Deer Valley Resort announced it will retain its snowboard ban even as the luxe Park City resort expands to the Mayflower property, which will nearly triple its skiable terrain. Here's why.
Park City resort refuses to change its policy despite expansion that will triple its skiable acreage and could include BLM land.
For those who slide over the snow on one board instead of two, and who have been watching runs being cut through the mountains above the Jordanelle River for the past two years with great anticipation that they may one day be able to carve them, the “New Deer Valley” is disappointingly similar to the old one.A post shared by Mindy Dow
Snowboarding was just gaining momentum when Deer Valley opened in 1981. The first national championships were raced a year later. Four years after that, the first world champion of halfpipe was crowned. As snowboarders began to establish their staying power and gain a larger market share — they now make up about 40% of all lift users, according to the Snowsports Industry Association — more resorts welcomed them, especially after the sport made its Winter Olympics debut in 1998.
And Deer Valley has no intention of disrupting that. In its reasoning for staying ski-only, it could potentially point to a layout considered less than ideal for snowboarders, or fear of more collisions because of different styles of getting down the mountain. Instead, resort spokespeople have consistently preached that the policy caters to the will of its people.
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