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I know that this is a serious "first world problem", and the issue has been beaten to death, but Bjorn brings up some interesting points in the article. For example:
"So they claim it’s a business decision to not allow snowboarding but the fact of the matter is, their business is declining. It’s the government who is getting the benefit from the revenue generated and it’s only logical, just from a logical business standpoint, that the government would want more money for letting us use this public land. There’s no doubt that if they allowed snowboarding there, their business would exponentially grow. But they’re not motivated by money. This small group has a ton of money. They don’t care if Alta makes more money or not, that’s not what it’s about. It’s about them holding out so they have their own place so they don’t have to interact with a certain type of person, a snowboarder. There’s this old, I guess concept, or attitude, that snowboarders are just a punk idiots, jobless stoners when that’s not the reality."
