silverton

oh for sure, I love the concept..I'm taking a Level 1 Avalanche training class this year and I am looking into purchasing a beacon...then hopefully next year I can hit it....this is full I think


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Silverton is the fucking future, I don't care what anyone says. You can take avy courses there, and they rent out beacons to you...get your reservations made, becuase they fill up. I've heard that it is absolutely sick there. For all of you that say Silverton is overpriced, etc...please educate yourselves on the matter, and then return to voice your opinion. Silverton is where it's at.
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the terrian does look orgasmicly sick... but read the article in the newest powder... the magazine i still receive despite not paying for two years... but yeah, read that and check the pictures... its a pretty dangerous place. I asked for a beacon for xmas and my mom got mad.
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I'm not sure if this is clear, but Silverton is guided...just like cat skiing or heli. You have a guide that takes the group out and you ski sections one-at-a-time. I don't think you need any training. I dunno, sounds awesome anyways.
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hey i think silverton is a super great idea,, but keep in mind that the first time a buch of skiers die in an avi there,, there is going to be an enormous shitstorm,, so maybe not the resort of the future

that being said i would fuckin love to go

Right, just like when skiers die in avalanches at any other resort...it can always happen, but Silverton has taken the steps to make it as safe as possible...even though safe backcountry skiing is an oxymoron. I'd still ski there, you just need to have knowledge about the snowpack, and I'm sure that they guides there know their shit.
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I skied Silverton last year after 3 fresh feet fell that night. It's not like a resort either, 93ft on top of hard). it's 3 feet on top of more bottomless light deep powder. I can honestly say it was the best day of skiing of my life and i have skied 14 years 60-80 days a year. The terrain IS orgasmiclly sick. 50 degree chutes and faces in powder so deep you have to lift you elbows a bit so they are out of the snow and you can pole plant. As for the avy stuff, I got my beacon and did some research and reading. I practiced with my beacon and became familiar with it. the guides know their shit and they will keep you safe, but don't go with the resort mentality. As for the value, 100 $ is alot but if you compare it to heli skiing, it's cheap. We went with a bunch of guys who heli and cat ski in BC and Alaska all the time and they said after skiing silverton that it was just as good of snow, terrain for about 1/4 of the price. If you go, bring a beacon, shovel, probe. You don't need Avy 1 certification but if your gonna take the course go for it. Also, bring the fattest pair of skis you own. At least 85 mm waists. And also bring an extra pair of underwear cuz you'll probly shit yer pants when you see the runs!
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well fack man, i gott aget down there... before they do get shut down... which i hope doesnt happen, but i dont think the dream of actually making it a like BC 'resort' is ever going to happen. the amount of avalanche aptroling they would have to do would be pretty crazy, and like some lady said in the article, youd have some fuckhole show up and rip off a face right above a smarter group and kill all of them... still... i hope it works.
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the original plan for when it becomes a non ski guided area was to only have like no more than 400 people a day... not sure if they are still going to do this or not
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