Introduction:

 

The containment and control of COVID-19 is of utmost importance for the Swiss Ski School Flumserberg and the health of our guests and employees is our highest priority. As, skiing, snowboarding and cross country skiing takes place outside in the fresh air, the risk of infection is minimized. The following measures are the basis for a hopefully healthy winter season.

 

General guidelines:

 

The containment and control of COVID-19 is of utmost importance for the Swiss Ski School Flumserberg and the health of our guests and employees is our highest priority. Therefore, we strictly follow the regulations of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health FOPH (www.foph-coronavirus.ch) and the Canton of Sankt Gallen (www.sg.ch) as well as the recommendations of our umbrella organization Swiss Snowsports (www.snowsports.ch), the FOSPO and Swiss Olympic. Our Covid-19 protection measures are continuously adapted to the current situation.

 

Guests with Covid-19 symptoms

  • Guests with Covid-19 symptoms are not allowed to take part in lessons. Please inform the ski instructor or our ski school office immediately.
  • Children with Covid-19 symptoms will be isolated immediately and must be picked up.
  • Contact details of guests:
  • The Swiss Ski School Flumserberg and its employees are obliged to record the contact details of all guests as follows: Name, first name, mobile phone, e-mail.
  • Customers are advised that the data must be forwarded to the cantonal authorities upon request.

Staff of the Swiss Ski School Flumserberg:

  • All instructors and employees are well aware of the COVID-19 measures.
  • The instructors and employees are encouraged to use the federal government's Covid tracing app.
  • Our instructors have to go through routine health checks. 
  • Instructors with symptoms of illness are not allowed to participate in lessons. They immediately inform the office, stay at home and follow the instructions of the Federal Office of Public Health regarding medical consultation, quarantine or isolation.
  • For personal protection, our employees carry disinfectants and mouth/nose protection.

Sales offices, staff rooms:

  • Booking online, by mail or by phone to minimize contact in the office is recommended.
  • Cashless payment is preferred.
  • Wearing a mouth/nose protection is mandatory in indoor areas accessible to the public.
  • The number of customers in the office is limited according to the number indicated at the entrance.
  • Disinfectant is available in the entrance area.
  • The counters are separated from the sales area by a plexiglass construction.
  • The offices are regularly ventilated and cleaned.
  • The employees disinfect and wash their hands regularly.

Meeting points and lessons for group lessons:

  • Children may only be accompanied to the lessons by one person. The accompanying person must wear a mask.
  • The individual class meeting points are spacious, clearly indicated and divided according to level. Due to the division of the meeting points, the individual groups are not mixed.
  • Attention will be paid to staggering of joint activities over time. This means for example different starting times of the lessons. Also during breaks, lunch, children's ski race etc., the individual groups are always supervised autonomously.
  • The instructors always wear a mouth/nose protection, except the minimum distance of 1.5 m can be guaranteed.
  • Drinking cups and food may not be shared.
  • It is not possible for parents to be present at lunch.
  • In closed gondola lifts, the wearing of a mouth/nose protection is mandatory from the age of 12.
  • Our ski instructors use chair lifts and ski lifts in the fresh air whenever possible to minimize the risk of infection.

Ski races and award ceremony:

  • The ski races take place individually in groups.
  • All award ceremonies are held outdoors in groups.

Covid-19 measures of the other tourist enterprises:

 

We respect the Covid-19 measures of the other tourist companies. For example mountain railroads, hotels, restaurants or sports stores.

 

Covid-19 measures are adapted continuously to the current situation.