jordan Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 A few friends and I went to silverton friday and saturday, because unlike the front range, the san juans actually have snow. For those unfamiliar with silverton, it is a 1 ski lift ski area. While there is good skiing right off the lift, it gets tracked out, and the better terrain requires hiking. We spent friday mainly doing lift laps with one long hike because there was about 16" new over the last week (they only open on weekends), then did three hikes on saturday as the terrain right off the lift was getting tracked out. They limit their skiers to 400 per day, but there wasn't anywhere near that this weekend. They also require a beacon, shovel, and probe to ski, because while they do avi control work, they don't have the amount of skier compaction of normal ski areas in order to virtually eliminate any risk. It is a fun hill, and I highly recommend a visit there, but be in shape! heres the TR that a friend posted on TGR, http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=179425 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiMe Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 mmmmm powwderr nice pics lookes like fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptDave Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Looks like a great day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted December 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 heres some more pictures, most of them weren't on the TGR link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2476364&id=10238856&l=2253a977ac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicSkier Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 awesome jordan....you're finally livin the dream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Law Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 Sick ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillycore Posted December 21, 2009 Report Share Posted December 21, 2009 way to slay it man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted December 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2009 Nice..is this your last year in Colorado?? no, i am going to graduate school at CU (just got in), which will prolong my stay in CO for at least another year. I can't imagine that I will come back to the east coast after that either, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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