Stuart Saslow stops Friday for a moment while grooming trails to talk with Silverton Whiteout board members Ashley Carruth, center, and Jess Reed in Silverton. The town is getting ready for the Silverton Whiteout 10-hour fat bike race, which will begin 9 a.m. Saturday after the sacrificial toboggan down Christ Shrine Hill.
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Molly Barela, owner of the Golden Block Brewery, on Silverton’s Greene Street clears snow from in front of her business as the town gets ready for the Silverton Whiteout fat bike race and Snowscape winter festival that will begin Saturday morning.
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Stuart Saslow stops on Friday for a moment while grooming trails to talk with Silverton Whiteout board members Ashley Carruth, center, and Jess Reed in Silverton. The town is getting ready for the Silverton Whiteout 10-hour fat bike race, which will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday after the sacrificial toboggan down Christ Shrine Hill.
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Silverton Whiteout board members Ashley Carruth, left, and Jess Reed, center, talk with Stuart Saslow on Friday in Silverton while preparing for the Silverton Whiteout fat bike race and Snowscape winter festival that will begin Saturday morning.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Herald Staff Report
Fat tire enthusiasts who enjoy pushing through packed and unpacked deep powder will give their quads a workout Saturday during the Silverton Whiteout, a 10-hour fat bike race in Silverton. Riders will make their way through a 9.2-mile course through downtown Silverton and surrounding roads. The race will begin at 9 a.m. at Grand Imperial Hotel and is part of the town’s Snowscape Winter Festival. The day will start at 6 a.m. with a Pancake Breakfast at the Grand Imperial. Other events will include an art show, dance party, BB target shooting contest, snow golf and hockey tournaments, a 1920s-inspired limbo contest, keg obstacle course, cardboard box derby, a bonfire, candlelight ski procession and end with a fireworks show by the San Juan Fire & Rescue Authority at 7:30 p.m. Events will take place in various locations, including the Grand Imperial Hotel, Kendall Mountain Ski Area, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad depot, Pedal the Peaks and Avon Hotel. Kendall Mountain will be open for skiing from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 5 to 9 p.m.
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