For ski clubs and ski schools it is the worst case scenario: In Bavaria, the lifts are closed for the time being and in Austria you are not allowed to ski without quarantine.
Most clubs have not yet given up hope completely.
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- Actually Daniel Leicher from Gauting would have waved over the slopes in Stubai last weekend, instead there was only winter sports on television for him and many other skiers.
Leicher is chairman of the Gauting-Forstenried ski community.
For him, his 50 fellow ski instructors and the approximately 200 children and young people in the club, the ski season has been put on hold for the time being.
The ski clubs in Starnberg, Söcking, Wangen, Tutzing, Pöcking and Herrsching also have to reschedule.
“Normally we offer day ski courses during the Christmas holidays, during the carnival holidays and on three Saturdays in January,” says Daniel Leicher (28).
He has developed a hygiene concept for this year and approved the courses for registration.
"Children have even registered for the Christmas courses," he says.
“To be honest, I don't think it's possible.
Bavaria's ski areas are closed for the time being. ”Even Austria is not an option because of the quarantine rules.
The clubs hope that skiing will be possible again at least in the new year.
For Leicher it is clear: "We will only hold ski courses if we are sure that it is acceptable."
While the Gauting skiers are still waiting and hoping, SV Wangen has already canceled the entire program for the coming season.
"I founded the ski department in 1972," says Winfried Wobbe (73), "and since then we have been going skiing with children every year." The fact that the courses, which were always scheduled at the beginning of January, do not take place this time is for the 40 or so members no surprise.
“Everyone expected that,” says Wobbe.
"We'll continue again next year for that."
Ski club already has 60 registrations
It looks a little different at the Starnberg Ski Club.
The association has around 700 members, of which over 100 children and young people take part in the "Academy" every year.
The "Academy" offers day trips for different levels of ability throughout the season.
In addition, there is a racing team to specifically promote young talent.
Skiing is currently closed in both teams.
"Of course we stick to all the rules," says press spokesman Axel Müller.
"Just drive over and then don't adhere to the quarantine, there won't be." He hopes that the lockdowns in Tyrol and Germany will quickly reduce the number of new infections and that Tyrol and Bavaria will thus achieve an incidence value of below 50.
"Then the quarantine regulations would be obsolete," said Müller.
In the event that this happens, the ski club has already developed a concept.
"If possible, the Academy will start on January 16 with six trips over four weekends," says Müller.
“So far we already have 60 registrations.” Despite everything, the journey should take place by bus.
Alternatively, minibuses are available.
The room is aired every two hours.
Only one ski group sits together at lunch in the fresh air.
This year, gummy bears are only available packaged
The ski department of SV Söcking under the direction of Angela Böhme handles it similarly.
"About 40 children register in a normal year, this year I expect fewer," she says.
Nevertheless, she tries to use all 16 ski instructors.
“We'll be taking the bus as normal, possibly with a second or additional private car, depending on the stand,” says Böhme.
"According to the plan, the trips will start in January."
Just like the Herrsching Ski Club, the ski department of TSV Tutzing will "wait and make a decision at short notice".
Both the Herrschingen club manager Christian Müller-Schwarz and the Tutzingen department manager Thomas Riecken (56) want to reassess the situation on a regular basis.
"We start as soon as the areas open in Germany or Austria, we are allowed to train in small groups and do not have to be in quarantine," says Riecken.
Like SC Starnberg, TSV Tutzing offers different levels of performance.
It is planned to travel by car and a maximum group size of eight children.
In the ski department of SC Pöcking-Possenhofen, 20 instructors take turns looking after the 40 or so children in normal years on the trips during the carnival and Christmas holidays.
"I have now canceled the Christmas trip," says department head Sebastian Endres (22).
“You can forget that.” The carnival trip is still uncertain.
“On our part, there is interest in trying it out and developing a concept, but I still believe that it will still be difficult at Mardi Gras,” says Endres.
He trained as a ski instructor four years ago and has been teaching himself ever since. "Skiing is my favorite sport, and I want to pass this euphoria on."
Even if different clubs have different concepts and ideas, they all agree on one thing: there won't be gummy bears out of the big bag this year.
Instead, the children can look forward to small, pre-packaged bears.
Vanessa Lange
