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anon23anon | 3 years ago

How do snowboarders wreck the slopes anymore than skiers?

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chasebank|3 years ago

Ah, thanks for reminding me of my favorite youtube archived video - Skiers vs Snowboarders circa 1985.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPZDEWBzneY

blastro|3 years ago

Yes, they tend to scrape snow off of the mountain moreso than skiers.

Terretta|3 years ago

Yes. One easy place to see this is Alta (skiing only) and Snowbird (mixed use) side by side on the same mountain in Utah. I enjoy both and prefer skiing the snow and runs of Alta.

I'd prefer snowboarding Alta too, but seeing for myself the difference to the snow and to the traffic patterns, I can see my snowboard would undermine Alta's preferential characteristics, so I'm happy they're separate.

jlarocco|3 years ago

Besides scraping up the snow in general, they can really mess up bump runs because they travel through them a lot differently than skiers.

MichaelZuo|3 years ago

Couldn't ski resorts just charge snowboarders more to make up for the extra grooming costs?