Fans of Wolf Creek Ski Area have one week to buy season passes at discount prices. This week…
From the Wolf Creek website:
The Pre-Season Pass Sale began Saturday, September 26 and will run through Sunday, October 4, 2020! Season Pass pricing for the 2020-2021 ski season is available at the Season Pass Pricing page. Due to COVID-19, the pre-season pass sale will not be in-person at the ski area. Passes can be purchased online or by phone. Season Pass Holders who would like to purchase a pass via phone can call 970-264-5639 today, Saturday, September 26 through Sunday, October 4 from 8:30am to 4:00pm.
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When the Daily Post ran a September 17 story that mentioned the special precautions being taken by Wolf Creek as they prepare for the 2020-2021 season, we also mentioned that the ski area was in the process of revising their season ticket prices. When that story ran, Wolf Creek had posted preliminary pricing on their website, with the highest priced pre-season pass — Adult “Premier” pass, no blackout dates — priced at $1,543, and the lowest priced option — Adult ‘Super Saver’ pass with 48 blackout dates — priced at $723.
Those preliminary prices were higher than the revised prices for the 2019-2020 season.
When I visited the website on Sunday (yesterday) the revised prices were available. Here are the (revised) pre-season discount prices:
During a September 15 Zoom meeting with the Archuleta Board of County Commissioners, Wolf Creek owner Davey Pitcher noted that the state of Colorado appears to be embracing the idea of tourist visitation during the 2020-2021 ski season, and Wolf Creek has developed a preliminary plan — with the help of Silver Thread — that limits the number of people allowed in the ski area restaurant and other indoor spaces, mimicking the operation of similar businesses in town.
The plan also includes ideas for operations at a reduced level, in case the snow arrives before the state finishes putting together statewide ski area guidelines.
Meanwhile, the latest media reports indicate an increase in the rate of COVID-19 infections in certain US states. A daily tracking graph from The New York Times last week showed 18 states where “new cases are higher and staying high.” That’s up from 9 states the previous week. It lists no states where cases are “higher but going down”.
The graphs show 11 states where the rate of new cases are lower but going up, and 21 states where case rate are lower and staying low.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention forecast currently projects up to 226,000 coronavirus deaths in the United States by October 17.
From a CNN article from Friday, September 25:
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Friday he is concerned about the United States entering the fall and winter months with the current level of coronavirus spread.
“Yesterday I just looked at the numbers. It was like 43,000 new cases yesterday,” Fauci told JAMA Editor in Chief Dr. Howard Bauchner in an online conversation. “You don’t want to enter into the fall and winter with a community spread at that level, because if you do, you got a difficult situation that’s going to be really challenging…”
“…If you look at some of the super spreading type things that have occurred, almost all of them occurred in indoor situations,” he said.
Dr. Fauci reminded us that many activities will take place indoors during the fall and winter months. Fortunately, skiing and snowboarding are not among those activities.
Wolf Creek’s opening date is dependent on weather, temperatures and natural snowfall. Announcements on the opening date will be found here and by calling 1-800-SKI-WOLF.
Wolf Creek is taking applications for several departments including lifts, retail, food and beverage, ski school and ticket office. Please check out the Employment Page to download an application.