Silverton Colorado

My kayaking buddies and I have been hoping to get down to Silverton Colorado for the past few years to do some steep and deep skiing. In November 2009, I decided to pull the trigger and put a trip together. With a little work, we managed to get a group of 8 skiiers and boarders together for the trip. Skiing is guided in Silverton and the magic number is 8 to have a full guided trip.

...a carefully planned affair.

stopping on Molas Pass on the drive up

146 East 14th Street, sleeps 8 comfortably

alpenglow as the sun set before our first day of skiing

2000k vertical feet lift up

then 800 vertical feet of hiking

and climbing

near the top!

first run...pope chute to dope chute. above, runout of the "dope chute"

yours truly slicing up "Rope De Dope #1"

the pope chute

just nice turns!

the ridgeline near "the ramp"

Andy O gettin' it done

Jay lovin' those pontoons

morning sun over "Rope-de-Dope #4"

suiting up for rope-de-dope #4 (it's on the left)

Rope-de-dope #4 runout

the crew sans Jay with our guide, Travis

from left to right: Steve, Andy, Dan, Connor, Dave, Glenn, Justin

more good steep fun

Glenn getting deep

partyin' in the Silverton Yurt

nice drive home through Ouray Sunday AM

We managed 4 laps the first day for about 9,200 ft vert and 5 laps the second day for about 12,000 ft vert. The first day was a tad on the crusty side, but the second was pure sweet pow for the first 1500 ft vert of each run. I've never skied such consistently steep terrain. You can bet your ass I'll be back!

February 12 & 13, 2011. Somewhere snowy. See you there!