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Telluride, CO Overview
You may wonder what ski resorts were like before they grew 6-lane highways and factory outlet stores. You'll find out when you visit the authentic Western town of Telluride, situated within a spectacular box-canyon and offers skiing and boarding without the crowds. An Old West charm pervades the legendary streets, where rustic brick hotels and clapboard storefronts recall the bygone day of the gold rush. Even the notorious Butch Cassidy came to town and filled his saddlebags with the contents of the San Miguel Valley Bank vault! Telluride's National Historic District has retained its ageless appeal and remains a quaint and colorful Victorian town that looks just as it did in the 1880s, with a new flair of sophistication.
By day, its slope-side location makes it an ideal ski-in/ski-out mountain town with everything at a walking distance. Telluride's new Thrill Hill bustles with afternoon and evening activities for the young and young at heart. By evening, quality restaurants, chic galleries, and nightspots from quiet pub to pulsing dance halls unite guests and locals. At the other end of the gondola lies the enchanting twin community of Mountain Village, a town with a distinctly European character complete with classic alpine architecture, luxurious slope-side accommodations, English phone booths, upscale restaurants, boutiques, and celebrities. The free Telluride gondola links past and present, on a 12-minute ride from a Western mountain lifestyle to a refined European experience!.
Reasons to visit Telluride, CO
Telluride is known for its year-round outdoor recreation, internationally-acclaimed music and film festivals, and other sports and cultural events. It's a National Historic Landmark District with down-to-earth residents and a small-town mountain lifestyle. It was once a favorite hideout for desperadoes like Butch Cassidy, who robbed his first bank here in 1889, but the savage and beautiful terrain now attracts adventurers of a different sort û alpinists, snowboarders, free-stylers, hikers, anglers, and mountain bikers. Telluride is positioning itself as an upscale alternative to Vail and Aspen, leading only-first-name-required celebs like Arnold and Oprah to buy homes here.