first descent of the year in the mountains despite the restrictions

From 9 a.m. on the morning of January 1, the ski slopes of the Les Carroz resort (Haute-Savoie) are taken by storm. Everyone wants to take advantage of the last days of vacation. “We’re going skiing, it’s the last day, we’ll be back tomorrow “, says a skier. But before enjoying the first sensations on skis, you have to go through the sanitary pass control. DIn fact, it is the traffic jam at the entrance and it is very difficult to enforce social distancing. In total, nearly 2,700 health passes have been scanned. A situation which has forced operators and traders to adapt.

In a restaurant in the resort, a pharmacist came with a somewhat special order: 200 self-tests. Stephane Vachoux, manager of the restaurant Le K, has his employees tested twice a week since the start of the season. “I’m doing this to know where we are, to know who has the Covid or not … It reassures me, but also my employees and customers “, he explains. Despite holidays disrupted by sanitary pass controls and the mask, holidaymakers are happy to enjoy the mountain sun: “Checks take two seconds twice a day, there is nothing really bad “, explains a client. January 1 in the mountains that does not disappoint anyone.