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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.
Of the 503 ski areas, 390 are "public U.S. ski areas that run chairlifts" and "113 either run only surface lifts, or are not open to the general public", says to Storm Skiing. [5] Of the 390 public, chairlift areas, 233 or 60% have joined one or more United States–based, international multi-mountain ski pass , according to Storm Skiing.
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A northern Michigan cross-country skiing resort ranks among the top 10 nationwide, according to USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards.. Nestled in the UP, Ironwood's APR Ski Trails ranked No ...
The mountain has two unofficially-named subsidiary peaks: East Storm (13,325 feet), [6] and Hancock Peak (13,254 feet). [7] Storm Peak is famous for world-class expert heliskiing and the Silverton Mountain ski area on Storm's north ridge. [8] The International Speed Skiing Championship was held on Storm Mountain in 1982 and 1983. [9]
Recently Silverton Mountain ski area has begun operation near Silverton. The range is also a popular destination for endurance sports like trail running and mountain biking; Silverton is home to the Hardrock 100 Endurance Run one of the most difficult and technical ultra-marathons in the world. [3] Wildlife. River Systems
Ski Cooper: Leadville: 470 11,700 10,500 1,200 60 5 260 Jan 2020 Copper Mountain: Copper Mountain: 2,490 12,441 9,712 2,738 140 24 278 March 2020 [7] Crested Butte: Crested Butte: 1,547 12,162 9,375 2,787 121 15 253 March 2020 [8] Echo Mountain: Evergreen: 60 10,650 10,050 600 13 3 275 Eldora: Nederland: 680 10,600 9,200 1,400 63 10 225 March ...
Shaun White's secret training facility for the Vancouver Olympics (2010) called "Project X" was located on Silverton Mountain. [35] The board game Silverton by Mayfair Games is named after this location. [36] For several years in the 1970s and 1980s, Silverton was the site for the International Speed-Skiing Championship. [37]