What does 9,035 ft mean for your heating?
Silverthorne is Summit County’s lowest town at 9,035 feet, on the Blue River below Dillon Dam, but Wildernest and Mesa Cortina climb the side of Buffalo Mountain several hundred feet higher. Those slopes take the wind, and the heating season is long either way.
What are homes in Silverthorne like to heat?
Silverthorne has condo and townhome buildings from the 1970s and 80s in Wildernest, newer homes at Three Peaks and Angler Mountain Ranch, and the original neighborhoods along the river and Highway 9. The age of the building decides a lot: in older condos the work is often keeping existing boilers and water heaters going, in newer homes it is efficient heat.