If you RV and own or rent an OHV (Off Highway Vehicle) you can take Silverton Colo. off your list to visit as the town council voted yesterday to BAN ALL OHV traffic inside the city limits. I'm just trying to get the word out as Silverton is a very popular destination for RVers with OHVs.We were in Silverton last September and fell in love with the town and surrounding area. Friends and us have toyhaulers and OHVs. We enjoyed driving our OHVs around town to go to restaurants, shopping, and to get to the outstanding OHV trails leading out of town.Our basecamp was Silver Summit RV park, in town, and it was packed with campers and most had an OHV. The ban will not allow OHVs from this park to access the riding trails. During our stay there we saw all the other RV parks and boondocking sites were also full. Most of these campers were also OHV owners.I don't know the rational behind the city council 4-3 vote yesterday to ban OHVs but it seems to me there is going to be a huge loss of revenue with the absence of OHV people. Time will tell.

How much are yo willing to bet that this action was taken due to the actions of the OHV community and their disrespect for traffic laws.

Unfortunately I bet some people were not just riding through town, and were acting a fool in town on them. I've got a couple of Jeeps and a few go off trail, or rut up the trails, and it gets everyone banned.Hate those bad apples.

Not everyone likes hearing them in town. Dodging them is also another sport that is not for everyone. You love them, but most people would like peace and quiet when in the mountains, especially when walking around towns.

Thanks for the update. I did some digging, looks like there was a petition from the community to make the change. But the City minutes make it really hard to understand what caused the petition and one of the papers is behind a paywall so that's of no help either, the other isn't much help either.

Sorry to hear this. Renegade behavior of the wild west made the town. Good luck taming that heritage.Have made many trips to Silverton and the OHV traffic has never been any worse or better than the cage traffic. There is no peace and quiet in any town that allows traffic. Once again the choice is made to forgo revenues rather than enforce existing statutes (noise and reckless behavior). That same enforcement will now be enforcing a ban and without the ohv crowd there will be reduced revenue to pay for it.FWIW, The town will survive as it is a top tourist destination. The OHV crowd will move on to make another town until banned. And, the cycle repeats.I'm guessing the peace and quiet crowd will be banning the rowdy bars next. Can't have that in the mountains after all.

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ndrorder
Explorer
May 20, 2021
Sorry to hear this. Renegade behavior of the wild west made the town. Good luck taming that heritage.

Have made many trips to Silverton and the OHV traffic has never been any worse or better than the cage traffic. There is no peace and quiet in any town that allows traffic. Once again the choice is made to forgo revenues rather than enforce existing statutes (noise and reckless behavior). That same enforcement will now be enforcing a ban and without the ohv crowd there will be reduced revenue to pay for it.

FWIW, The town will survive as it is a top tourist destination. The OHV crowd will move on to make another town until banned. And, the cycle repeats.

I'm guessing the peace and quiet crowd will be banning the rowdy bars next. Can't have that in the mountains after all.
Y-Guy
Moderator
May 20, 2021
Thanks for the update. I did some digging, looks like there was a petition from the community to make the change. But the City minutes make it really hard to understand what caused the petition and one of the papers is behind a paywall so that's of no help either, the other isn't much help either.
IDman
Explorer
May 20, 2021
Not everyone likes hearing them in town. Dodging them is also another sport that is not for everyone. You love them, but most people would like peace and quiet when in the mountains, especially when walking around towns.
wowens79
Explorer III
May 20, 2021
Unfortunately I bet some people were not just riding through town, and were acting a fool in town on them. I've got a couple of Jeeps and a few go off trail, or rut up the trails, and it gets everyone banned.

Hate those bad apples.
pitch
Explorer II
May 20, 2021
How much are yo willing to bet that this action was taken due to the actions of the OHV community and their disrespect for traffic laws.

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