East Coast Ski Trip Outside of NY

[SudsNBumps]

If you had a share of MRG you wouldn't think it was a lame rule. Betsy was awesome and did allow boards and only restricted them from the single when they were losing a lot of ski time because the boarders would pull the cable off the top pully when getting off. You did not want to piss her off though and that now famous confrontation was the end of boards at MRG. As long as skiers own the mountain, I don't see that as changing. It does make for perfect bumps and MRG has a lot of them.

 

[raisingarizona]

Just an observation, no boarder hate, some of my friends, and even my kid, are boarders. They came in handy making followable tracks in the 54" at Snow Ridge 12/13/13. Couldn't have done it without them. A scraping boarder is alot louder than a scraping skier. Flame away.

Word.

As camp mentioned the late 80’s and 90’s was a different time and companies like Burton marketed the shit out of that punk rock, anti ski vibe. I found that in mountain towns the skier vs. snowboarder thing didn’t really exist. If you were shredding you got respect regardless of what you sliding around on.

I remember in 95 first seeing the latest TB movie and thinking, holy crap man, I want to ski the way these guys ride! Ever since then I’ve been very thankful for snowboarding and the kick in skiing ass it gave it. Skiing was dying at that point and needed snowboarding to help hit the refresh button.

 

[lukoson]

I ski now but was in UT when I snowboarded and remember that Deer Valley did not allow snowboarders. Is that still the case? I ended up riding at the Canyons. Great mountain but it was 2002 (the year the olympics were in Salt Lake City) and it happened to be a in a bit of a snow drought when I was there.

 

[lukoson]

Google is my friend:
Mad River Glen is one of only three ski areas in North America that do not permit snowboarding, the others being Alta and Deer Valley in Utah.

 

[raisingarizona]

I guess it was 94. Big mountain free ride skiing at that point was way behind the curve. It was just a few years later that fat skis were going to become the standard. This was such an exciting time to be a ski bum!

I started doing grabs, big hucks and scary straight lines in 96. The skis weren’t quite there yet but we were still trying.

 

[Campgottagopee]

As camp mentioned the late 80’s and 90’s was a different time and companies like Burton marketed the shit out of that punk rock, anti ski vibe. I found that in mountain towns the skier vs. snowboarder thing didn’t really exist. If you were shredding you got respect regardless of what you sliding around on.

Yep, this is all true.
The first time I saw my housemate carve on his race board my mind was blown! I'd NEVER seen anyone make a carving turn like that. To this day if I see someone in hard boots and on a race board I will stop and watch.

 

[Brownski]

I found that in mountain towns the skier vs. snowboarder thing didn’t really exist. If you were shredding you got respect regardless of what you sliding around on.

Yep, this is all true.
The first time I saw my housemate carve on his race board my mind was blown! I'd NEVER seen anyone make a carving turn like that. To this day if I see someone in hard boots and on a race board I will stop and watch.

Can confirm. My one full season as a liftie was mid nineties at Alpine Meadows when they still didn’t allow snowboards. There were a surprising number of monos, bigfeet, snow blades and even some dudes on tele but no snowboards. My roommates did both but they had to go get comped someplace else to board. Silly.

 

[x10003q]

If you had a share of MRG you wouldn't think it was a lame rule.

It is lame.

Betsy was awesome and did allow boards and only restricted them from the single when they were losing a lot of ski time because the boarders would pull the cable off the top pully when getting off.

The single was updated summer of 2007 and this is not an issue anymore.

You did not want to piss her off though and that now famous confrontation was the end of boards at MRG.

Time to let old nonsense and grudges fade into the past.

As long as skiers own the mountain, I don't see that as changing. It does make for perfect bumps and MRG has a lot of them.

I will defer to your bump master level on the perfect bumps of MRG due to lack of snowboards. I have never noticed the difference, but I do not have much time at places that exclude snowboards.

 

[Ripitz]

I’ve heard it’s also banned at Mt. Van Ho.

 

[Brownski]

I’ve heard it’s also banned at Mt. Van Ho.

It’s all about the scootch