MAINE PUBLIC • November 30, 2020
This year, as resorts start to welcome skiers from in and out of state, safety has taken on a whole new dimension. Access to base lodges and indoor dining will be tightly controlled, and prohibited at some smaller hills. Social distancing will be enforced on shuttle buses, ticket lines, lift-lines and even the lifts. Customers are being asked to suit up, boot up and warm up at their cars — no indoor equipment storage available. Masks are required everywhere except when eating or actively skiing downhill. But skiers are used to a certain amount of trundling, and to strategizing ways to stay warm — including, of course, wearing masks.