Lift Ticket: Resort Riding in COVID Times • Episode Four • Boots on the Ground

Lift Ticket: Resort Riding In COVID Times

English - December 18, 2020 19:23 - 56 minutes - 45.6 MB
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Welcome back to Lift Ticket: Resort Riding in Covid Times.

For this show we’ve brought in one of the industry experts - Christian Knapp - to fill us in on how the multibillion dollar resort industry is adapting to a virus that has turned the world upside down.

Christian has managed some of the biggest resorts in the world for the past 20 years including Breckenridge and Aspen Snowmass and now he is on the hunt for The Snowboard Project.

The season has arrived - and with it rising cases of Covid and new restrictions being put into place around the country. Fortunately we are still able to ride - a very bright spot on an increasingly dark year.

In this episode of Lift Ticket you can listen to our global roundup where we check in with Europe to see how they are handling the new 'surge'.

Then we check in with Jack Mitrani to find out what is happening with COVID and snowboarding in Vermont.

Finally we check in with Ninja - Jasen Isaacs - to see how the reservation system is going in Vail.

We are still game on for this season even if it is shaping up to be much different than expected. We ask that all our listeners do their part now to try and slow the spread of Covid so that we can keep these resorts open. Also tag us in your posts and stories so we can see how your experience is going riding resorts this year. Our next episode will cover the perspective of the riders. Tag us with the hashtag #liftticketpodcast and shoot us a DM - we want to know how it’s going on your end!

This is Lift Ticket: Resort Riding in COVID Times

Episode 4: Boots on the Ground

Hosted by:

Christian Knapp and Mark Sullivan

Developed & Produced by:

Mark Sullivan

Dustin H. James

Business Development:

Dustin H James

This episode is sponsored by:

Cardiff Snowcraft

@cardiffsnow