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Weekend, sun. Perfect conditions for skiers and snowboarders. Many want to hit the slopes in the morning. For example in Zermatt VS. The Matterhorn elevators are already busy at around 9 a.m. A picture shows how crowded winter sports enthusiasts are waiting for the first gondolas. Distance? Nothing! “Welcome to the Corona hotspot,” a local reader tells BLICK. Isn’t there a protection concept in Zermatt?
“Of course,” Markus Hasler, managing director of Zermatt Bergbahnen AG, tells BLICK. Masks are required for guests. If they are not complied with, they act rigorously, without exception. If you don’t wear a mask, they won’t take you. We already closed the gondolas until the person got out without a mask, ”explains Hasler.
“It’s about personal responsibility”
Additionally, markings have been made on the ground to ensure that guests can keep their distance. The posters would also indicate that the concept of protection must be respected. “In the end, you have to implement it. And everyone is asked. It’s about personal responsibility. “
Meanwhile, the first fever has subsided. Hasler insists that not much is happening now. By the way, letting the gondolas go earlier is not an option. “If we start at 8 o’clock, the guests who want to be first on the slopes will also be there earlier. That wouldn’t change anything. “
While it doesn’t seem to work that way in the valley station, it does seem to work on the slopes. I have just come from the ski slopes of Zermatt. It was fantastic. Everybody was still wearing a mask ‘, so a BLICK reader.
Even wanderlust has apparently wowed many Swiss with the beautiful weather. For example in Engel OW. Many visitors flocked to Brunni-Bahnen on Saturday morning. “You had to wait around 30 minutes for a ticket,” said a reader reporter on the site.
Not the first attack of hikers
This past weekend, many hikers were already drawn to the great outdoors. Hundreds stormed the Atzmännig. The restaurant at the valley station was full. No trace of social distancing. And the requirement for the mask was not given great value. If someone wore a mask, it was often wrong, or it was under the nose or hanging below the chin, ”Zurich locksmith Leon S. (28) told BLICK at the time.
Roger Meier (46), general manager of Sportbahnen Atzmännig AG, however, assured that Corona’s measures would be fulfilled “in the area, on the chair lifts, as well as in the checkout area and in the gastronomic sequence”. Everyone is responsible for ensuring that the mask requirement is met, ”the boss told BLICK.
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