2014-15 marks 30 years of snowboarding at Breckenridge in Colorado, which was one of the first to adopt the then ‘new’ sport back in the 1984-85 season. Snowboarding was initially banned at many ski areas, particularly in the US and Japan, and remains so to this day at a handful, however Breck became one of the first major ski resorts to allow snowboarding.
This embrace of what was seen as a wild new sport resulted in hosting one of the initial major snowboard competitions in the industry, one year later. Breck solidified its place as a world leader in freestyle snowboarding and skiing with the addition of an Olympic-sized 22-foot superpipe, which still anchors the resort’s award-winning Freeway Terrain Park.
Breckenridge now has four terrain parks creating a park progression system for beginners and intermediates, including the top-ranked Freeway Terrain Park and SuperPipe and the Park Lane Terrain Park.
To help boarders (and skiers) get up the mountain this season, the resort’s Colorado SuperChair is also getting an upgrade from a quad express to a six-passenger express to provide a 28 percent increase in capacity for Peak 8’s primary lift. This will help disperse skiers to the surrounding peaks and provide a faster route for skiers and riders traversing the resort.