"Unique" resort planned for a San Juan Mountain avalanche zone

Jun 07, 2024

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Location of the main Silver Cloud Resort lodge at the site of the defunct Silver Crown Mine buildings, with some of the nearby avalanche paths in purple. Image: Google Earth.

This March, some friends and I drove from Durango to Ridgway on a bluebird day through the snow-covered San Juan Mountains to attend a memorial service. As we passed through the sp…

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