As a response to covid-19, many restrictions have been placed on ski resorts made by the Colorado Department of Public Health in 2020 to help prevent the further spread of COVID-19.

One new change is related to dining indoors on the mountains which is now not an option. According to the Denver Post, “Ski areas in Level Red counties must suspend indoor dining and provide takeout and grab-and-go or outdoor dining, ‘but may still operate their lifts according to their approved plan’.”

Many ski resorts have now adopted a reservation system to limit the number of people on the mountains at one time.  According to the Denver Post, “Currently the five Vail Resorts mountains (Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Crested Butte) will be the only resorts requiring across-the-board reservations.”

Some other options some resorts are adopting is a limited amount of tickets instead of reservations such as Ski Cooper.  According to the Denver Post, “The current plan, subject to change, is to not require reservations for season pass holders. A limited number of daily tickets will be available, sold in advance online,”for Ski Cooper and others.

Ski resorts in Colorado will look very different for the winter of 2020/2021. According to the Denver Post, “Ski areas in counties listed at Level Red, or ‘severe risk,’ on the state’s COVID-19 dial will be allowed to remain open when new restrictions go into place starting Friday.”