Like many of its fellow Colorado winter resorts an old mining town – 4½ hours from Vail, just over four from Aspen – Telluride is tucked away at 2,907 m (9,540 ft.) in a remote corner of the San Juan Mountains, and has a more colourful history and more charm than almost any resort in North America. It was here, for example, that in 1889 that legendary Wild West outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid robbed $24,000 from the San Miguel Valley Bank.
The town today offers a wide choice of shops, hotels, and restaurants. A gondola whisks you up to the separate mountain village with further accommodation, six km (four mi.) away by road.
The skiing suits intermediate to advanced skiers, with See Forever, a rolling blue run starting up at 3,624 m (11,890 ft.) and going all the way down to the village. The whole area is made up of wooded runs with a good pitch for intermediate cruising. The sector immediately above the town is steeper, with some tough options.
Lifts: 18
Nearest airports: Montrose Regional Airport (flights from Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix), 109 km (68 mi.), Albuquerque International Sunport, 523 km (325 mi.), Denver, 621 km (386 mi.).
Read more in our post 6 Top Winter Resorts of the USA´s Rocky Mountains.
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