Rooms Release and COVID/Vaccine Policy

Rooms Release - We are planning to release extra rooms that we have reserved at the North Park Inn in Walden on Thursday, June 10. This is near the deadline after which they will charge us for all the rooms we've reserved, so this is our last chance to free up rooms we do not need.

When we have done that, we will post on this blog, and on the CHC Google Group. This is for any of you not who did not choose the lodging-included option, and were waiting on a chance to book at North Park Inn.

♦ ♦ ♦

COVID/Vaccine Rooming Policy - From the start in planning the High Country, our philosophy has been that the virus and vaccination situation would evolve in ways we couldn't predict, and also each individual's attitude and situation. So we've left it up to each rider to decide whether this event made sense for them. (That is given that we would have protocols in place for food handling, gathering at the overnight checkpoint, etc. - more on that to come.)

So this is our policy for assigning rooms, if you've chosen the CHC lodging option:

• We will assign rooms in Walden the first evening, and you may keep your room for the three nights in Walden, unless some special situation means some folks need to be relocated.

• If you and another rider have decided to room together, you can tell us before the ride or when you arrive in Walden, so we can assign you the same room (whether or not you arrive at the same time).

• Otherwise, you will be assigned the next room available when you arrive that first evening ... except that if you are COVID-19 vaccinated, you may request to room with another vaccinated rider. At least in the US, the vaccine is now plentiful (and free), so it's a good assumption that riders who've wanted to be vaccinated now have been.

Please feel free to contact me or other staff members with any concerns or questions!

-jle