Taos Snowboard Ban

So nice to read..Yes ..was a longtime skier and now have been boarding for 7 yrs...as far as resorts that don't allow boarders..who cares!..and as far as ruining slopes...maybe the skiers should clean up there own backyards instead of moaning about boarders..I mean really..to think that everybody with skiis on are all expert and make perfect turns..are all polite..never line up like a wall at the opening of a run...all beginners are in control and don't push snow and never leave to areas labeled Expert..gee should I go on..I've been enjoying slope sliding for 30+ yrs..as boarders we need to tell the younger to get there butts out of the way and not intrude and to make sure to pass and observe whats ahead of you as well as skiers need to not cut close when aproaching from behind..this is not rush hour traffic..we need to turn diff..thats all..skiing and boarding have been around long enough now to know how each other ride..just ride!
 
A few incindiary comments Re: Taos vs Snowboards.
1A) I really don't want to spend too much time on this site thrashing on snowboarders (just a little), but I think that we should be allowed to keep a couple of places where the ski experience remains. I remember how the quality of snow changed after Aspen Mountain became de-segregated. Mostly I remember skiing in the early 1980's when I could ski six powdery runs in the trees, there would be six sets of tracks, they were ALL MINE- now I have to share, and I don't like it (I know that snowboards, fat skis, quad chairs, and my own foggy memories all share some of the blame here).
1) The terrain at Taos is extemely unfavorable for snowboards, particularly the two main traverses returning to the base area- it's already a nasty cluster at the end of the day with the mix of speedy experts and dawdling novices. The long flat run-out from Kachina is already bad enough on skis.
2) Much of the steep terrain, such as Al's run, and the steeper East basin chutes have quite enough trouble holding snow as it is without having boarders scrape the snow off, and are often closed. It seems to me these runs stay closed on the weekends to preserve the snow for the $ki-weeker$- I've only skiied Al's to the bottom a couple of times, it's aggravating to ride the lift above it.
3) The traverses along the ridges (very similar to those at Alta) would not hold up well under numerous skiddy snowboards.
4) I agree, novice skiers traversing across-or slip-sliding sideways down chute entrances and moguls also will scrape off valuable snow, it's just that 98% of the ones I see are on a single stick.
5) Wanna ski at Taos SKI Valley? You can, just do it on SKIS. Is it up to Ernie Blake's family, or to the Carson National Forest, to decide who (what equipment) is allowed? I won't attempt to figure out that part.
 
The terrain at Taos is extremely unfavorable for snowboards
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I agree. That's why, as at Mt. Baldy, the percentage of snowboards if allowed will be far lower than average for the region.
 
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