pocket skiing in case I was going to touch anything away from running water for any reason, but didn’t end up. Gloves are a really great part of skiing in this sense!
