Great destination! Enjoyed the open trail and peaceful outdoor atmosphere.

Great destination! Enjoyed the open trail and peaceful outdoor atmosphere.

They take it from you! While advertised quite good to bring Probe shovel and a beacon it is not very much advertised that only specific beacons are allowed. I would argue, 2 weeks ago it was not mentioned at all on the website. Showing up and getting told that my beacon is not accepted and I need to pay an extra $50 per day felt very much like a scam and their way of making money. Skiing was good but the feeling of getting scammed remains when thinking back to it.

The town of Silverton and the entire area around it is just fabulous! Great dining and a beautiful little town that makes you feel as if you're stepping back in time, and oh yes, the views are just amazing.

I've done three separate trips to Silverton Mountain in 2019, 2020 and 2021 for unguided ski season. The single heli drop with your unguided pass gets you hooked on heli skiing and gets you to buy "the best 6 runs of your life" the next season. Totally worth it! I've had some great experiences skiing powder off of the chairlift on Powder Thursday and Powder Wednesday. The terrain is really cool and the not having any gapers and not having groomers is super cool. However, before coming out don't be fooled by the trail map. A lot of that terrain you see on there won't be open to you, and a lot of what you ski is overhyped and not nearly as badass as their Instagram and the YouTube Videos would have you believe. The Billboard was never open, nor was anything else past Ropedee4 and a lot of terrain is closed, such as Nightmare. It sounds like a lot more of that stuff used to be open during unguided, but now is rarely skied. That said, it's a cool experience, but as far as challenging terrain you'll ski far more challenging terrain off the lifts at Bridger Bowl than you will here. My full day heli ski experience was awesome! If you have the budget for it, a 6 run heli day should be in your Silverton trip. Meatball coulior is still the best run of your life. If you can, put together your own group. The reality is if you do a full day of heli skiing you can easily be paired with East Coasters who are in the back seat and have never skied any real terrain before. Still, happy to have done a full heli day when young and in shape at Silverton Mountain.