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Aspen thrives after allowing ‘Rider Invasion’ 20 years ago

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By ANDREW TRAVERS
The Aspen Times

ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — When Aspen Mountain opened to snowboarders in 2001, it was billed as a generational battle and an on-mountain culture clash. But The Aspen Times reports that in the two decades since, skiers and snowboarders have coexisted and shaped a culture that’s a mix of hard-charging downhillers and an equally decadent après scene at the base. By the time Aspen made the change, the argument that snowboarders were dangerous and somehow undesirable was hard to sustain given how they had already integrated into most U.S. ski areas. Aspen Mountain was the last holdout in Colorado. Keystone dropped its ban in 1996.

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