For those that havent heard of Silverton, go to their website and read: http://www.silvertonmountain.com
More or less, in the day and age of super expensive, overbuilt, high end ski resorts, Silverton is the ski bum's mecca. For example, here is the front desk base lodge:
and here is the resort shop, that also doubles as the rental desk:
The rental shop? A school bus that broke down right above the base area tent and instead of fixing/moving it, they converted it into their rental shop. The skinniest ski in their fleet? K2 Maden AK's. More or less, all they rent are K2 Pontoons and K2 Hellbents. Nowhere else have I seen that many fat skis in the liftline- you name a rockered/reverse camber/megafat ski, chances are I saw it. My Brockers were 116 mm at the waist, and were middle of the pack when it came to ski width. Awesome. Oh, did I mention the scenery yet?
Day 1: Bluebird
It hadnt snowed in a week or so there, but they opened a couple new areas to unguided skiing, so we got in two really nice untracked runs, too good to stop for pics. After that I pulled out the camera to see what I could do...
BUT FIRST LETS SEE A LIFT SHOT
maggot strode420, super cool guy who grew up skiing Aspen and can rip:
Next up, Daywalker, who can also rip. I was the group gaper on this trip:
Wicked good form:
strode420 again:
Daywalker gettin some:
strode rocking the Praxis Pows:
WICKED HIP TURN:
Cruisin...
We were obliged by TGR rule to find something to jump off of. Daywalker took the honors:
No expense spared for their bridges. If you squint, this could be Vail:
Day 2: POW POW
Snowed about 4 inches overnight, and pounded all day. We went guided for this day, got placed in a group of solid skiers/riders, and it paid off. Our guide was awesome, and showed us the goods.It kept getting better and better....
Lurker maggot whose name I forget getting some...
Group member John getting some:
strode again, killing it:
Daywalker:
strode:
Ohhhhh yeahhhhhhhh:
Daywalker ripping down a chute:
Yep, it pretty much kicked a s s :
Fin.
