{"id":1318916,"date":"2020-03-18T19:47:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T01:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=994850"},"modified":"2020-03-18T19:47:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T01:47:47","slug":"colorado-governor-extends-ski-resort-ban-other-social-distancing-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/colorado-governor-extends-ski-resort-ban-other-social-distancing-measures\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado governor extends ski resort ban, other social-distancing measures"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gwyn Knowlton, right, and George Gordon, center right, along with other people from Gwyn’s High Alpine pass out food supplies to Snowmass community members on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.<\/strong>
Kelsey Brunner\/\/The Aspen Times via AP<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Gov. Jared Polis extended Wednesday night the ski resort closures in Colorado to April 6 and added social-distancing measures that include gatherings limited to 10 people as the COVID-19 virus cases increase throughout the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cCOVID-19 has spread throughout many mountain communities where ski resorts are located and this is a necessary step to help slow the spread of the virus,\u201d the governor said in a news release Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Governor issued an executive order suspending ski area operations until March 22. Aspen Skiing Co. said this week it would not reopen Buttermilk but was hoping to reopen before the scheduled April 19 season closing.<\/p>\n

He also extended the school closures through April 17; the first day back to class would be Monday, April 20, at the earliest.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day Polis noted mountain communities are hotspots, and some of the draconian measures already taken by county health departments in those areas, like Summit County, which has shut down all non-essential businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to take the steps we need to avoid catastrophic loss of life,\u201d Polis said Wednesday morning, adding that a \u201cshelter in place\u201d order has impacts his office is considering. \u201cWe have to make sure that we have it in a way where there\u2019s compliance, where there\u2019s social order, where people can support themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked how a measure like that would be enforced, Polis said it\u2019s up to the people of Colorado to do the right thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be clear that the responsibility is on the people at the end of the day,\u201d he said, adding the state\u2019s recommendation is no more than 10 people in one place. \u201cThere\u2019s not really the ability to police. If you\u2019re stupid and you have 30 or 40 or 80 people at your home, I mean, maybe the neighbors will complain and maybe the police will come out, but please don\u2019t be stupid, your local law enforcement is not going to be everywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not something you\u2019re trying to get away with. What you\u2019re doing is you\u2019re jeopardizing the lives of your friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gwyn Knowlton, right, and George Gordon, center right, along with other people from Gwyn’s High Alpine pass out food supplies to Snowmass community members on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.Kelsey Brunner\/\/The Aspen Times via AP Gov. Jared Polis extended Wednesday night the ski resort closures in Colorado to April 6 and added social-distancing measures that include […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1318916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-04 06:24:36","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":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1318916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1318916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1318916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1318916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}