Arapahoe reopens the hard way

Yesterday, the State of Colorado just approved the partial reopening of Arapahoe Basin with a bunch of caveats, like no more than of 600 users per day that had to register on line the day before.

Upon arriving at the resort, skiers had to show their printed confirmation email to be able to park.

The lift lines and the scanning have also been redesigned in order to spread visitors. Interestingly enough and to prevent lift attendants from having to hold fixed-grip chairs, these lifts were running slower.

The kicker, though, was that face coverings were required to be worn if six feet of social distance couldn't be maintained, which would mean that the chairs are likely to be filled to capacity if skier faces are covered. This wasn't what we observed when I saw a video of the event. Only 2 person per quad-chair!

That’s rather good news, while the rest seems very complicated. Skiing is already awfully complicated as it is. Can we simplify it a bit?