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The Federal Council leaves the cantons to decide whether to leave their ski areas open. They treat it differently.
- Valais and Bern keep their ski areas open during the festive season. In Valais, even the restaurants on the slopes will remain open.
- Schwyz, Zug, and Lucerne, on the other hand, stop operating the elevators.
- Other cantons, such as Graubünden and St. Gallen, still want to consult.
The Valais even leaves restaurants open: Crans-Montana, Aletsch-Arena, Verbier: Valais ski areas remain open, i.e. the cantonal government of Valais at the request of the SRF regional magazine. And the restaurants won’t be closed either. The Valais wants to make use of the exemption for this. Cantons where the number of cases allows it can relax. For this, for example, the R-value, ie the effective reproduction number, must be below 1. In the canton of Valais it is currently 0.97.
Bern leaves it open, but urges caution: Bern’s ski areas, such as Adelboden and Grindelwald, remain open. “Drive carefully and wear a helmet,” Health Minister Pierre Alain Schnegg told the media. The hospitals in Frutigen, Meiringen and Interlaken fear being overloaded due to ski accidents. The governing council of Bern has instructed the air ambulance services to distribute skiers who have suffered an accident throughout the canton and not to fly to overloaded hospitals.
Lucerne closes its ski areas until December 29: The tense situation in Lucerne hospitals does not allow the operation of ski areas such as Sörenberg to continue or start. The Lucerne government announced this and the elevators will be stopped until December 29. You do not want to risk serious accidents in winter sports or other sources of infection, there are not enough places of intensive care. The epidemiological situation is currently alarming. Around 300 people would be infected in Lucerne every day, and the trend is increasing.
Lucerne Health Director Guido Graf emphasized the precarious situation in hospitals at the request of SRF News. Doctors and nurses are already on the attack and should not be charged anymore. “We have to take care of the hospital staff. You are tired and you cannot do more. “Hospitals, the government and everyone else are interested in getting out of the current situation.
Obwalden, Nidwalden, Schwyz and Zug are also closing their ski areas: There are no longer any ski lifts in Zug. Nidwalden stops his elevators. Obwalden also closes ski lifts and chair lifts, as well as ski slopes, toboggan runs and other snow sport facilities, such as amusement parks, for a week between December 22 and 29. On the other hand, mountain railways may remain open, as Sarnen authorities announced on Friday night.
And the Hoch-Ybrig and Stoos ski lifts must also cease operations because the canton of Schwyz does not currently meet epidemiological requirements, according to a statement from the Schwyz governing council. The so-called R-value, which indicates how many people an infected person is infected, is currently 1.28. Furthermore, hospital capacities in the canton of Schwyz are practically exhausted. Abandoning skiing, snowboarding and sledding should primarily help reduce the number of accidents.
The Schwyz ski areas are surprised by the cantonal government’s decision. “For us it comes out of nowhere,” says Urs Keller from Sportbahnen Hoch Ybrig to the regional magazine SRF. They felt that they had developed a very good concept of protection with the canton. “It’s been up and running for a week and it worked,” says Keller. However, ultimately, you have some understanding of the canton’s decision. “Health is the most important”.
Graubünden wants to decide on Monday: The elevators in Arosa, Lenzerheide, Laax and Klosters continue to operate. The Graubünden government will decide on Monday whether the Graubünden ski resorts will also be open during the festive season. This is what Graubünden Health Director Peter Peyer (SP) said in front of the media. The epidemiological situation and the capacities of the hospitals will be taken into account.
Ski areas and restaurants remain open in Vaud: The Vaud government has decided to make use of the exemption for cantons with an R value of less than 1. Restaurants in Vaud can stay open until 11 pm Ski areas such as Les Diablerets, sports halls, museums and libraries can also follow running until December 24. The government will reassess the situation on Monday.
Decision on ski areas in the canton of Friborg still open: The shops and leisure facilities of the canton of Friborg will remain open. The canton makes use of the exemption for cantons with a favorable evolution in the number of cases. In the case of ski areas in the canton of Friborg, such as Schwarzsee, it is not yet clear whether they will be allowed to remain open in the long term. The decision on whether the ski areas will receive a permit from December 22 has not yet been made, the Freiburg government said at the request of the regional magazine SRF.
Other cantons have not made a final decision either: The governing council of St. Gallen reported on the current situation in the crown on Saturday. The government is also expected to announce whether or not the canton’s ski areas, such as Flumserberge, can remain open. And Uri wants to report on Sunday what is happening in Andermatt, for example.
