This is the season to cross-country ski.
In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, X-C more than ever is a magical way to escape crowds and lift lines and get outdoors in winter at a much lower cost than Alpine skiing for basic equipment and trail use fees; and it’s free to ski at places like golf courses and public parks.
If you’re an Alpine skier, you should mix it up more this season with Nordic skiing, especially with reservations at larger Alpine resorts sometimes hard to get and lift lines longer than usual due to COVID-19 capacity restrictions. It’s easy to learn and do, and it’s a great cardio and leg workout once you get into it.
Winter travel raises more fears of viral spread
Dec. 19, 2020 at 5:00 am
David Koenig and Dee-Ann Durbin, AP Business Writers
Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas, despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result could be another surge in COVID-19 cases.
In the U.S., AAA predicts that about 85 million people will travel between Dec. 23 and Jan. 3, most of them by car. If true, that would be a drop of nearly one-third from a year ago, but still a massive movement of people in the middle of a pandemic.
Winter travel raises more fears of viral spread
COVID: Stop the spread of germs when you travel By Associated Press | December 18, 2020 at 5:52 AM CST - Updated December 18 at 5:52 AM
(AP) - Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas, despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result could be another surge in cases.
In the U.S., AAA predicts that about 85 million people will travel between Dec. 23 and Jan. 3, most of them by car. If true, that would be a drop of nearly one-third from a year ago, but still a massive movement of people in the middle of a pandemic.
(AP) – Tens of millions of people are expected to travel to family gatherings or winter vacations over Christmas, despite pleas by public health experts who fear the result could be another surge in COVID-19 cases.
In the U.S., AAA predicts that about 85 million people will travel between Dec. 23 and Jan. 3, most of them by car. If true, that would be a drop of nearly one-third from a year ago, but still a massive movement of people in the middle of a pandemic.
Jordan Ford, 24, who was laid off as a guest-relations worker at Disneyland in March, said he plans to visit both his and his boyfriend’s families in Virginia and Arkansas over Christmas.