RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Believe it or not, ski season is right around the corner. In fact, Sugar Mountain Resort officially opened for the winter season last Thursday.
North Carolina ski resorts have already started making their own snow as the 2020-2021 ski season opens. When the coronavirus pandemic began here in March, the North Carolina Ski Areas Association sat down to come up with a plan to keep people safe. The plan, part of the national Ski Well, Be Well campaign, is designed to help visitors stay safe while having winter fun.
Kim Jochl, President of the North Carolina Ski Areas Association and Vice President of Sugar Mountain Resort, explains, “It’s critically important for the health of people, for the health of the economy, for the health of the environment that we all be respectful so that we can continue to ski and enjoy the great outdoors in the wintertime – snowboard, ice skate, tubing, all of those things.”
Most of the winter sports on the resorts are naturally socially distanced as skis and snowboards are generally six feet or more in length and face masks are a part of the required gear.
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