For a long time this was quite a list. Through the years the number of ski areas which prohibited snowboarding has diminished steadily. This was imminent given the continued strong growth of the sport. Ironically, there may actually be more inbound terrain open to boarders this year than is open to skiers given the number of snowboard parks and pipes which are closed to skiers.

For any number of reasons a minority of resorts do not allow boarders and some probably never will. The number, now at 5 with full prohibition, has been shrinking steadily. Following is a full U.S. list of areas with full prohibitions for the 01-2002 season:

• Taos, New Mexico (advertises the fact aggressively)
• Alta, Utah (The pure SKIING experience.)
• Deer Valley, Utah (The snowboarding demographic group doesn't earn enough to ride here.)
• MadRiver Glen, Vermont (They'll allow boarding after the current owner croaks.)
• Perfect North Slopes, Indiana (Indiana?!)