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Silverton, Colorado: could budget powder skiers be drowned out by heli skiers?
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Allen Best, columnist of Summit Daily News, has some interesting comments about trends at Silverton in Colorado - one of America's legendary 'free spirit' ski mountains. This wild (and many say wonderful) ski area was only brought back to life recently, but has a history of everything up to world ski speed records.

Silverton's operator, Aaron Brill, is detonating avalanches from helicopters to keep his off-piste ticket-holders safe. Allen Best ponders whether he may be tempted to use the same choppers to fly high-rolling skiers to the high peaks ... with all the noise issues - and perhaps 'powder territorial' issues - that can arise from these operations.

Here is Allen Best's column.

Any comments?
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

David Goldsmith, you do a great job at spotting these ski stories from around the world - keep up the good work!
Allen Best is a good friend of my wife and an excellent writer. But it's difficult to tell whether this is any more than speculation on his part. It would be a shame if Brill started operating heli-skiing, and would open him up to accusations of "selling-out". But then again, allowing a few heli-groups may be the price to pay, to keep Silverton Mtn solvent and open.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

There is an interview with Aaron Brill here giving his views on heli-skiing etc at Silverton
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Here's a great review of Silverton's rare attractions as a wild ski area: by Daniel Gibson for Free New Mexican.
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I skied in Silverton 2 years ago. It has definitely a pioneering/wild west flavour but the vertical drop (accessed by the chairlift plus some hiking) is quite limited compared to off piste in Europe.
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Great place. I skied there 88 when you had to hike up Very Happy
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