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February Updates
Telluride has been busy celebrating Gus Kenworthy and his silver medal in men’s ski slopestyle in Sochi. Kenworthy is Telluride’s first home-grown winter Olympian. Way to go Gus! We’ve also been enjoying some excellent skiing right here in the San Juans, thanks to a number of February storms. Telluride Consulting’s January reports for San Miguel County real estate sales show a strong start to the year with dollar volume up 116% over January of 2013 and number of transactions up 14%. ...
Happy New Year!
As usual we had a very busy holiday season in both Telluride and Mountain Village and lately we’ve seen plenty of blue skies and some beautiful afternoons up on the mountain. Earlier this week Gus Kenworthy, one of Telluride’s local freeskiers, qualified for the Sochi Olympics. Kenworthy secured a spot on the first US Olympics team for slopestyle freeskiing. He also has a chance at the halfpipe team. Everyone’s excited for him and wishing him luck next month and there are sure to be a n...
Season’s Greetings!
December started with a number of big storms and Telluride has had some of the best early season conditions that we can remember! With almost 100 inches of snow so far, most of the mountain is open (the ski company is saving Revelation Bowl for the holidays) and the skiing and snowboarding has been great. Hopefully we’ll see even more snow later this week and through year-end. For those of you planning a visit, Allegiant Airlines is offering 2-for-1 flights from Los Angeles and Phoenix ...
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving week started with lots of fresh snow on the ground and the Ski Company reporting 75 inches of snow YTD for the season and a 41 inch base. With all the new snow we’re on track for one of the best opening days in quite some time and the mountain opens tomorrow, Nov. 27th, with Donation Day, a fundraiser for the Telluride Ski & Snowboard Club. All tickets are $25 and all proceeds go to the Club’s scholarship fund. ...
SkiNet Names Telluride as one of Best Ski Resorts in West!
SkiNet.com recently released 2014’s Best Ski Resorts in the West and Tellurid made the list! Those surveyed had this to say about Telluride: “So uncrowded you can still be hitting untracked powder at the end of the day after a storm.” ...
Our city has received another distictive recognition: One of four Great North American Heli-Skiing Trips
Our city has received another distictive recognition: One of four Great North American Heli-Skiing Trips Here’s what they had to say about our great city! With access to the San Juan Mountains—one of the few places to heli-ski in Colorado—Telluride Helitrax takes skiing to new heights, about 13,500 feet up in the air. You’ll have access to more than 200 square miles of some of the best skiable terrain in the country with vertical drops as high as 3,000 feet. If your plans take you...
Forbes Contributor Names Telluride as Favorite Resort
Larry Olmstead, Forbes contributor, has recently named the Telluride Ski Resort as his new favorite ski resort! He credits the most important reason for his love of Telluride Ski Resort as the Terrain. With trails good enough for the pros, Larry loves this about this location. Let’s also remember that for those who are a little less advanced in skiing, we’ve got some great trails for you too. Secondly, he appreciates the “presence of a town” nearby as another reason people shou...