Silver’s Leader Focuses On Big Picture

Silver Mountain Resort just south of Kellogg began life 43 years ago as Jackass Ski Bowl, named for prospector Noah Kellogg’s ore-discovering donkey. It later morphed into Silverhorn and was acquired by the city of Kellogg. Idaho’s congressional delegation secured federal funding to help pay for a gondola, completed in 1990, and the resort was renamed Silver Mountain. Six years later, it was bought by Eagle Crest Partners, a subsidiary of Oregon-based Jeld-Wen Corp., which recently was acquired by a Canadian firm. Today the resort is managed by Jeff Colburn, who grew up in Cusick and Newport and earned a bachelor’s in business at Eastern Washington University/ Mike Guilfoil , SR correspondent. More here.

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