Winter sports: Swiss cable cars to introduce capacity restrictions
Large cable cars and gondolas in Switzerland will be capped at 70 percent due to Covid fears.
Switzerland’s ski areas are open and plenty of snow has already been delivered.
While the Covid certificate and other protections are not required to go skiing in Switzerland, Swiss Cableways - the organisation in charge of cable cars - will cap gondola capacity at 70 percent due to Covid concerns.
EXPLAINED: Everything tourists should know about skiing in Switzerland
This voluntary measure will apply from December 18th, 2021 and will only be applicable to large cable cars, i.e. with a capacity greater than 25 people.
The measure will only apply to enclosed cable cars.
The association will also put in place additional distance protections in queues.
The association wanted to avoid the current situation whereby a patchwork set of rules apply at different ski fields in different parts of the country, Swiss tabloid Blick reports.
As the rules are being put in place on a voluntary basis, they will be monitored by the ski resorts themselves.
A Covid certificate is not required to ski or to take cable cars or gondolas.
READ MORE: Switzerland will not require Covid certificate for winter sports
It is, however, obligatory in bars and restaurants in the ski area, although people eating and drinking on outdoor terraces and balconies will not need it.
But you will also need a certificate to access fitness centres, as well as indoor entertainment venues like clubs.
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Switzerland’s ski areas are open and plenty of snow has already been delivered.
While the Covid certificate and other protections are not required to go skiing in Switzerland, Swiss Cableways - the organisation in charge of cable cars - will cap gondola capacity at 70 percent due to Covid concerns.
EXPLAINED: Everything tourists should know about skiing in Switzerland
This voluntary measure will apply from December 18th, 2021 and will only be applicable to large cable cars, i.e. with a capacity greater than 25 people.
The measure will only apply to enclosed cable cars.
The association will also put in place additional distance protections in queues.
The association wanted to avoid the current situation whereby a patchwork set of rules apply at different ski fields in different parts of the country, Swiss tabloid Blick reports.
As the rules are being put in place on a voluntary basis, they will be monitored by the ski resorts themselves.
A Covid certificate is not required to ski or to take cable cars or gondolas.
READ MORE: Switzerland will not require Covid certificate for winter sports
It is, however, obligatory in bars and restaurants in the ski area, although people eating and drinking on outdoor terraces and balconies will not need it.
But you will also need a certificate to access fitness centres, as well as indoor entertainment venues like clubs.
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