Keystone, Vail Mountain to remain open after man with coronavirus skied at both resorts

After a traveler who skied at Vail and Keystone resorts tested positive for the coronavirus, multiple Summit County ski areas have released statements stating that they will remain open and that operations are continuing as usual.

On Thursday, Gov. Jared Polis announced Colorado’s first two cases of coronavirus — an older woman in Douglas County and a man who authorities say traveled to Colorado from out of state and skied at the two Summit County resorts before becoming ill. The 30-something man arrived at Denver International Airport on Feb. 29 before traveling to Summit County and staying at the Slopeside Condominiums in Keystone, the Summit Daily reported.

The patient had been in Italy in mid-February, and a person with him on that trip has since tested positive for COVID-19. He is now in isolation in Jefferson County, while his travel companions — the man’s wife and two friends who live in Colorado — are now in quarantine, Polis said.

In response to the news that the infected patient skied at Vail and Keystone, Vail Resorts — which operates both ski areas, along with Beaver Creek, Crested Butte and Breckenridge — released a statement on Friday just before 11 a.m.:

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