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- Thread starter WoodCore
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They're baaaacccccckkkkkk!
http://fox13now.com/2014/11/24/alta-snowboard-ban-appealed/
http://www.sltrib.com/news/1868678-155/snowboarders-to-appeal-ban-from-altas
Appealed to 10th Circuit (really?)
http://fox13now.com/2014/11/24/alta-snowboard-ban-appealed/
http://www.sltrib.com/news/1868678-155/snowboarders-to-appeal-ban-from-altas
Appealed to 10th Circuit (really?)
MadMadWorld
Active member
Who the hell is fronting this cost? That's what I'm curious about.
gmcunni
Active member
Really? Why, for fame?
Funky_Catskills
Well-known member
dlague
Active member
Alta Defends Snowboarding Ban
This day and age this seems out of place. Many older snowboarders are more responsible than many skiers. Yet snowboarding still gets a bad wrap. What sat you?
http://www.powder.com/stories/first...rding-ban-in-court-again/#Ukw1SUypQTiEovsa.97
This day and age this seems out of place. Many older snowboarders are more responsible than many skiers. Yet snowboarding still gets a bad wrap. What sat you?
http://www.powder.com/stories/first...rding-ban-in-court-again/#Ukw1SUypQTiEovsa.97
The ban has gotten old and needs to go; in today's climate, it's just another form of discrimination.
I'm a skier and have never snowboarded, but I have many friends I slide with who choose a snowboard as their choice of carving tool. I'm sick of the snowboard hate. Time to put an end to it.
I'm a skier and have never snowboarded, but I have many friends I slide with who choose a snowboard as their choice of carving tool. I'm sick of the snowboard hate. Time to put an end to it.
I was going to bump this thread because it looks like briefing is close to done on the Tenth Circuit appeal. I doubt that the decision will be reversed and that the pro-snowboarding appellants will file an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court only to get denied.
Personally, to each his own. I skied a lot at Snowbird and Alta last season (the wide majority of the season). I actually skied both equally and love both for different reasons. I'm OK with Alta's decision to be for skiing only. Of course if I snowboarded I might have a different opinion. I don't hear this kind of anger directed at Deer Valley and not so much anymore at MRG.
mbedle
Well-known member
I think the reason you don't hear to much about MRG is they don't have the best product and they are not located on public land. As far as deer valley, they are also on private land. I think the lawsuit against Alta is primarily based on the fact they operate on federal land.
ThinkSnow
Member
Can you clarify?
mbedle
Well-known member
Strictly from a marketing point of view, they have a very limited snowmaking system and an outdated single chair lift to their summit. Not exactly the kind of resort you are going to get snowboarders behind you, in your fight to be able to ride. Don't get me wrong, MRG offers something unique that a lot of skiers enjoy - its just not what the majority of the skier base want.
I think the federal lease is one hook for the litigation. But for years Burton and others constantly hounded MRG. Lately it has not been an issue. And I find it interesting that they don't go after Deer Valley. Although they're probably smart enough to know that Deer Valley has more $$$ behind it.
And I would not call the (recently) refurbished Single "outdated".
ThinkSnow
Member
+1
The Single chair was refurbished at high cost & effort to retain its iconic value. Limited snow-making also intentional as to retain natural conditions as much as possible.
VTKilarney
Well-known member
It's fair to say that MRG is not a mass market product.
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steamboat1
New member
Mad River Glen lacks access to water, that's why their snow making is as limited as it is.
steamboat1
New member
Mad River Glen has limited parking & doesn't own any land to expand parking. There's no room for the masses. As it is people park on the side of the road up & down from the parking area on busy days often necessitating quite a hike to the ski area.
You make a valid point. As much as I am 100% against snowboarding bans anywhere, MRG is "at capacity" as much as any ski area can be on weekends. No parking, long lift lines, packed lodge.
What happened to first come, first served?
The solution to the capacity problem is to ban a segment of the sliding population?
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