Beacon Guidebooks Backcountry Skiing Silverton, Colorado 4th edition

Product description

Beacon Guidebooks' classic Silverton guidebook, completely remastered and expanded, has finally arrived! With over 20 years of experience adventuring and guiding in the San Juans, author Josh Kling has put his heart and soul into passing on reliable, professional guidance in this backcountry ski atlas.

Going on a hut trip on Red Mountain Pass? Kling has got you covered. Ideal for OPUS Hut, Thelma Hut, Addie S Cabin, Artist Cabin, Mountain Belle Hut, Hayden Lodge, and Red Mountain Alpine Lodge.

The San Juan Mountain Range speaks for itself when it comes to remote and rugged terrain in the west. Highway 550, passing over three passes (Red Mountain, Molas and Coal Bank) and through the heart of the town of Silverton, brings power-hounds to some of Colorado’s most coveted and diverse backcountry ski terrain. The locations showcased in this ski atlas offer the entire spectrum of terrain and difficulty. Provided you already have a small amount of experience as a backcountry skier and have some level of avalanche knowledge, there is something in this atlas for everyone.

The completely updated, 148 page 4th edition is hands down, our biggest and best guidebook yet! You’ll find high-quality aerial photos marked with ascent and descent indicators, individual run descriptions, slope angles, aspect, Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale ratings, parking and trailhead information, and more in this lightweight and compact book that can fit in your pack. Designed to go along with you on your tours and accompany the Backcountry Skiing Silverton Ski Map.

What’s new in the 2025 4th edition:

• 20+ ENTIRELY new zones with 160+ NEW DESCENTS
• Completely updated zones
• Seldom-skied, off-the-beaten-path objectives
• One-way tours and hut-to-hut traverses
• Numerous tours in ATES 1 Simple and ATES 2 Challenging terrain suitable for mixed ability levels and a variety of avalanche conditions
• Numerous tours in ATES 3 Complex and ATES 4 Extreme terrain including technical spring descents, couloirs, and 13K’ and 14K’ peaks.

This 5.5” x 8.5” spiral-bound book covers the following zones: Coal Creek + Deer Creek, Engineer Mtn, Snowdon, N Twilight, W Molas Pass, S Grand Turk, Deadwood Basin, North Star Basin, Sultan N, Turk-Sultan Traverse, Kendall Mountain, Hazelton Mountain, King Solomon, Bear Mountain, Clear Lake + Ice Lakes Basin, Anvil Mtn, Battleship E & N, Paradise, OPUS Hut + Ophir Pass, Chattanooga E + N, Browns Gulch, Cemetery, McMillan + US Basin, McMillan N, McMillan Saddle + Carbon Knob, Red Mtn 3, Prospect, Pass Lower W Side, Trico Peak, Commodore, T8, Hayden Lodge, Mt Sneffels.