Silverton Mountain, CO, 2023 Spring Unguided Season Pass On Sale For $249 | Includes $39 Heli-Skiing Backcountry ski area Silverton Mountain, CO, is offering its Unguided Season Base Pass for $299 for the 2023 spring ski season. The pass also comes with $39 heli-skiing. But hurry the pass price increases tomorrow. RELATED: Silverton, CO Report: This Place Needs to Make Your Bucket List You can read the official details provided by Silverton Mountain below: Base Pass […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 30, 2022 0 Comments
Ski Patrollers at Silverton Mountain, CO Make First Turns of the Season After Powerful Storm Causes Large Power Outage View this post on Instagram A post shared by Silverton Mountain (@silvertonmtn) Silverton Mountain in Colorado got hammered with snowfall this week—so much snow in fact that the entire region briefly lost power. That’s rare for Silverton, so you know it had to have been a big one. Related: Photo Tour: October Storm Drops Hefty Snowfall Totals Across […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 12, 2021 3 Comments
Bodies of 3 Skiers Located After Huge Avalanche Near Silverton, CO on Monday The bodies of the three skiers missing following an avalanche near Silverton, CO, on Monday were located late on Tuesday. The bodies were not extracted at that time due to the hazardous conditions, but officials have said they are hoping for a successful recovery mission today, Wednesday, February 3rd. Preliminary Report from CAIC: On February 1, 2021, a group of […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 3, 2021 0 Comments
Search Resumes Today For 3 Backcountry Skiers Buried in Avalanche Near Silverton, CO Yesterday The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is reporting this morning that three backcountry skiers buried in an avalanche yesterday are still missing. A group of backcountry skiers triggered the slide in an area known as The Nose, between Silverton and Ophir. Four of the party were caught, carried, and fully buried. One was rescued with minor injuries, but three remain missing. Rescue […] AvyBrains | February 2, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: Large Natural Avalanche Near Silverton, CO on Saturday This video is of a large natural avalanche that ran on Saturday in Arrastra Gulch, east of Silverton, CO. This video is a great example of how winds can move snow onto leeward slopes, loading the slope, and causing it to avalanche. If you see plumes of snow near ridgetop, such as in this video, this is a sign of […] Avalanche AvyBrains | December 22, 2020 0 Comments
2 Dead in Large Avalanche Near Silverton, CO Yesterday | 3-Deaths in 2-Days 2 backcountry skiers were killed in a large avalanche on Battleship, a run near Silverton, CO yesterday, Saturday. A backcountry skier was killed in an avalanche near Crested Butte, CO on Friday. A snowmobiler was killed in an avalanche in Wyoming on Friday. There have been 4 avalanche deaths in the USA since Friday. There have been 4 avalanche deaths […] Avalanche AvyBrains | December 20, 2020 3 Comments
23 Trapped Hikers Rescued by Helicopter as Wildfire Ignites Near Silverton, CO Firefighters are working from the air and land to contain a wildfire that started near a popular trailhead in San Juan County, CO near Silverton yesterday afternoon. The Ice Fire on the Columbine Ranger District was reported on the afternoon of Monday, October 19th. The fire is located west from Silverton, CO, near Ice Lakes Trailhead, on the north side […] Fire Firebrains | October 20, 2020 1 Comment
VIDEO: Silverton Mountain Guides Alaska Heli Opened Yesterday With multiple feet of fresh snow falling during the last couple of weeks, Silverton Mountain Guides in the northern Chugach, AK opened for the season yesterday on what looks like epic conditions already. TODAY!! Now Open for the season with fantastic Oct conditions! After the early shutdown of winter last season tag a buddy who is ready to shred. #silvertonmountainguides […] SnowBrains | October 16, 2020 0 Comments