Backcountry Skiing Silverton, CO | Beacon Guidebooks

Backcountry Skiing Silverton from Beacon Guidebooks is a Silverton Ski Touring guide book. This is the 4th edition of the Silverton backcountry skiing guide book. 

Beacon Guidebooks are a brilliant tool for the backcountry skier. The terrain-style atlas format places safety at the forefront with detailed route descriptions, slope angles and a terrain rating system. 

The Silverton guidebook provides extensive info on the popular touring routes in the Silverton area. This atlas features new zones, new tour link-ups, new map and more avalanche info. Adventuring in the San Juans for nearly 20 years, author Josh Kling has put his heart and soul into passing on reliable, professional guidance in this atlas.

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. Content is also synced with the onX Backcountry App (membership required).

What’s new in the 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.

Please note - all Beacon Guidebooks are dispatched from the U.S.A so may arrive separately to other items on the same order.