Snowboarders fight ban at Utah ski resort in appeals court
December 7, 2015
FILE - This Nov. 23, 2013, file photo, shows skiers at Park City Mountain Resort, in Park City, Utah. A group of snowboarders will argue Tuesday, Nov....
FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2013 file photo, young skiers ride the conveyor belt on Little Grizz at Alta Ski Resort in Little Cottonwood Canyon near Salt ...
FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, skiers take the slopes at Alta Ski Resort in Little Cottonwood Canyon near Salt Lake City. Attorneys for the...
FILE - In this March 19, 2014 file photo, a coalition of Utah ski resort managers from Alta Ski Area, Brighton Resort, Canyons Resort, Deer Valley Res...
DENVER — Does a snowboarder's blind spot give a ski resort the right to ban him from public land?
It's a question under federal review in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, which heard arguments Tuesday from a group of snowboarders arguing for the right to rip and shred on the slopes of a Utah ski resort.
Lawyers for the Alta Ski Area told the court that they're not biased against snowboarders — just their equipment. They say snowboarders are welcome, if they use skis.
Alta is one of only three U.S. resorts nationwide that ban snowboarding.
One judge asked if snowboarders could prove that they don't have a blind spot. The snowboarders' lawyer didn't say, but he argued that snowboarding doesn't endanger skiers.
