A snowboarder who was injured by a snowmobile driver in Breckenridge is taking his case to the Colorado Supreme Court after two lower courts ruled against him.

The Summit County District Court and Colorado Court of Appeals both ruled in favor of Vail Summit Resorts, saying the waiver that the snowboarder, John Litterer, signed releases the resort from liability. Attorneys for Litterer call the waivers "overly broad." Those attorneys cited a recent ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court against Crested Butte Mountain Resort, saying the court "realized the unfairness of this blanket immunity afforded by these liability waivers."

Litterer sued Vail Summit Resorts in 2022 after the injuries he sustained in the 2020 ski season. He was snowboarding down the Wirepatch trail and turned left onto P

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