jaywbigred
Active member
My anecdotal experience is that the travel restrictions have had an impact. We usually get 30-40 ski days each (my wife and I) on 15-16 trips a year at Mt. Snow given our condo there. As a result of the travel restrictions (and the return restrictions in NJ too), I have not been up a single time this year. My wife has gone up with the kids 3x, but not skied, and only when all-virtual school allowed them to meet the quarantine restrictions. When she has done so, she has carted all of the food in with her so as not to visit a grocery store or restaurant.
Our friends from Boston who bought a condo as well have basically done the same. I think they've skied only 4 total days and only around holidays when they were off work/school and could meet the 7 days + test requirement. Pre-Covid, they'd ski every single weekend of the year and also take multiple weeks up there for vacation.
My uncle and aunt (also from NJ) who purchased up there have the same story, they went once at Christmas with a negative test when their girls were out of school for holiday break. Pre-Covid, they'd do 10+ trips a year.
My in-laws who squat at our place/my uncle's place, usually going midweek, have not been up at all either. 0 days. They usually go 8+ times a year.
My in-laws and my aunt and uncle are now fully vaxxed, so they will immediately be going for late season push. I get my first shot this Saturday so I am hoping for a late March/early April push to salvage my ski season, although I know waiting out the days between 1st shot-2nd shot-all clear will make it a little tight. Praying for some late season cold weather to extend the season.
But, all-in, the travel restrictions, and just generally not wanting to be the source of a Vermont outbreak, has kept this clan of 15 out of state skiers, and all our guests, out of Vermont until this point. And this ruling on allowing vaccinated persons in with no restrictions will impact at least 10 of those 15.
Our friends from Boston who bought a condo as well have basically done the same. I think they've skied only 4 total days and only around holidays when they were off work/school and could meet the 7 days + test requirement. Pre-Covid, they'd ski every single weekend of the year and also take multiple weeks up there for vacation.
My uncle and aunt (also from NJ) who purchased up there have the same story, they went once at Christmas with a negative test when their girls were out of school for holiday break. Pre-Covid, they'd do 10+ trips a year.
My in-laws who squat at our place/my uncle's place, usually going midweek, have not been up at all either. 0 days. They usually go 8+ times a year.
My in-laws and my aunt and uncle are now fully vaxxed, so they will immediately be going for late season push. I get my first shot this Saturday so I am hoping for a late March/early April push to salvage my ski season, although I know waiting out the days between 1st shot-2nd shot-all clear will make it a little tight. Praying for some late season cold weather to extend the season.
But, all-in, the travel restrictions, and just generally not wanting to be the source of a Vermont outbreak, has kept this clan of 15 out of state skiers, and all our guests, out of Vermont until this point. And this ruling on allowing vaccinated persons in with no restrictions will impact at least 10 of those 15.
