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Silverton is a statutory town that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. [ 1 ] [ 8 ] The town is located in a remote part of the western San Juan Mountains , a range of the Rocky Mountains .
San Juan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado.As of the 2020 census, the population was 705, [1] making it the least populous county in Colorado. The county seat and the only incorporated municipality in the county is Silverton. [2]
Location of San Juan County in Colorado. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Juan County, Colorado. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in San Juan County, Colorado, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
Silverton Mountain was founded by Aaron and Jen Brill and opened for business on January 19, 2002 with one double chair that had been purchased from Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. Known for lift accessed backcountry skiing, Silverton Mountain also maintains educational programs such as Avalanche Level I, Avalanche Level II, and Backcountry 101.
Kendall Mountain is a small ski area located at the town of Silverton, Colorado. It was developed by the Grand Imperial Hotel in the 1950s and opened for business in the early 1960s. In 1983, the area was found to be operating without a permit and remained closed until the late 1990s. It advertises itself as "the cheapest ski area in the West."
The Shenandoah-Dives Mill or Mayflower Mill is an intact and functional but inactive historic ore mill 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Silverton, Colorado, United States.The mill was built in 1929 to recover gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper from ore mined at the Mayflower mine and brought to the mill by an aerial tramway.
The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, often abbreviated as the D&SNG, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates on 45.2 miles (72.7 km) of track between Durango and Silverton, in the U.S. state of Colorado.
The Town of Winter Park, Colorado has the highest elevation within the municipal boundaries of any town in the United States at 12,060 feet (3,676 m). The "Mile-High City" of Denver, the Colorado state capital, is only the 170th highest of the 273 Colorado