Jen Brill • Birth of Silverton Mountain • Episode 151

THE SNOWBOARD PROJECT Jen Brill • Founder of Silverton Mountain • Episode 151   Silverton Mountain was founded by Aaron and Jen Brill and opened for business on January 19, 2002 with one double chair that had been purchased from Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. Known for lift accessed backcountry skiing, Silverton Mountain also maintains educational programs such as Avalanche Level I, Avalanche Level II, and Backcountry 101. The ski area is designed to have minimal impact on the environment. Based purely on skiing and not on development Silverton Mountain has no plans of building condos or high-speed chairlifts. Voted Best of the West: Skiing in Colorado, Utah, California and Nevada for Extreme Terrain by USA Today. We sat down with Jen at Silverton’s historic Grand Imperial Hotel  with an audience of almost 100 people. This is that show.   This show was a benefit for http://firstdescents.org   Also thanks to http://thepublicworks.biz for helping put the show together.  Shout out to the sponsors of this episode Cardiff Snowcraft, Melvin Brewing and Yes Snowboards. We ask that you support the brands that support disruptive snowboard media. Find out more at their websites.   http://cardiffsnow.com   http://yesnowboard.com   http://melvinbrewing.com Please consider supporting us at http://www.patreon.com/thesnowboardproject   You can follow us on Instagram @thesnowboardproject   THE SNOWBOARD PROJECT Jen Brill • Founder of Silverton Mountain • Episode 151 Hosted by Mark Sullivan & Dustin James  Produced by Mark Sullivan Associate producer Dustin James Art by Aaron Draplin and Sarat