Silverton Mountain Photos
Browse through our collection of photography from Silverton Mountain to get acquainted with it before your ski trip or to relive great memories on the slopes at Silverton Mountain.

Silverton Mountain redefines what skiing can look like in early October.
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Winter took its sweet time arriving in Colorado this season, but it was worth the wait.
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A Silverton Mountain skier scores some of the first powder turns of the season.
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The first turns for 16/17 at Silverton Mountain look more like mid-winter.
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Silverton Mountain's snow pack has benefited from consistent southwest Colorado storms and will be opening Saturday, Dec. 19
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The large low pressure system, El Gordo, spinning over Silverton Mountain during the past couple of days continues to drop heavy snow on the slopes.
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Silverton's official start of the ski season is slated for December but if the snow keeps up at this pace that date could be pushed up.
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Some lucky Silverton ski and snowboard patrollers had the opportunity to jump on the chairlift today.
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The first ski area turns of the Colorado 2015/16 ski season were made today on a fresh blanket of snow covering Colorado’s highest elevation ski area.
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El Gordo is known locally in Silverton to be a much stronger version of El Niño.
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Silverton guides instruct clients to move low and slow while approaching the 2012 A-Star helicopter.
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Long runs of powder include a trip back to the base in Silverton’s bus, named by skiers with a sense of humor.
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At Silverton, earning your turns make them that much sweeter. Skiers can hike the ridge up to 13,487’ and ski nearly 3,000 vertical feet down.
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Co-owner Aaron Brill scouts out a great line from his A-star. Ownership has its privileges.
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Skiers capture photos of their lovely turns down the Grande, below Storm Peak at Silverton.
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It's easy to enjoy a blue-sky day overhead while accessing the 22,000+ acres of heli and hike-to skiable terrain at Silverton in Colorado’s San Juans.
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The mining town of Silverton feels much like it did when the miners settled it… though now brothels are replaced by seductive skiing.
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MJ Carroll, K2 product marketer, contemplates skiing Rope de Dope #1 at Silverton while testing a pair of women’s-specific K2 skis from the new Luv line.
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Traveling Silverton style often involves a sled, truck, fat tire bike or of course, skis.
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What’s not to love about the rush of rotors overhead with Silverton’s helicopter-assisted skiing?
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OnTheSnow Ski Test Director, Krista Crabtree, gets pumped to ski Meatball chute with Silverton co-owner, Jen Brill.
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Silverton Mountain guide, Kim Grant, explains the route to enter Meatball chute. A few minutes of fear make the accomplishments feel greater, but the guides are with you all the way.
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Silverton's official start of the ski season is slated for December 20, 2014, but if the snow keeps up at this pace, that date could be pushed up.
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Patrollers are already skiing powder this week at Silverton!
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Skijoring makes its way through downtown Silverton, Colo. during the annual Silverton Ski-Joring event.
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