Silverton Mountain Ski Resort
Colorado, USA
| Resort Statistics | | vertical drop: | 2,900 feet | | summit: | 13,300 feet | | base: | 10,400 feet | | lifts: | 1 | | longest run: | 3,000 feet |
Snowboarding | | permitted: | Yes | | terrain park: | No | | half-pipe: | No | | | Snow and Terrain | | annual snowfall: | 400 inches | | skiable area: | 1,600 acres | | most difficult: | 50% | | experts only: | 50% |
Other Activities | | x-country: | No | | snow tubing: | No |
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Silverton Mountain Ski Resort News
90-plus inches of snow set record for Sliverton
December 11, 2007 - Silverton Mountain was the big winner in what's shaping up as a "December to Remember" in Colorado ski country.
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Judge OKs ski area avalanche work
March 02, 2006 - A judge in Durango ruled Tuesday that Silverton Mountain Ski Area can continue to clear avalanches atop its expert terrain, even though the blasting sends snow rumbling across private property.
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New
Extreme Skiing Resort
October 02, 2005 - KKTV 11 News, CO - Colorado is getting its 25th full-scale ski
area, and the remote town of Silverton high in the San Juan Mountains is
getting a winter economic engine. Silverton Mountain has received a
permit from the Bureau of Land Management to operate...
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Up
on Silverton Mountain
April 17, 2005 - Rocky Mountain News, CO - SILVERTON
MOUNTAIN - Halfway up the Stairway to Heaven - skis on my shoulder,
heart pounding hellishly in my chest - it hit me that three hours of
sleep, an undisclosed number of beers the night before and the first
vestiges...
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The Globe and Mail: Nothing but backcountry
March 14, 2005 - SILVERTON, COLO. -- 'Silverton Mountain is for experts only," our guide, Stan, told us in the Colorado resort's lift line. "The nearest hospital is three hours away. We highly recommend you do not stray from the guide as this may be hazardous to your health.
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Neighbor
sues Silverton ski area
December 10, 2004 - Denver Post, CO - Silverton - Aspen businessman Jim Jackson
has sued the owners of Silverton Mountain for what he says is systematic
trespass on an island of land he owns within the ski area.
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Aspen
man embroiled in Silverton strife
November 16, 2004 - Aspen Times, CO - Silverton Mountain Ski
Area, located deep in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado, has
broken the mold of what American ski destinations can offer their
guests.
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The
ski and snowboard season is finally here
November 01, 2004 - Summit Daily News, CO - Slowly but surely,
Colorado's ski resorts are firing up the lifts for the 2004-2005 ski and
snowboard season. Arapahoe Basin, Loveland and Wolf Creek are open, and
Copper plans to follow suit on Friday. By Nov. 20, nine more Colorado
ski areas will be open, including Keystone, Breckenridge, Vail and
Beaver Creek. On Dec. 16, the last of the state's 25 ski resorts -
Silverton Mountain - plans to be open.
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A-Basin,
Loveland race for first tracks
September 10, 2004 - Summit Daily News, CO - ARAPAHOE BASIN -
Jen Brill chuckles at Summit County's friendly competition each fall
between ski areas who race to open first for the season. It is a mighty
snowmaking battle. Brill, who owns Silverton Mountain in southwest
Colorado, has been skiing on natural snow under her lift since Labor Day
weekend. "Competition is healthy," she said. "We are
lucky that our mountain is at such a high elevation." Although the
lift at Silverton served skiers last week, the competition for
season-opening bragging rights will rage between local areas.
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Silverton
skiing may expand
August 08, 2004 - Denver Post, CO - The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will
recommend for the first time that some unguided skiers be allowed on
expert-only Silverton Mountain, ending more than three years of study of
Colorado's first new ski area in decades. The bureau's final
environmental impact statement, to be released Friday, will allow as
many as 475 guided and unguided skiers a day - up from 80 - at the area
above the struggling mining village of Silverton.
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