Phoenix Mountain Ski Hill will open for the 2021 season Friday, Jan. 8, according to James Hall, board president of the Phoenix Mountain Alpine Ski Society (PMAS).
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The hill is opening later than in 2020, mostly due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, he said.
We have some exciting news… we will be opening FRIDAY, January 8th!!!
We are looking forward to turning on the T-bar…
Posted by Phoenix Mountain on Tuesday, January 5, 2021
PMAS confirmed the hill’s COVID-19 safety policy at a board meeting Tuesday evening, Jan. 5.
“It’s very in depth,” Hall explained, adding that PMAS will post the policy on its Facebook page some time on Wednesday.
Hall explained that the season opener was delayed partly by a break-in on the mountain last summer, where expensive tools were stolen. The tools, made in Europe and used to maintain the hill’s ski lift and ski cat, were hard to replace amid the pandemic, he said.
“It was a substantial loss for our little hill,” he noted. “It was a big loss for us.”
The mountain opens at 9:30 a.m., Friday.
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