Only Experts Can Ski at Silverton | Season Pass
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- Silverton Mountain probably shouldn’t be on every skier’s bucket list, because not every skier can handle the terrain here. Nestled in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, Silverton is a playground of expert-only bowls, chutes and cliffs.
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I mastered Pizza/French Fry. I think I'll be just fine.
Lmfao
Haha
Went to college at the fort. 78-81. Never, I mean NEVER thought that there would be a lift anywhere near Silverton. Way to go.
Every year growing up we would go to Durango for a couple weeks and take the train to Silverton. Good times, good memories.
Just dont eat at the barbeque place on main st. My whole family got sick there.
battay lol I went there
@Thijs Vr probably not, since they got sick
Going to be LONG lift lines with 1 lift and Social Distancing :)
@MegaMrblackguy dislike
@MegaMrblackguy lol food poison is a thing, grow up and stop posting mean comments to try and start conflict.
Amazing vision, spirit and dream come true! Dreams only come true with hard work, sweat and a bit of cash. Nice job Silverton!
Wow! Thats the coolest. Nice vision! "couldn't find anyone to do it, so I did it myself!"
Going one day! Loved boarding canis lupus at park city, and miss foresty runs
I went about 10 years ago and we got 4 solid up to down runs in...even hiked up to where the heli was dropping folks off. It was insane. Great mountain.
do you know what time of the year is the best to go there?
@@SkiTripsEats I would say 3/15 mid March is best
Thank you :) @@Peace7Truth
Sure looked like Sam at the heli helm. Sam was an awesome pilot for us with Silverton Mtn Guides in AK.
Damn, I'll for sure need to take a trip out there sometime soon! Looks unreal!
It's awesome!! Your post was two years ago! Hope you went bud!! 🤙
yea me to :)
Wow what a sweet place. Definitely putting it on my list if I ever do a ski trip to the states
yea same here
THIS JUST LOOKS FUN!
awesome place, wish i could dial my age back 30 years and try it.
And how old are you?
Hit a off-road trail there and saw the lift. Well it was summer but dam it is super steep. Looks cool hope to ski it someday.
thanks Outside TV. Now please update your Season Pass shows to more recent ones on your channel. I keep seeing stuff from 2014!
Me and my son would be thrilled to ski there!
...and now every tool on the planet knows...thanks Outside, thanks allot.
Pretty much. Sucks
You act like getting to Silverton is easy for the average skier. Durango is a tiny airport and the roads to Silverton in the winter are pretty treacherous. The Jerry’s will stay at the big resorts still
*a lot
I'm a tool and I'm gonna go there just to cheese you off. Hahahahahahaha
silverton is a piece of shit with no vertical just like wolf creek you pussy's can have these 3rd rate resorts
Hoping to go soon this season 🤙
thanks out side', wow looks like swiss' alps'! sweet' colorado! peace
Wonderful talented greatly appreciated congratulations 👌
I think I’ll stick with the resorts in Utah thank you very much
So much powder!!!
Silverton = the anti-Vail. If you ever annoyed by the Vail yuppies in Vail, ask them if they have skied Silverton and when they say no, then talk about how great it is....
Last time I was there a girl died there. The conditions were not good and the mountain was very icy. She had crappy rental skies that didn't have a sharp edge, couldn't engage on the ice and then slide and crashed into some rocks and then ragged dolled down to the bottom of the mountain. Conditions can also be great. I have only ever done the unguided skiing, which used to be for a greater portion of the season and only $50. Still a great time overall if you can ruff it a bit. The gestapo vans you ride back in to the lift (if then still have them) are an added bonus.
99% of people who brag about skiing Vail don't even know about Silverton, let alone would they want to pee in a hole and drink PBRs. All the better.
This place looks like heaven
There should be more places like that
So sick
Looks awesome. I m only a low level intermediate skier, Hoping one day to be expert level.
Chris Kuhr same, I’m only getting into it in hopes of skiing places like this one day
@@ZachMaso weird flex but ok
I went to college in durango and silverton was the best that’s forsure
Forgive my ignorance (I'm not a skier, but I ride this area in the summer on an atv) but can you go down the back side of the mountain? I've ridden behind the mountain and from the bottom up to the road is a bit of a hike. Also, this area is so avalanche prone I don't think I would feel very safe going down the back
Moving there in one month, absolutely ecstatic
How is it?
@@carsonfromstatefarm4248 guess he's havin too much fun to reply lol
@@xMadmax5x No he died last week
reminds me of the idea of Mt Bohemia in Michigan
more like Jerryton after this video am i right folks
HAHAHAHAH SO FUNNY IM DEAD CAUSE JERRYS HAHAHA
Fuckin a, anywhere there’s a chairlift there will also be idiot snowboarders sitting in the middle of runs waiting to ruin a skiers day
@@Smegma_pirate Sorry, but Jerrys are a kind that does not discriminate between boards and skis. Given how there are more skiers overall, you are barking up the wrong tree.
@@DmitriyLaktyushkin not barking just pointing out how stupid many snowboarders are.
damn... i want to go
..don't forget the ropetow down the street for the kids!
Don't forget your peeps
Don't forget your gratitude
Don't forget what's in the river!
I just go to Breckenridge Colorado. Has pretty much everything.
braindead comment
THATS FN SICK... IM FROM THE EAST AND 56, IN SHAPE, AND SKI BUMMED IN STOWE AND KILLINGTON THEN WENT TO J HOLE4 A BIT AND BRO U R WAY COOL TO GET-SOMETHING LIKE THIS UP AND RUNNING!!!
NICE TA C FOLK DOING IN-SANE SHIT...
IM HEADING TA J HOLE NEXT YEAR WHILE I STILL GOT LEGS AND ILL B GPS-ING IT TA YOUR POW-DAH!!!
NICE!!!
What? LOL
Jonny Mosely ^^
I watch this video weeks & weeks ago, then got in my station wagon
with my friend. It was colder than I thought it would be. We used our
skis to go down the hills. We fell several times every run, sometimes
cartwheeling down very angled runs we probly should not be on, becoming
giant snowballs by the bottom. My friend hit a tree but was ok. Thank
goodness pine is soft! Some people called us gumbys because we have
green jackets. I said to these people, "Ha, ha, ha." Silverton ski lift
resort was very very fun but need to build more green runs. I will be
back in March with my friend and other friends. Oh, and I like town
of Silverton too. Restaurant on main street with load of taxidermy had
many local people in it.
This is a phenomenal story.
Looks like Steep irl
Facts
Need more with this narrator. Its like I’m watching Warren Miller
Nothing is like a real Warren Miller movie. These new ones are trash.
That’s Johnny Mosley
You guys should do a segment on mount Bohemia in Michigan’s upper peninsula
Is that the area that is only tree skiing, if it is that sounds perfect. Enjoy
Pretty hard to compare 1000 foot vertical to anything like Colorado lol
yteka99 Then again its hard to compare Colorado to a place like Jackson Hole or Alaska, you work with what you have.
Zach, was thinking same thing. And to yteka99, who said the vert was anything like Colorado?
This is just a warren miller segment re uploaded
Do a video about mount Bohemia in the UP
Aidan Clancy shhh that place is a secret
Shhhhhhhhhh
Be so dope to have a place like this for MTB they drop you off at the top of the mountain and you do some true free ride
Matthew Albitz that would be sick but I think that they would have to maintain the mountain a little for like grass and stuff
Killer terrain, please don't go.
Instructions unclear, went anyway.
@@bavhroulsnow2078 And? Did you enjoy it?
That’s the whole point, it’s for experts. It’s to deter new skiers. If it’s too difficult for you, you shouldn’t be there
Don't worry, I won't be going. I'm not ready to die from an avalanche
I swear TH-cam has so many people that can’t take jokes
🎊 Steve Mead 🎊
It's the Alpental back bowls.
This place looks like something you would see on a Warren Miller Movie
So this guy just happened to own an entire freakin mountain?
Who owned the land ?
That's what I'm wondering
you can get permits and leases to use the land; you don't have to own it
State owned I'm sure.
We all own it!!! National forest, they lease it from the forest service.
@@actontreadway1168 especially if the land is owned by the forest service, all of the resorts near me are on forest service land
that's the thing about 90% of ski resorts, they don't own the land it's public, so you're only paying to use their lifts, so you could just walk up and ski down their trails legally.
I need honest.. none hateful opinions. I am a higher medium level snowboarder (no flips or 540s), I am in my late 20s and in good shape. I like to freeride. I cannot get this place out of my head. I am thinking about doing a guided trip but I also don't want to waste any of the guides time. I've never been afraid to attempt a run, i'll do whatever is in front of me...its a matter of doing it well that concerns me. Is this a trip for me or should I wait until I am more advanced? Never promised tomorrow...
Silverton mtn. best snow in the country
where is the bunny hill
I live 30 min away from there
lucky
Does anyone know the song at 1:42?
"Live Slow Die Old" - Klas Wahl & Jonas Edquist & John Andersson & Moa Granhagen
If I will die while skiing, it will happen right there.
10 min rides ?
Just hope the likes of TGR don't show up and ruin our privacy.
The funny thing is Silverton has been featured on Warren Miller films for at least this last year and 2017. The problem is the average skier just isn’t good enough and most people are average
This is one of the most non-funny comments section for one of these kinds of videos. xD
ive been wanting to go here for the last year but I'm currently in college...fuck
I find it amazing how American skiers are so constrained by the resort boundaries. In Europe you can ski wherever you want, the only limitation is your insurance coverage and gear. Duck under a piste rope and you're on your own yes, but you're not being chased down by the snow police..... Does anyone know why America is like that? Is it the fact that the "mountain owners" might get sued if someone goes off-piste and has a tumble?
Because of American lawyers!
vtrmcs and on the other side they have lifts without security bars
That’s somewhat untrue, a lot of American resorts with access to backcountry riding that is technically out of bounds will still let you go through by passing a gate that confirms you have an avi transceiver. Ducking under rope isn’t a no-no, there’s *gnerally* signs that say warn about it being un-patrolled.
There are no snow police. You can go where ever you want depending on who owns the land. Most resorts are setup on public lands so its all open. Real American "off-piste" enthusiasts use snowmobiles and skins for back country access, not lifts. There are however snowmobile police. They fly helicopters and are very serious. In the summer, there are bike police also. If you get caught on a hiking only trail they can take your bike or your wheels and give you a big ticket. On a side note, there are considerably more avalanche deaths in Europe than in the US. Popularization of off-piste skiing in Europe is to blame...
Back country skiing is incredibly popular in the US... it is not limited to Europe. You just happen to be watching a video about a specific resort, silverton, not a back country video. And yes, if skiers get hurt or lost after leaving resort property, the resort is liable, but in many places there is simply a sign with a disclaimer letting skiers know they are on their own so skiers are free to leave.
Don't be tricked there are closed signs everywhere all the goods are saved for the owner or friends of and only about 7 runs are open all the time. Is a sick ski area on powder day but you can not go anywhere most roped off place I have ever been.
It seemed great until the helicopter. I'm worried now, does the chair run on diesel?
love the videos. the music is horrible though.
Bruh no caution signs: *falls off cliff*
experts know how to land
Guess this is what real skiing is all about.
try la grave
Maybe in a few seasons it won't feel like a death sentence lol
ni nso co le pèi lasaru
Johnny Moseley is the man
How is it "back country" skiing when there is a lift and established piste?
I um.. ski down there*cough cough* before breakfast...
R/thathappened
Jacob J
r/whoooosh
Also shut up no one cares about your crusty ass
Would have been better without the music, just the sound of skiing
I was in Silverton in the late 90s and there was talk of this going around. I had been skiing the Wasatch in Utah since I moved to in Park City in 1983. It was tiny then. Not that much bigger than Silverton in spirit. And probably less famous. That's what I loved and why I moved there. But by the late 90s, Park City had grown so much I found it unbearable.
I was already living in my van with my dog Arrow, so we decided hit the road and look for a place to ski that wasn't infested with developers. Silverton wasn't on the list, because it didn't have a ski area. Wolf Creek was the only ski area in Colorado on my list. After I checked out Wolf Creek and Pagosa Springs, I decided to have a look at Silverton just for the hell of it. I fell in love with it immediately. Both the terrain and the town. While I was there sniffing around, I caught wind of the Silver Mountain project and was intrigued. It sounded awesome to me. But it was still apparently wading through regulatory an liability issues and such, and was up against a lot, and I wasn't too optimistic that it would ever be allowed.
I ended up in Pagosa Springs skiing Wolf Creek for three seasons before moving back to Park City. The town had is rustic charms, and the skiing at Wolf Creek could be off the charts. I highly recommend everyone stay away and don't bug the locals.
I was a little surprised and more than a little pleased when I heard that Aaron & Jill Brill prevailed and made a lot of dreams come true.
I Live out in PC
@tjsavage711 yea so tru
Wolf Creek is still beautiful, tons of snow, and has some good stashes, but the main runs can be crowded.
That's like a 'blue piste' in Chamonix ;)
typisk europeisk arroganse 😴
Isn't Wolf Creek better ?
No, Wolf Creek gets a lot of snow but the terrain is pretty tame.
@@jimmyrebel2010 But Silverton is ...what ? 2,500' ft vert ? Both short rides...Hey, anyone you know get one of those multi-resort passes and sing the glories or does it logistically not work out ?
@@billshire2681 Don't get me wrong, Wolf Creek is great. But better? Hard to define better. It depends what you are looking for. I wouldn't put Silverton and Wolf Creek in the same category at all. Silverton is kind of in its own category but in the lower 48 it kind of compares with Taos, Alta/Snowbird, Crested Butte etc as far as accessible terrain goes. Wolf Creek is more like Steamboat - flatter and wider with less hikeable terrrain. Point is if you don't know the difference between what these mountains offer you are probably only skiing the lift accessible terrain anyway and it doesn't really matter where you go. I have the Ikon pass and have gotten 10 days in 7 different resorts so far this season. For me it's logistically worth it, if you go less often it probably isn't.
@@jimmyrebel2010 I was going to get the Epic or Ikon (or Mtn) but hesitated because the traveling. Are you in Colorado Springs or close by ? Trying to sidestep the crowds but keep the quality up....Ever tried Driggs, ID ?
@@billshire2681 Yep in Denver, never skied in ID - Moot point anyway because I don't think any of the multi-mtn passes are still on sale for this season.
Helmet cams suck because they can't demonstrate how steep the slopes really are.
VIPs & trustafarian experts only
lol
To be fair lift tickets aren’t all that bad. $90 for a day of unguided skiing. Pales in comparison to most ticket prices these days
Experts only, lol!!! More gapers than Aspen!
The word "expert" includes entire phrases such as, "More money than sense" and "Beginner with A Helicopter"
Sounds like someone's insecure about their skiing ability
I am an old fart that grew up in Colorado and have been worried about the climate for about 50 years. We used to have Rocky Mountain Powder which was incredibly light. That looks like heavy snow, which should be unheard of at that altitude and in that location. Unless we have moved into a new Epoch with over 415 PPM CO2, and probably an equivalent of 520. I don't think dinosaurs were well adapted to skiing.
Lawrence Taylor oxygen was higher during dinasuars not co2. Also co2 fluctuates from 300-600 here where I live. I only know because I have co2 monitors for plants etc. also inside a house c02 is higher so idk.
I'm sure the helicopter uses less fuel than running a fleet of groomers every night.
Back country skiing.. MORE LIKE TRAILBLAZER! lmao
Jason Ebelheiser was my guide, on the 1st run down he says Fuck dude, you should be guiding me. I told the young man that I was born and raised in the San Juan Mountains and had been skiing the backcountry since the early 70's love Silverton, Great job Aaron. Happy I didn't consult in the beginning. Want to keep it like this? Keep your fucking mouth shut, dont tell everyone about the magic.
SHIT ..those skis are so wide...looks like you have two surfboards strapped to your feet !!
I met Aaron at a Vegas trade show back before this was built! Now I make Christian snowboard videos in the backcountry of Alaska at faithandaction.net.
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Christ does not approve of snowboard videos bro
@@scottjobe Silly.
@@josephchristopher3688 Praise Yehovah!
Everyone know Jesus was a skier, read a history book man
Expert run in lower 48 is a blue square in Alaska. 😂
matanuska high Must be tough to ski up there with your massive pecker dangling between your legs.
Captndarty nah. Just some calf burn from deep and steep. 😂🤣. Maybe a few bruises from it wacking my leg....
I've been to Alyeska and their double-blacks are same as anywhere else.
Shit, ya'll don't know about Taos.
Soooo sick the founder is a snowboarder
Oprah routinely skis here................................
youre thinking of telluride
I don’t know why colored people don’t like skiing ,
I am brown and everytime I visit a ski town or ski resort I am the only colored human and everyone looks at me like if I am an exotic animal in a zoo
@@muhamedfaour3710 Maybe it's the cold. Went to Park City last year and my friend, originally from Nigeria, went as well. He was the only dark-skinned guy nearly everywhere we went. Really don't know, though. Fun is fun, period.
Would go there just to see Oprah, crushing a sick line, 360ing over cliffs. And don't think for a second that she can't--you know she can.
Shut Up or she will buy it and then deny everybody access except her chosen few elitist LA / Santa Barbara hob knobs !!!
This is not for me lol
Lie! Tons of everyday people ski this everyday.
just because they weigh a lot collectively does not mean they are a large percentage of the ski population.
no caution signs no closed signs NO VERTICAL JUST LIKE WOLF CREEK no thats not slow motion thats just how weak the pitches are!
Go back to breck then, jerry
@@thomash4950 you are on that team though the goomba fuckboy pussy team thats most likely how you ski too like a clown lol
postscript : no skier of notable skill has ever came out of the southern mountains in colorado couple telluride skiers but thats it most certainly not from the fuckboy try hard resort silverton where you can get a lift ticket in 2019 for $70 cause its such a shitty xp LOL DEAL WITH IT PUSSY@@thomash4950
@@fatpatMC Telluride is my main place but silverton is a great ski area, judging by your dumbass shirt you need to stay over near Denver anyways where the other low testosterone poons are like yourself. Also the southern mountains (the san juans) are known to have much steeper terrain and better snow than anywhere else, plus again you'll be skiing next to jerry's and tourists all season. You seem like you have alot of bottled up jealousy for those who were lucky enough to avoid the crowds up north haha.
il outski you and everyone you know pussyboy just tell me when and where il get free tickets at telluride as well cause of my ability so LETS GO BITCHBOY IL UPLOAD HOW MUCH OF A CLOWN YOU ARE NP i am not a 0 technique having clown like you i have competed at telluride i have skiied silverton so lets go bitchboy too bad you are such a coward ass excuse for a real man that posting from a default circle in a world where every cell on the planet has had a digital cam in it STOCK for 20yrs now is the best you can do!@@thomash4950
Hippie to heli. Sucks.
The FVLLSEND boiz literally live 40 minutes away from Silverton.
Bring in the heli??? That’s the last thing we want hovering over town filled with trust finders and 1 percenters.
silvertons heli access is not cool and infringes on spots that are a short hike anyways.... not cool
What? That is totally untrue.
@@Darkfranchise short hike?
therockiesfan3 the heli picks you up at the top of one peak and drops you off on adjacent peaks. It would be an all day tour to get to the places the heli goes. It doesn’t infringe upon any of the boot pack skiing at Silverton. No idea where this guy formed his opinion which is totally untrue.
Bro what the hell are you talking about
@@tristanmay7677 Silverton Mountain is or was trying to expand into terrain that is an easy hike for local back country skiers. Lots of Colorado locals are mad at them.
Looks kinda cool but there’s only one lift lol
are you stupid
and...... It's a resort...
Why do you have to spoil the peace and tranquillity with a chopper ?
@ImaCoward124 Whatever happened to legs? Don't you know that you won't see snow like that for many more years?
So there’s no groomed runs...that’s cool, but what if you get up to the top and start skiing down and get off course a little bit and by the time you get to the bottom, you’re like a half a mile away from the lift?
Then you don't belong at Silverton to begin with.
That is easy terrain