Backcountry Skiing Silverton, Colorado, 3rd Edition is a spiral bound ski atlas by Josh Kling covering 18 zones in the San Juan Mountains around Silverton.

What it's for

This guidebook is for choosing and planning ski and splitboard tours around Silverton. The publisher says author Josh Kling draws on more than 20 years in the San Juans, and that the 3rd Edition adds new zones, tour linkups, traverses, mapping, and avalanche terrain data. The publisher states it assumes you already have backcountry skiing experience and avalanche knowledge.

Features

• Aerial photos: marked with ascent and descent indicators
• Run details: individual run descriptions with slope angle and aspect
• Terrain data: Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) ratings
• Access: parking and trailhead information
• Zones covered: Coal Creek and Deer Creek, Snowdon, North Twilight, Turk-Sultan Traverse, Deadwood Basin Traverse, Sultan Summit, Sultan North, Kenall Mountain, Turkey Chute, King Solomon, Anvil, Battleship East and North Side, Pass West Side, McMillian and US Basin, Cemetery, Red 3, Commodore, Prospect
• Companions: made to pair with the Beacon Guidebooks Silverton ski map and ski app, each sold separately

How it works

ATES ratings: the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale classes terrain by how exposed it is to avalanches. It describes the terrain, not the day's snowpack, so use it together with the current avalanche forecast.

Avalanche training: a map or guidebook does not replace avalanche training, a current forecast, or rescue gear and practice. OMG runs AIARE avalanche courses.

Specs

• Author: Josh Kling
• Edition: 3rd
• Binding: Spiral bound
• Size: 5.5 in x 8.5 in
• Weight: 0.8 lb
• Publisher: Beacon Guidebooks