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Winter Recreation
The snow-covered San Juan Mountains around Silverton provide an enchanting setting for various outdoor winter activities including alpine, extreme, snow-cat and cross-country skiing; snowshoeing, ice fishing, natural ice climbing, ice skating, sledding and snowmobiling. The Silverton Snowmobile Club grooms many miles of multi-use trails with easy access from town on US Highway 550. Guided tours are available for snowmobiling, extreme and snow-cat skiing. If you prefer off the track adventure, treat yourself to a ski lodge getaway and make your own trails. Come to Silverton and enjoy some of the best snow in the country!
Kendall Mountain Ski Area is open - ICE SKATING RINK IS OPEN AS OF DEC. 21
The Kendall Mountain Ski Area is a perfect spot for inexpensive family fun. At Kendall your family can enjoy a variety of downhill adventures including sledding, skiing, snowboarding, and tubing. Open 11am-4pm Fridays - Sundays and holidays (except Christmas Day). Open daily during two week school holiday break. A full day lift ticket will only cost you $10 per senior (age 65+), $15 per adult (age 19-64), $10 per child (age 6-18), children 5 and under ski for free! PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO SKI OR ICE SKATE EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE TO RENT AT THE SKI AREA, SO COME PREPARED! Concessions are available. Sharpen up those blades and try out the town ice rink. There is no charge for skating, sledding or tubing. For more information on Kendall Mountain Ski Area, please call
For more information on renting
Kendall Mountain Recreation Area/Community Center (available year round) for your wedding, family reunion, or other special event, call: 1-970-759-5557 or email:
mountainsideconcierge@gmail.com.
Silverton Mountain Ski AreaSilverton Mountain Ski Area provides excellent lift access, backcountry type skiing for expert and advanced skiers and snow boarders. Do not come looking for groomed runs, crowds, or condos. What you will find here are wide open bowls, great tree runs, and the finest natural skiing Colorado has to offer, with views that will boggle the mind. Open Thursday to Sunday. Guided skiing only during certain dates. Call 970-387-5706 for reservations or log onto
www.silvertonmountain.com.
Durango Mountain Resort (at Purgatory)Offers skiers and snowboarders a complete Rocky Mountain Adventure. Visitors will find more than 80 runs spread across 1,200 acres served by 10 lifts. DMR has lodging, rentals, lessons, food & beverage, a Nordic Center and a new $50 million base facility. Durango Mountain Resort is located 23 scenic miles south of Silverton on US Highway 550.
For more information, call 800-525-0892, or visit
www.durangomountain.com Winter