2010/2011 Season Opener

The Ski Barn is opening its’ doors on Monday the 13th of September for the 2010/2011 Snow season.

We have all sorts of new gear arriving daily. Check the website now or come on in Monday.

Early Season Silverton

It starts flying in the high country long before it hits the valley floor in Durango. So when I peek out and see the La Plata’s covered in snow I really start to itch for a good shred. So what does one do? Do I hold out until they fire up the lifts at DMR? Nah! I find a couple friends and head to the high country for some early season turns.

I was skeptical about the ski-ability as I traveled north over Molas & Coalbank pass. It was looking thin. To my surprise though, we pass through Silverton and up into Velocity Basin to find an ample amount of snow for being only the 9th of October.

We geared up and took off up the hill. 2 hours of post-holing up the mountain we made it to the top and opened a celebratory beer cheersing to the first shred of the 09/10 season.

So we chug. Then we shred. The first half of the chute was wind-loaded and we were ripping through face-shots. I just wish that were the case for the second half. The second half was slowly sliding over rocks covered in 3″ of snow. My skis hate me, but I got to shred. One more storm or so and we should be in a bit better shape.