Snowmass General Manager Susan Cross stands on Fanny Hill overlooking Snowmass Base Village during off season on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/Snowmass Sun) Even before the 2020-21 ski season began, Snowmass General Manager Susan Cross emphasized personal responsibility as the key to a successful pandemic-era winter. Yes, there would be staffers enforcing mask compliance. Yes, there would be capacity limits indoors and spacing rules on the lifts. And yes, there would be signage reminding people to keep their distance and keep their faces covered. But there’s a point at which masking up and staying self-contained had to fall on the thousands of people who hit the slopes this winter.