Telluride Ski Resort

Mountain village is amazing but there is a lack of fine dining or great restaurants. The snow wasn’t what I expected either but I came when it was 55 everyday in February. Idk my first trip to Colorado left me wondering why I went.

I’m going to make this short and sweet, because you will «SEE» my love for Telluride. The views from the mountain top are absolutely stunning and breathtaking! The amazing and endless terrain is a dream come true for us riders and skiers alike!
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TELLURIDE!

Love Telluride. I’ve been 3 years in a row and continue to go every season. The best mountain I have been to with plenty of options for trails and food/​beverage as well as shopping all conveniently within the mountain.
A must go to for you snowboarders or skiers.

Amazing snow while here. The mountain is a gem, and a must ski for those who do ski. There are amazing expert trails, great glades and when snowed, amazing bowls. Make this one of your get to destinations.

What a breathtaking and exhilarating experience!!!
After the massive snow dumping they received upbin Telluride in December I had to check it out for myself. Drove solo all the way from Scottsdale through treacherous ice and snow through the windy mountains to gaze upon the magnificent landscape that is Telluride!
The resort and mountains are top notch and ideal for beginners to intermediate. If you are hard core this may not be ideal spot but there are a decent amount of double black diamonds and pists.
The runs were powdered but groomed the days I was there the days after Christmas. The mountain was scarcely populated which I was shocked but also pleasantly surprised. Perhaps all the snowstorms kept people away as it is difficult to get to or people extended their stays and were skied out. More mountain for me to shred!
The skiing was amazing, short lines for lifts, great apres ski spots and great tasting food on the mountain. On stop had my favorite beer from Atlanta, Sweetwater! Apparently Telluride is only town they are distributing to the beer rep told me. Yum!
Definitely put Telluride on your ski trip bucket list. You will not be disappointed!
Oh lastly, my favorite run was Galloping Goose! Easy green that goes for like 30 minutes and you see all the amazing cabins/​mansions. The back bowls, while treacherous with the wind kicking were a great challenge I was able to handle!

What a great place… well worth the difficulty of getting to. Telluride has a completely different feel than the I-​70 corridor resorts in Colorado. Lift lines are rare, the locals are friendly, and the women wear flannel, glorious, glorious flannel.
As for the skiing, my only gripe was that the snow was a little thin for the year (we skied Jan. 18 – 20), but not much they can do about that! What hike to terrain that was open (Black Iron Bowl) was solid and definitely would’ve been sick with some more snow. We also had a lot of fun in the prospect glades. The blue cruisers off of Polar Queen and Village Express lifts are fast and seldom crowded if you want to give your legs a rest.
Yes, $ 100+ per day for a lift ticket is expensive, but it really isn’t any more than you would pay at any other big name western resort. However, unlike a lot of other big name western resorts, there are times when you would swear that you have the whole place to yourself. I can’t wait to go back next year!

Adrianne Christy is an instructor here and she is awesome! If you’re new to skiing, she is the instructor for you! If you need to improve on your skiing, she can assist with that as well. In addition to the instructor, the runs at the resort are great. No recommend this resort for any skier. It’s a long drive from Denver, but so beautiful the time will pass quickly.

Among the best skiing in North America! Great town, something for everyone! Unique access to great hike and ski runs… the views are awesome!

This ski lesson that I paid $ 155 for was horrible, my friend and I were there for the holiday weekend and both of us it was our first time skiing so we thought we should take lessons. The chief inspector spent 10 minutes with us then focus on people that we’re having more trouble and when we would ask how we were doing when going down the the magic carpet or skiing down the little buddy slope sorry I was talking to somebody else I didn’t see you. Then the remainder of the instructors were given 1 on 1 sessions to those that were really really struggling and ignored the rest of us.

I will start by stating; you get what you pay for. Telluride is not easy or inexpensive to get to, and that’s OK. Once you arrive, you realize it is all worth the effort. The terrain in Telluride is unreal, there truly is something for everyone. From groomers to hike-​to terrain, the entire family will be content. We were in town over Christmas/​New Year’s which is the busiest time of year (according to locals) and we never waited more than two minutes in a lift line. Every staff member we encountered was extremely friendly and eager to help. Can’t say enough great things about how friendly everyone was.
The only caveat, if you are a big terrain park rider/​skier, this is the one place Telluride is lacking. They have a descent area, but this is obviously not a demographic targeted. Didn’t matter to our group, but worth mentioning if this is important to you.

Tell Her To Ride
By The Rue
Whenever I board here,
I own the mountain,
The runs I don’t fear,
Drink out of the fountain,
Grab yourself a beer,
How many runs, I’m countin’.
From Revelation bowl,
To Palmyra Peak,
Pass up the ski patrol,
Even though I’m a geek,
I have complete control,
Your interest I’ll piqué.
Prospect bowl is a blast,
Rip it down Stella,
Your boyfriend I passed,
He’s kissing a fella,
For your number I asked,
Sing it a cappella.
Take lift 9 to Giuseppe,
Mammoth to lower Plunge,
Keep the cuts steady,
If you listen to grunge,
You probably like Eddy,
Snow feels like a sponge.
Snow Bunnies!!!

Surely, it cannot get be better. We have now visited Telluride five times over the past six years, we love it and cannot believe anywhere offers as good a skiing experience as Telluride.
We have stayed both in houses on runs outside mountain village and in condo’s in Telluride town. I recommend staying in town, it’s where the better dining is, there’s still good access to the ski resort via lifts 7 & 8 and the altitude is just that little bit friendlier.
The skiing is brilliant, with terrain available for all levels of skiing. Over our past visits we have progressed through the terrain and love the variety offered across the resort. The lines are rarely long and it’s brilliant to get to the bottom of a run and basically ski straight onto a lift.
If you’re after private lessons I highly recommend asking for Pancho Winter through the ski school. The guy is Telluride. He knows the mountain inside out and is great company as well as a great instructor. He’s taken out young kids, learner adults and more experienced skiiers. He doesn’t miss a beat.
Book your visit and know you will have a epic time.

Fantastic terrain. There are green and blue slopes for the beginners and intermediates, and some expert level runs for the ski and snowboard gurus. Then there’s the gnarly double-​black diamond you-​gotta-​hike-​to-​it shutes and bowls. Holy cold-​smokes is that terrain crazy. I might be good enough to do some of them, and I can’t wait to go back and find out.
I skied Telluride for the time St. Patrick’s Day of this year, and the weather was windy and cloudy. Several runs and lifts were closed. Despite the weather and the closures, this resort was still fun. Added bonus: the lift lines were pretty much non-​existent, despite being a spring break week.
Yeti couldn’t keep me away from this ski hill.

Best resort in Colorado! I have skied a lot of them and this place is classy! People are so nice and friendly. I do not have one bad thing to say. Except that I had to leave!

Grew up skiing in Tahoe since I was young, been to a handful over other resorts around the country as well. Telluride is awesome! Great terrain and snow! Nice small knit local community, very friendly and always greeting you with smiles. Welcoming of tourists and always willing to answer a question you might have. This place definitely fortifies CO’s skill in breeding great winter Olympians!
You can tell the mountain patrons here are serious about their skiing! Especially since this resort is a bit harder to get to than most other bigger commercialized resorts such as Vail and Breckenridge (both great places to skii as well), the average skiier here does seem to be more serious about the sport. This does help in keeping lines shorter to get onto a chair. Great selection of trails. Not the biggest resort out there, but the trails and snow quality make up for it. Some very nice challenging bowls, chutes, and tree lines to offer. Great powder if you are lucky and can time it after a nice snow dumping storm. There is a terrain park, but not the most creative in terms of design and jibs. Some good sized jumps and features, but nothing out of this world. The forte for this resort is more all mountain, downhill, and trail skiing. When you come, come looking to get some speed and carve up the mountain! This place will definitely provide!
Nice modern ski lodge and plaza. Great mountain village feel with a nice selection of bars, restaurants, and sport shops. Great ski patrol staff and personnel. I will definitely be back for sure when I get the chance!

Let me say this about T-​Ride:
It is the best little ski town in America, period. For the following reasons, not necessarily in order:
1) Lift serviced back country skiing within minutes of walking. Bear Creek is a must ski experience, especially Suicide 6, Tempter Bowl, and the Wedding Chutes.
2) The local tight community (I lived there for a number of years).
3) The hiking and biking opportunity in the summer is the best.
4) The incredible beauty of the valley!!!
Reasons it’s not so good:
1) The prices of everything! (hence, I no longer live there).

Best of the best of ski areas. Crème de la Crème. Laid back yet totally customer-​oriented. Awesome snow, superb restaurants, a free, mass-​transit gondola, great shopping, pet friendly… What else can you ask for? As another Unilocal reviewer noted, it is far, far away from the Interstate system. That creates a more leisurely atmosphere, with a different attitude, a more congenial attitude, and incredibly nice people. The crass, ill-​mannered crowds are nowhere to be found.
We arrived on a Monday via Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ). If you book a trip via Telluride (TEX), the highest commercial airport in the US (9,078 feet altitude) you’re taking your chances as it is literally between a canyon and a precipice. And in addition, most airplanes will be load-​limited due to the high density altitude, which means you may arrive but your bags may be delayed. Our place of lodging was the Madeline Hotel, a sumptuous hotel in the Village. The Mountain Village of Telluride is at 9,500′ altitude, about a mile from the resort parking. A publicly owned, free access gondola serves as a mass transit conveyance between the public parking areas, where the main grocery store is located, and the Mountain Village of Telluride, a «Dysneyfied» village with heated sidewalks and the center of the resort. Another gondola, steps away from the village gondola, whisks travelers up to 10,530′ to the top of St. Sophia Station, where one can get off and ski, and then it continues 2,000′ down to the town of Telluride at 8,750′ altitude. The town, most of which is in the National Register, is a gem of an amalgam of upscale shopping, Bed and Breakfasts, upscale and budget hotels, older 1960s hippies, nouveau riche, coffee houses, and one of the few free boxes in the United States.
The skiing is one of the best in the world, made less frantic by the fact that one will be stopping every half a mile to admire the unbelievable scenery. The back bowl is likewise, heaven on earth in both, scenery and skiing quality. Breathtaking views are everywhere. The lift system on the Mountain Village side has been totally redone with virtually all lifts being high-​speed quads or gondolas. The town side has the gondola, but two older lifts in need of replacement.
This is by far, one of the finest places to ski or board on the planet.

What an incredible place!
Unlike many of the ski resorts in Colorado, Telluride is far away from a major interstate. This is good news for those who decide to take a trip here! Why? As others have said, very rare if any wait to get on a lift, wide open ski runs which is great for a beginner like me who doesn’t want to avoid tons of people or be run into by others. In general, it allows for a fun and relaxed feeling whereas at more populated places it can feel stressful at times.
A gondola from the ski resort is free and will take you to Mountain Village or Telluride so it makes it easy to stay in either place and get to the lifts.
I went the second week of January and they had unusually little snow (24″ base /​72″ overall for the year). Just as I was leaving a storm was coming through bringing more snow. We got lucky and had beautiful sunny days while snowboarding!
As others have said, drink fluids before you go and while you’re there (alcohol doesn’t count!). You’ll be at altitudes of about 8700 — 13,000′. Bring some sunscreen and lip balm.
The Mountain Village Plaza and ski resort area really has a European feel similar in some ways to the way mountain towns and ski resorts are laid out in the Alps, which differs from many US resorts where you always end at the same place you started.
It’s the kind of place where you go a stranger and leave family!
Unmatched views at this place, plus you can see the Coors beer mountain (Wilson Peak) from the ski runs.

First I’d like to say that this is a personally biased review. I can say that I have had the fortune of traveling the world and enjoy doing so but I do not ski and was not here during the winter… so with that said. This is a beautiful place and I do like that they have free gondola rides in the summer. I am not much for the pretentious however, and this place is very pretentious indeed. I mentioned to a friend that I didn’t like it much in Telluride or at the Ski Resort because it’s too «high pinky» for me and she stated that her and her husband didn’t appreciate the $ 18 burger at the top of the Gondola ride. I’m assuming she was talking about Allred’s but I did NOT eat there so I have no idea whether it’s worth it to eat there or not. I went there because it was my boyfriend’s birthday and he wanted a day trip from another location to Telluride to celebrate and check out the ski area — where he’s always wanted to ski but has not been able to.
The staff on the Gondola ride and at the Visitor’s center were friendly and informative, very cordial and delightful. The views are beautiful. Other than that — it’s pretty much like any other tram or gondola ride that I’ve been on. The cars are a bit stuffy — certain ones lack more than one small window that can be opened. When you get a car where multiple windows can be opened — it’s much more comfortable.
I would recommend going on the Gondola ride and continuing to the other parts of the resort on the Gondola, if only so you can see how the other half lives. It might depress you if you work at all with the underserved (which I do, as does my family) but again — it is worth a look and I’m sure from what I’ve heard and read that it is a fabulous place for skiing.
Safe journeys to those who ski there — the hills look steep but I’m sure you will have fun.

10 lifts with enough runs at every level to please everyone from the greens to heli skiing.
I took 2 days of ski instruction from Matt and went from wedging to parallel skiing. Matt was very knowledgeable and friendly. The best part about Matt was that not only is he an expert skiier, he’s an expert at communicating that knowledge in a profit that is easy for a beginner like me to understand.
Highly recommend Matt as the instructor if you are ever at Telluride and is interested in taking a lesson. Matt also has the highest rate of returning students who come back to take more lessons from him.
Loads of fun and breathtaking views. Small town feel, easy to get to everywhere. Free gondolas and shuttle that will take you from town to the lifts.
Many of the hotels have ski in and ski out services.
Skiiers and locals are friendly.
On the 3^rd day, I got hurt coming down a blue run. Skiiers stayed by me while other skiiers when down the slope to get the ski patrol.
The ski patrols came to my rescue in a timely manner. Jason and Patty were very professional and efficient and got me to the Telluride Medical Center very quickly.
Even though I got hurt, I still had a good time.
Was here for a 3d/​3n vacation and looking forward to coming back!