Here's some info from an email sent out by Steamboat last week about the winter season.
To our valued Steamboat family:
All of us at Steamboat know that there are countless questions about the upcoming winter ski season. While we wish we had more answers for you, we can assure you the health and safety of our employees, guests and community are foremost in every decision we make as we prepare for the 20/21 season.
Steamboat is dedicated to providing the same memorable mountain experiences this winter, as we have for the past 58 years. Winter is what brings us together. It is the season that defines us, that we are most passionate about and that we are looking forward to the most.
As regulations and guidelines change for our state and county, we continue to adapt. We have created protocols and procedures across the resort (including the mountain, base area and at the Steamboat Grand Hotel) that exceed the current guidelines and will update them as needed. Guests can read the complete details here.
While the winter season is still more than four months away, every day we are preparing, analyzing and planning for a variety of winter scenarios with considerations including social distancing, limited capacity and other appropriate responses to COVID-19. Using current guidelines as our foundation, we are working with the entire Alterra Mountain Company family to explore and develop systems, usable across the company’s portfolio of destinations, that make the mountains accessible. Below are just some of the ways we are preparing for new operations:
- Advanced reservations systems for mountain access when necessary
- Contactless ordering and payment at our restaurants and retail outlets
- Reconfiguration of lift access along with maze management
- Social distancing protocols including SnowSports School lesson sizes
- Expanded outdoor dining options
- Technology solutions to minimize person to person contact
- Voluntary free COVID-19 testing available for employees
- Partnerships with health entities and strategic alliances with resort partners for best practices for health and cleanliness getting to, arriving and while at Steamboat Ski Resort
- Our goal is to assess solutions and fast track those ideas to do the absolute best to provide the winter vacations that are so important to all of us.