Covid-19: wearing a mask from 11 years old, social distancing … The access protocol to ski lifts v – Franceinfo

Compulsory wearing of a mask from 11 years old and social distancing is required. The access protocol to the ski lifts of ski resorts for the coming season has been validated by the government, reports Monday, November 22 Domaines skiables de France (DSF). Applicable to the 250 French ski areas for the 2021-2022 season, this protocol makes it compulsory to wear a “Category 1 surgical mask or fabric mask” from 11 years on “all ski lifts” and their “Waiting lines”, details DSF in a press release.

“Only ski lifts and conveyor belts may possibly be exempt from wearing a mask when used by a single user at a time”, adds DSF, specifying moreover that neck warmers cannot be authorized as “alternative” that if they are “filtering and approved”. The protocol “recommended” also the wearing of a mask for children from 6 to 11 years old when using the ski lifts. On the other hand, it does not make it compulsory for any skier. “while skiing”.

Skiers must also apply all barrier gestures, and in particular “respect, in the access queues, a distance between people or groups of people traveling together”, continues DSF. Domaines skiables de France reminds us that this protocol is “subject to changes in the health situation” and underlines that in the event of a national incidence rate exceeding 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, the health pass “will become compulsory from the age of 12, in addition to wearing a mask”.