Life at 9,318’

Adventure, Resilience, & Belonging in the San Juans Mountains

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Welcome to Life at 9,318. We’re a family of five rooted in Silverton, Colorado, where winter stretches for nine months and wild beauty + a little chaos shape every day. Here you’ll find reflections on small-town living, parenting, and the grit it takes to thrive in the high country — alongside resources for adventure, community, and heart.

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A family of five with three children and a dog sitting on a rocky riverbank, enjoying a moment together outdoors.

Life at 9,318’ feet is beautiful, rugged, and real.

This space is part journal, part love letter, part honest wrestling with what it means to build a life in the San Juan mountains.

It’s where we share the small moments of grace, the big choices that stretch us, and the adventures that keep us rooted here.

  • Child in winter attire, wearing a red helmet, ski goggles, red jacket, and green pants, standing in snowy landscape with arms raised, holding ski poles during snowfall.

    Nine Months of Winter: What it Really Takes to Live Here.

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  • Family of five and a dog lying on rocks outside near a river with mountains in the background during sunset.

    Our Families 10-day Grocery Haul

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  • A young person with glasses and a cap, holding a whiteboard that says '1st Day of School August 25 2025,' standing in a wooden room with a sign that reads 'GEMAN S' in the background.

    Letting Go

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