Mountain Sports in Corona Times

The Austrian Alpine Club is the largest mountain-sports club in Austria and open to members from around the world.  A primary benefit of members, even if you don't live in Austria, is rescue and travel insurance (important details here). 

They recently issued some recommendations for mountain sports that are worth a look.  I often wonder if the 2 meter rule (converted to 6 feet in the U.S.) is appropriate for all activities (it isn't) and if mountain sports require any specific precautions (some do, some don't).  I'm including a translated version of their web page below for your consideration.  If one has not already been developed, I wonder if a similar info sheet for Utah might be useful.

A quick comment on the situation in Austria.  After imposing strict stay-at-home orders, they have really squashed the curve and appear to be doing better than most European nations.  Daily confirmed COVID-19 cases peaked at 1,141 on March 27th and dropped dramatically thereafter.  Over the past week, they've reported 12 to 68 cases per day. 

Source: ourworldindata.org.

Below is a 3-day running average of per-capita confirmed cases, showing that their peak and current case rates are much lower than in several other European countries and much lower than the United States. 

Source: ourworldindata.org.

However, if this makes Austria seem like a good option for vacation, good luck.  More here.