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Snowboarders fighting against ban at Utah resort

Group goes back to court to push for snowboarding to be allowed at Alta ski resort.

SALT LAKE CITY — A group of snowboarders have reasserted their claim that a ban at Utah’s Alta Ski Area amounts to discrimination, with a new appeals court filing that pushes back against the notion that their lawsuit would set off a string of discrimination suits.

In a lawsuit that has reignited a long-festering culture clash on the slopes between skiers and snowboarders, the snowboarders are asking a federal appeals court to reinstate a case that was dismissed last year by U.