Looking Back ...

Five Years Ago

January 26, 2017

With a winter of deep snow and plenty of avalanche danger, the Silverton Visitors Center, which is in the path of the monstrous Idaho Slide on Kendall Mountain, has been closed more often in January than it has been open.

“Since Jan. 1 we’ve been closed 14 days for ‘considerable or higher’ avalanche risk,” Silverton Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director DeAnne Ga…