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The Snowboarding at Snowbird (right next to Alta) was absolutely fantastic.

I wouldve went to Alta but they are afaik one of the last 3 remaining resorts in the US that don't allow snowboarding, 1 other is also in Utah at Deer Valley and the 3rd is in Vermont I think somewhere way up in the north of the state

I think you’re referring to Mad River Glen in Waitsfield, VT.

The new resort being built next the Deer Valley is probably not going to allow Snowboarders.

Its super fucking dumb imo and just bad business- why ban a huge% of your market...makes no sense tbh

Because nice things are for rich scum and rich scum aren’t cool enough to snowboard.

Just take a look at the senior staff at these places. They are 20-30 years past retirement.

That's an odd argument. It has nothing to do with "rich scum." Deer Valley is very posh in contrast Alta is a bit more grassroot. Plenty of high cost of entry resorts that allow snowboarding, especially in CO and CA...

It's more about these last few resorts sticking to old ways of thinking snowboarders are just rowdy beach bums taking modified surfboards or planks of wood down the mountian. Which has some slight true many years ago but that times has gone and past.

What a nightmare

If boarders wouldn't plow a 6' trough in the powder everytime they are afraid to be on the fall line then maybe this wouldn't happen.

Snowboard free resorts are very popular with skiers for this reason.