Silverthorne

Sure, you bet.

Well, I grew up in Summit County, in Silverthorne specifically, and so that's a pretty big ski community with Breck and Keystone and Copper, and yeah, a lot of people are pretty familiar with that area from the ski community.

And when I was about 13, like 14 years old, uh, I had a big brother and father that both worked at a ski shop, kind of like on the weekends.

And so I got my first job at a ski shop, just like a boot fitter, and I did that, you know, ages 14 through 18 when I could finally get certified to set up bindings.

We had one of these old, like, World War II drill presses that was maybe 10 feet tall and used that to drill out the 16 holes or whatever in each I-beam I needed to run the bolts through.

Yeah, then we moved that up into my mom's garage.

I was fortunate enough to have, my mom lives in Silverthorne with this big detached garage.

It's probably 4, 500 square feet alone.

Yeah, so, um, for the Gore Range specifically, I entered from Frisco, and then, uh, went up, uh, by Gore Lake, Deluge, or Snow Lake and Deluge Lake, then did the Grand Traverse, and then from there, uh, was, uh, Central Pass, Keller Pass.

And Keller was impassable, so I went back to Central and then dropped down North Rock Creek, um, all the way, and whatever that highway that connects Silverthorne to Kremmling.

You mentioned the, you know, it's dangerous obviously.

Um, and there's some risks involved, like, uh, any thoughts about worrying about people getting hurt y- you know, doing a route that you recommended that they do, or you think like, you know, anyone who's gonna attempt this is hopefully experienced enough to know what they're getting into?

Nice.

Do you do the tailwaters around Silverthorne, anything off the Blue?

Um-

That's what I would fish when my ex would be skiing.

But, uh, when we were kids, we, we, uh, hunted, fishes, fished all the time.

Uh, we were Boy Scouts, so my dad was actually an executive with the Boy Scout, and he opened up all the, uh, Boy Scout troops in Keith- in Colorado, in Keystone and Silverthorne and Vail and all up in, um-

Yeah

... all up in that area.

Yeah.

Silverthorne last year, right?

Yeah, Silverthorne.

Yeah.

Or just regular in Summit County.

No, I mean, it's, it's, it's a cool place, but it isn't right on the highway like-

Yeah

... like I-70 and, and Dillon and Silverthorne, so.

Yeah, I mean, good point.

I mean, I've already made my decision, but if I have to get one pass living in Summit, living in Silverthorne specifically, I have really good close access to A Bay, right? It's on the way and through Keystone, but A Bay is very close.

And then with the highway there, like getting to Copper is like a 15, 20 minute drive with no traffic.

So just like from a pure ease of access standpoint, like ICON really just made more sense.

Take the bus in from...

Yes, Summit Stage.

Yep, Silverthorne.

There's buses even from Silverthorne Station, which is what I'm probably planning on doing this year.

Mountain Comedy Fest that same weekend.

I will be at the Trailhead Comedy Festival October 9th, and I'll be in Silverthorne, Colorado.

So if you're a fan of factory outlets, yes.

Oh, you're just so much closer.