Along the lines of drunk skiers - I'm curious if the uptick in reckless driving incidents in the US during COVID will have a similar effect on things like skiing. I'm not sure if we know if it's driven more by people who are like "woohoo, fewer people on the road, I'm driving 100mph!" or if it's driven more by pent up frustration or what. If it's the latter - are people going to be better behaved or worse on the slopes?
I know yesterday, there was a post in a women's mountain biking group on Facebook asking people to consider wearing body armor and biking a little more cautiously now that our local hospitals are facing overflowing ICUs and Utah was just yesterday getting approval on the plan to ration care and decide priorities on who gets the ICU room in various situations, which is a horrifying thing for medical professionals to have to deal with, I'm sure. In the women's group, the poster was lauded for her thoughtfulness and people thought it was a good idea and were thankful for the reminder. She cross-posted in the non-women's-specific group and was basically told to shut up, mind her own business, and just stay home if she's such a snowflake and moderators deleted her post.
I know that's just anecdotal and not even the same sport, but I feel like that does not bode well for expecting thoughtful/safe recreation this winter.
And also reminds me how lucky we are to have this forum.