{"id":43701,"date":"2020-03-14T16:20:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-14T22:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=380525"},"modified":"2020-03-14T16:20:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T22:20:35","slug":"vail-resorts-suspends-operations-sunday-through-march-22-due-to-covid-19-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/vail-resorts-suspends-operations-sunday-through-march-22-due-to-covid-19-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Vail Resorts suspends operations Sunday through March 22 due to COVID-19 concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New public health guidelines are in place regarding minimizing the spread of COVID-19 in public places, including the ski lifts and gondolas, as pictured on Saturday, March 14, at Breckenridge Resort. Guests are encouraged to keep approximately 6 feet of space between them and others since the new coronavirus is easily spread in close proximity. Gondola riders are also advised to only share spaces with close friends and family members, minimizing their exposure to unknown individuals.<\/strong>
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FRISCO \u2014 Vail Resorts Chief Executive Officer Rob Katz announced in a statement Saturday afternoon that the corporation will suspend the operations of all of its North American mountain resorts and retail stores beginning Sunday, March 15, through Sunday, March 22 due to concerns surrounding the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd will use that time to reassess our approach for the rest of the season,\u201d Katz wrote.<\/p>\n

Katz said the corporation\u2019s lodging and property management operations will remain open to service the guests Vail Resorts has on location or those with existing reservations. That said, Katz said Vail Resorts will not be taking new reservations for this upcoming week.<\/p>\n

Katz said Epic Mountain Express, the corporation\u2019s Colorado shuttle service, will also continue operations to support the travel needs of its guests.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will be closing our corporate offices and apart from essential personnel, we will be asking other employees to work from home, where possible,\u201d Katz wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll our scheduled employees, both seasonal and year-round, will be paid during this upcoming eight-day period,\u201d Katz continued, \u201cwithout needing to use any vacation or sick time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis decision provides a pause for the entire ecosystem of our mountain resort communities,\u201d Katz wrote. \u201cIt gives everyone the time to assess the situation, respond to ever-changing developments, and evaluate the approach for the rest of season, if we believe it is advisable or feasible to re-open.\u201d<\/p>\n

Katz said Vail Resorts has information on cancellations, refunds and travel credits on its websites.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany things like ski school, lift tickets, equipment rentals, and transportation can be fully refunded,\u201d Katz wrote, \u201cand we have new credit policies in place for our owned and operated lodging properties.\u201d<\/p>\n

Katz said season pass products and Epic Day Passes are non-refundable and not transferable to another season, however, Vail Resorts will be reviewing those policies and providing any updates on that in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Katz said Vail Resort will be providing updated information on the remainder of the season by Friday, March 20.<\/p>\n

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New public health guidelines are in place regarding minimizing the spread of COVID-19 in public places, including the ski lifts and gondolas, as pictured on Saturday, March 14, at Breckenridge Resort. Guests are encouraged to keep approximately 6 feet of space between them and others since the new coronavirus is easily spread in close proximity. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-10 17:15:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}