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Telluride Area Activities

 
Silverton is an hour or so away from Telluride.  You can make the journey on paved highways or over the unpaved Ophir mountain pass.  I recommend Ophir Pass if you have the time, a high-clearance vehicle and a sense of adventure.
Once in Silverton, you will find a quaint Colorado mountain town.  You will also find the [...]

Telluride Historical Museum

The Telluride Historical Museum is a real community museum displaying Telluride’s history together with that of the region.  Learn of Telluride’s geology and the discovery of silver, gold and other minerals.  Travel in time with the growth of a mining town and witness the life of miners and their families.  See how the miners and [...]

Luca’s Telluride Bunny Hill Review

This is Luca’s first Bunny Hill review.  He’s only 2-years-old, so he asked me to type it.  He enjoyed the gondola ride from the Town of Telluride to Mountain Village.  The seats were comfortable, the views spectacular and his ski suit was warm.

Luca felt that the “magic carpet” up the Bunny Hill was well maintained and [...]

The Colorado Plateau - Sedona

Wind and water have eroded the Colorado Plateau over the past 300-million years.  The Mogollon Rim in Northern Arizona is the leading edge of this erosion from an elevation of 7,000-feet down to an elevation of 4,500-feet.  The predominately red and beige hues of sandstone are most dramatic in Sedona Arizona.  These red rock formations [...]

Telluride - Colorado’s Alps

For sheer stunning beauty, Telluride is unsurpassed. Frequently compared to the Alps, Telluride’s mountain majesty is breathtaking. Photos can not do justice compared with the actual panorama.

The Town of Telluride has an amazing and bawdy history. Saloons and brothels were the city’s mainstay in the hard rock mining days of the late 1800’s. This is [...]

So Many Colorado Ski Resorts So Little Time

If you are visiting this blog, chances are that you have visited at least one of the eleven major Colorado ski resorts.  Very few people get around to visit all of them.  I have as part of my business.  Not only have I visited them all in the winter, but in the summer and fall as [...]

Telluride’s Stephen Allen

Stephen Allen, age 24, has had epilepsy since he was 15.  On October 15th he leaves for a trip around the world — on his bicycle.  He estimates that it will take him two and one-half years before he returns to Telluride from the other direction.  Allen has been stricken with about 10-seizures over the [...]

Telluride Ski Resort Rankings

The readers of Skiing Magazine rank Telluride 4th overall while Ski Magazine readers see Telluride as 2nd in overall satisfaction.  Outside Magazine rated Telluride 7th in all of North America.  Telluride’s ranking trend is going up compared with last year’s rankings.  The only negative is “access” — that is, getting to Telluride.  With the opening of the new Revelation [...]

Telluride Is Green Er

The cities of Telluride and Aspen engaged in a friendly eco-contest to see which city’s citizenry could claim the title of being greener.  The measure was the number of plastic grocery bags that could be eliminated between Memorial Day and Labor Day.  Although the contest was close, Telluride won the crown.  The prize?  In classy-fashion,  [...]

Telluride Revelation Bowl

The Telluride Ski Resort is on-schedule to complete the new quad-chair Revelation Lift for the 2008-2009 ski season.  The Revelation Bowl will offer 800 vertical feet of drop with a slope length of almost 1,900 feet entirely above tree line.  At 12,570-feet, the top terminal will offer a commanding view of the “San Juan Alps”.  [...]