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
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 Fridays - Sundays and holidays, 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 under age 5
ski for free! Sharpen up those blades and try out the town ice rink. There is no charge for skating, sledding or tubing.
Ice skate rentals are available on the top floor of the Kendall Mountain Community Center. For more information on Kendall log onto:
www.skikendall.com.
For more information on renting Kendall for your special event, call:
1-800-752-4494 or email: chamber@silvertoncolorado.com.
Silverton
Mountain Ski Area
Silverton Mountain Ski Area provides excellent lift access, backcountry type skiing for expert and advanced skiers
and snow boarders. Don’t come looking for groomed runs, crowds, or condos. What you’ll 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 –
Sunday. Guided skiing only during certain dates. Call 970-387-5706 for reservations or log onto
www.silvertonmountain.com.
Gear
Exchange
Ski and snowboard rentals and sales. Sleds, gloves, GPS, camping, snowshoes, and much much more.1 Kendall Place
Silverton CO,
81433
Phone: 970-387-5228
silvertonspecialevents@gmail.com
Hours: Winter - Thurs to Sun 9am-5pm
http://www.skikendall.com
Ongoing throughout the summer. The adventure in Silverton doesn’t have to stop once you
step off the train!
Silverton Brass Band
Sunday evenings, June through September (weather permitting) at 6pm in the streets of Silverton
playing old time favorites for 27 years.
Silverton Gun Fighters
Relive the Wild West with staged gunfights on historical Blair Street
When: The
shows are put on Thursday, Fridays, Saturdays & Holidays at 5:30PM at the corner of 12th and Blair Streets (weather permitting)
Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Contact: John Cook lookoutshop@gmail.com
A Theatre Group
Mission: to foster the artistic development
of the professional, emerging and community artist.1219 Greene Street
Silverton CO, 81433
Phone: 970-387-5337
emmook@msn.com
Hours: Year-round
http://www.atheatregroup.org
Mining Heritage
Center
Visit the Silverton Museum, County Jail and the NEW Mining Heritage Center. The Museum contains three floors of exhibits, the
jail’s original four-cell block built in 1902, ball and chain and women’s cell. Silverton’s Mining Heritage Center features
artifacts from the San Juan County’s fabled mines, including a unique log boardinghouse, tram towers, mining artifacts and a fabulous
mineral display. Open daily 9am-5pm Memorial Day through Labor Day; 10am-3pm in October. Get two museums for the price of one!
Admission is $5.00; FREE for kids 12 and under.
970-387-5838 or www.silvertonhistoricalsociety.org
Mayflower Gold
Mill Tour
Take a self-guided tour of this once operational gold mill and see how gold and silver were processed after the ore came
out of the mine. Visit the Aerial Tram house, where the buckets and tram system are still in place. Open daily 10am-5pm Memorial
Day through Labor Day. Admission is $8.00; $7.50 for senior citizens; FREE for kids 12 and under. Guided tours available by
reservation only.
970-387-0294 or www.silvertonhistoricalsociety.org
Old Hundred Gold Mine Tour
Go underground in a real
gold mine! A mine train will take you 1,500 feet into the actual mining operation for mining demonstrations. You’ll
see what it was like to search for the elusive treasure. The old mining equipment is still in place, awaiting another opportunity
to strike it rich. Tours depart every hour on the hour, 10am-4pm daily, May through October. No reservations are needed.
Be sure to arrive early to purchase your tickets. FREE gold panning with the purchase of a tour. A covered picnic area is available
for your convenience.
1-800-872-3009 or www.minetour.com
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Established in 1881, this
authentic steam-powered, coal-fired scenic railroad makes daily trips through the remote mountains between Durango and Silverton. Be
sure to include an overnight stay in Silverton when making your train excursion plans. Overnight stays and bus options are easily
arranged, as is riding the train to access the Weminuche Wilderness Area for hiking and backpacking in the Animas Canyon. Ranked
one of the “Top 10 Scenic Railroads in the World”.
Silverton service runs only May-October, but the train does operate year-round
with other excursions to Cascade. 1-888-872-4607 or www.durangotrain.com
Stage Coach Rides
Taking off from Old Town Square located
at 1115 Blair Street, enjoy a historic loop around Silverton in an authentic reproduction stagecoach. Operates Memorial Weekend through
Labor Day.
Silverton Hillside Cemetery
The historic and ruggedly beautiful Hillside Cemetery in Silverton is a gem in the rough!
The graves, marked and unmarked, reveal the colorful history of the area. Featured on this web site is a complete alphabetical index
of more than 3,000 documented San Juan County burials. The earliest known county burial was in 1872; the earliest known cemetery burial
was in 1875.
http://www.silvertonhillside.com/
The Christ of the Mines Shrine
Overlooking Silverton from atop Anvil
Mountain is the Christ of the Mines Shrine. The marble for the shrine was quarried in Carrara, Italy, as was the marble for Michelangelo’s
David. The shrine was erected in the summer of 1959, as a tribute to all those individuals who had worked in the mines around
Silverton. To this day, it continues to serve as a reminder of the town’s mining heritage and the brave men and women who settled
here. The shrine can easily be seen from most areas of town. It is accessible by foot going up 10th Street or by automobile
on the Scenic Drive or “Shrine Road.” Click on the categories below to see our various shopping establishments.
Music in the Mountains
To
produce an exceptional summer music festival with musicians of the highest caliber entertain, educate and delight audiences with the
richness of classical music, and complement concerts with educational programs.
