Welcome Back STARS 13th Year

 Welcome Back STARS!!

I hope everyone is healthy and safe and getting ready for our STARS Program this season.

Just a quick note to let you know it is getting that time of the year to pull out your skis/snowboard and get them tuned for the upcoming season. We are all looking forward to the Senior Program STARS beginning its 13th year!!

Mt High will be ready to open by November but we need to let Mother Nature take its course. Look for mid-November or so for the mountain to open. This will be a great snow season and I know you will have lots of fun in the STARS Program; I will guarantee it!

All of us here at Mt High are anxious for the season to begin!  Senior Certified Instructors are ready to go and are looking forward in working with you during the 2022 season.. Please mark your calendars for January 12, 2022 for the first day of our STARS clinics.

For those who ski or snowboard a lot during the season, I  recommend to purchased our season pass soon, as our price now is $499 till October 31st. If you are 70 and older it is $10.

If you have any senior friends or relatives that want to be a part of the STARS program, please have them email me and I will include them in our STARS database. This way they will receive all the updated information as we get closer to the first clinic on January 5th.

I am the area rep for Atomic Skis. Here is a great opportunity for you to ski on a great product for this winter season. If you need any skis for this season, please give Steve Crane a call, at Sports LTD in Woodland Hills. Let him know I sent you and you are in the STARS Program at Mountain High. I know he will take care of you.

His contact information is:

Sports LTD 22642 Ventura Blvd

Woodland Hills CA 91364

818-225-7669

Make sure you call and set an appointment up with Steve. Bring a copy of this email so Steve knows you are in the STARS program.

I will be in touch with you in a couple of weeks.

Until then…

Ski u later,

Bill 

STARS Program 2021 Canceled

 Hi STARS:

We are incredibly disappointed to suspend the STARS program this 2021 season. I have shared with you at our clinics last season we want you to be healthy and safe during all of our clinics.

Decisions like this are very hard but we need to focus now on how we use this moment to inspire our friends and neighbors to be safe and healthy too.

Based upon the governor’s mandate: Groups of 10 and over are not permitted in any way shape or form to come together even at a ski resort. Everything we do must comply with orders or Mountain high could be shut down for the entire season.

We just hope everyone understands that we are sorry for any inconvenience and we are doing the best we can, in light of circumstances that were unexpected and beyond our control.

Ski you soon,

Bill

Welcome Back STARS-Covid-19 Update

Hello STARS:

Are you enjoying this weather? I hope you love snow because we have plenty of it. Mountain High will open on Thursday, November 12th and the mountain has never looked this good for an opening day. I hope you get up here before our STARS program begins on January 6, 2021.

This year our program will have a different look and feel this season due to the pandemic. We want all Seniors to be healthy and safe, and that being said the following will be our Covid-19 protocols for our Senior STARS Program:

The Senior program STARS values and prioritizes the health and safety of its seniors, guests and staff. We will demonstrate this commitment to our management by implementing the following operating best practices for the 2020-21 winter season, or for as long as needed, scaled appropriately in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Skiing and snowboarding provide low risk outdoor recreation opportunities for many Seniors in Southern California. The following will illustrate on how we do just that:

Face coverings, including neck gaiters, goggles, gloves or mittens, and helmets are standard pieces of skiing or snowboarding gear.

Long-standing skiing and snowboarding etiquette requires guests to respect one another and give space between themselves and other skiers and riders. Safe skiers leave space between other skiers.

It is up to every individual, both ski area employee and guest, to do their part to help protect the health and safety of our skiing and snowboarding community.  Seniors will be made aware of their obligations, including the requirement to wear a face covering and keep physical distancing at all times.

All lessons to be booked online, in advance. STARS program will be limited to an average of five students in a class. Lesson times and length remain the same.

Physical distancing will require a more hands off lesson, no helping seniors up, no hand holding or dancing down the hill. No riding on double or triple chair with Seniors. We may want to ride the chair ahead to coach the Seniors off their first lift experience. We will keep the reservation information by class to facilitate possible contact tracing. Masks may make verbal communication more difficult requiring more demonstrations.

Senior STARS will be ski/board ready from their personal vehicles and report to assigned instructor area. STARS 

participants may not congregate.

Seniors check-in will be outside at the Foggy Goggle by Chair 1 and 2 where they will meet with their assigned instructor.

All Seniors will adhere to social distancing with all seniors wearing masks.  Face masks are required at all times.

Program subject to cancellation according to COVID 19 State, County and Federal Guidelines

So, make sure you are getting ready for the season as January 6, 2021 is just around the corner for our

1^st clinic of the season and our 12^th year.

 Ski u Later,

 Bill