The mountain has hosted snowboarder Shaun White’s private halfpipe and big mountain skiing events like the Red Bull Cold Rush. That’s actually cheaper than the walk-up ticket price at some of Colorado’s ritzier ski resorts, and that unadulterated ski experience—frill free, but full of the kind of untracked turns that people pay a lot of money for—is why Silverton started in the first place.In 2002, Silverton became the first new ski area in Colorado since the early ’80s.
The previous two seasons — with a thin snowpack last year and a deep snowpack the year before — had seen a somewhat-lessened avalanche danger, with a more stable base layer. Level 8 and 9 skiers only. The Pemberton District Search and Rescue (PSAR) team responded to a call Tuesday about a backcountry skier who had fallen into a 90-foot crevasse near Rhododendron Mountain and was unresponsive. Treadway was skiing the backcountry with a group, and though officials did not immediately confirm the identity of the recovered victim, it was his friends who identified Treadway.
You can buy a sack lunch, and after skiing, the yurt turns into a bar.
When PSAR was able to extract the victim, he had apparently succumbed to injuries sustained in the fall. Aaron says he had only skied a single day in Colorado before finding the mountain.
“It’s like heli skiing with a chairlift,” Davenport said.If you like that purity, the quirks are part of the thrill. Or you’ll be dead. Colorado Mountain Crests & Craft Brews This 8-day exploration of Colorado includes breathtaking National Parks, regional culture, history, and - of course - fresh, local craft beer! Dave Treadway, bringing the stoke to Silverton Mountain Professional skier Dave Treadway, 34, reportedly fell to his death while skiing in the Pemberton backcountry on April 15.
The decline is good news, but avalanche forecasters are hesitant to celebrate, pointing to With early snowfall followed by weeks without any snow, this season in southern Colorado is a return to “your typically sketchy San Juan snowpack,” said CAIC forecaster Spencer Logan, who is investigating Saturday’s fatal avalanche and issued “The San Juans are notorious for having challenging avalanche problems, but it’s easy to forget that when we have a couple of years that are more straightforward,” said Logan, who could not discuss the avalanche investigation until his team compiled a final report based on interviews and snowpack analysis. The ski area’s lone double chairlift is slated to start turning December 27, but they say that date could bump up, too. So does the deck, if the weather is right.