Old Man Winter Has Been a No Show So Far

Public works crew started moving snow on Tuesday to make the Skijoring course photo by DeAnne Gallegos

Public works crew started moving snow on Tuesday to make the Skijoring course photo by DeAnne Gallegos

Silverton Skijoring snow pile at the end of 14th Street in Kendall parking lot can be seen from Shrine Road photo by DeAnne Gallegos

Silverton Skijoring snow pile at the end of 14th Street in Kendall parking lot can be seen from Shrine Road photo by DeAnne Gallegos

Public works crew started moving snow made over at Kendall down Blair Street to start constructing Skijoring Race Course photo by Jim Harper

Public works crew started moving snow made over at Kendall down Blair Street to start constructing Skijoring Race Course photo by Jim Harper

Kendall Mountain clinging to some snow last Sunday photo by DeAnne Gallegos

Kendall Mountain clinging to some snow last Sunday photo by DeAnne Gallegos

Old Man Winter has not arrived in Silverton or the San Juan Mountain range and only made a minor show in December of 2025.This has been an unprecedented dry and snowless winter, and some ol’ timers are saying that there was only one other winter they can remember in the late 1970’s that looked like this year.Boulder and Anvil (aka Shrine Hill) are both completely brown and dry...

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