Silverton Avalanche School

Silverton Avalanche School, doing business as San Juan County Search & Rescue, is a veteran-owned nonprofit organization based in Silverton, Colorado, that delivers specialized winter warfare, mountain rescue, and alpine mobility training to U.S. Special Operations Command, Naval Special Warfare Command, and the Air Force as a prime contractor on full-and-open purchase orders with no set-aside designation.

The organization's federal footprint spans seven awards totaling $879 thousand in combined potential value across three customer agencies, all obligated. Customer concentration is evenly distributed: the Department of the Navy's Naval Special Warfare Command accounts for three awards valued at $470 thousand (SDVT-2 Winter Warfare training awarded January 19, 2026, for $145,500; Winter Warfare Sustainment and Fundamentals Training ISO ARKTOS awarded December 1, 2025, for $133,053; and TRADET-8 VA MS Vertical Assault COI awarded June 16, 2025, for $191,538); the United States Special Operations Command holds three awards valued at $313 thousand (Arctic Environment and Alpine Mobility COI for $114,642 in January 2025, the same course title for $53,400 in March 2024, and Winter Mobility Course for $144,500 in January 2024); and the Department of the Air Force Air Combat Command placed one award for $95,896 with the 38th Rescue Squadron for Avalanche Rescue and Tactical Mountain Rescue instruction in January 2024. All awards are firm fixed-price purchase orders or definitive contracts with performance in Silverton, Colorado, and work spans NAICS classifications in miscellaneous schools and instruction, fitness and recreational sports centers, and professional support services.

Activity through the source window shows three awards in 2024, three in 2025, and one in early 2026. No parent contract vehicles, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs appear in the source data; all awards are transacted as standalone purchase orders or definitive contracts directly with the military customers. Silverton Avalanche School operates as a 100% prime contractor with no subcontract work in the recent award history. The organization specializes in extreme-environment training for special operations and rescue personnel, with demonstrated subject-matter expertise in avalanche rescue instruction, winter mobility, arctic environmental operations, and vertical assault tactics.