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Could have avalanches. this sounds relatively accessible. are they quite popular with locals and visitors? they are really quite popular, so they have a ski area on top, there is an aerial tramway that goes to the top, very popular with hikers, back country skiers, limited slope, medium slopes for skiers, they are on the outskirts of northern tehran, the station for the aerial tramway is northern tehran itself, so very easy access, but if you are not prepared, it can be very treacherous. what ab...

Visitors? they are really quite popular, so they have a ski area on top, there is an aerial tramway that goes to the top, very popular with hikers, backcountry skiers, limited slope, medium slopes for skiers, they are on the outskirts of northern tehran, the station for the aerial tramway is northern tehran itself, so very easy access, but if you are not prepared, it can be very treacherous. what about rescue shelters and infrastructure on the mountain range? what is there available? there are s...

I tell people thats why the rooneys drafted me. chris: they thought you were irish. >> they thought i was irish. >> for me, i want to push my own limits for the human potential. my larger purpose is to inspire others. chris: collin is talking about his athletic abilities. his records are astonishing. becoming the first person to walk across antartica solo and rowing across the worlds most treacherous waters. do you ever think in the middle of one of these challenges, ex depictions, what the hell...

Devin cline practices social distancing on the job. >> its a fun job. >> reporter: hes a snow cat >> reporter: hes a snow cat driver who smoothes out the rough spots on ski slopes as the sun sets each night. but there arent as many skiers cutting tracks in the snow these days, and after-hours business isnt what it used to be. skiing is open, but restricted, at all 10 of utahs world-class resorts. but operators fear closures that have already hit california ski lodges and curtailed ski slope oper...

At 6:00. >> the cbs weekend news is next. news updates are captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs >> diaz: tonight, breaking news, person of interest in the nashville christmas day bombing. the latest on the investigation, the devastation, and the hero officers. how their quick actions saved lives. >> and i said, "well, we have kids." and she said, "please get your kids out." >> diaz: also tonight, stimulus showdown. president trump tweets his grievances as benefits run out for ...

Shortly after utahs ski season abruptly shut down. back then, he was helping to collect goggles for doctors and nurses at a time when eye protections were in short supply. now hes helping to enforce strict measures to make sure the u.s. ski industry doesnt suffer a $2 billion loss like last year. >> theyre all operating here in utah today under stricter protocols than even our state government has mandated. >> reporter: but the slopes here any other year would be full. tom pollard says many of h...

There today. george blake was 98 years old. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," ski resorts adapt to new covid restrictions, trying to save their season and jobs. also, no shovel needed. a kentucky man uses a blow torch to take on the snow. and later, we catch up with teenage scientist gitanjali rao, who has received a timely honor. including the covid-19 virus, on more surfaces than lysol disinfectant spray. lysol. what it takes to protect. than rheumatoid arthritis. when considering anot...

>> reporter: gone, too, are a third of rustlers employees. nearby in park city, with the countys ski-centered economy, the unemployment rate is above 20%. yet, the adventurous are pushing back and doing what it takes for the love of skiing. >> i was split-boarding today, st b guess sticking to the back country more. >> reporter: to get there, he has to get past buffy sarubbi... >> cna you pull up your mask for me? >> reporter: ...a five-year chairlift foreman whose duties expanded this year to i...

Celsius, obviously called by night owners, how much they can carry on with having a viable business7m owners, how much they can carry on with having a viable business? it is as well. so there are lots and lots very difficult. i think we need a lot more government help. the grants of weathers going on at the moment that we have been given just do not and think the thing to take away, cover our overheads, let alone the stock that we havent been able to severe flood warnings, numerous flood warning...

And i like the idea of next year being that one, rather than going for lots of small trips and weekends, we look for the one big life changing experience because you dont know when this can happen again and we dont know when it can happen again and as someone who, travel has changed my life so much, yeah, i want to hold onto every second so i think, for me next year, it is all about that big life changing trip. bring on 2021 and the travel show will be bigger, stronger and better! lovely chattin...