An Afternoon with Jim Jackson (2001)

A hopeful ski area developer spills his guts (from 2001).

Oct 04, 2023

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Note: This story first appeared in the San Juan Mountain Journal in 2001. We’re re-running it here and now to provide some historical background to the story about Silverton Mountain Ski Area changing hands.

"I was sleeping right there," Jim Jackson says, pointing to a spot in the snow marked only by a cinder block. "The first indication I had that some…

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