Telluride usa
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Telluride USA.
Telluride Ski Holiday Facts
Established in 1878 the American ski resort Telluride lies at ? metres altitude in the Colorado region of the American Rockies125 snow cannons ensure artificial Telluride snow making covers ?km of ski trails, which equates to around 10 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Telluride (USA) is Denver at a distance of 540km or approximately 420 minutes driving time. Telluride ski season runs from November to April.
SNO-man says
One of the world's top resorts, and least full of hype, based on an old gold mining town. As Dizzy Gillespie has it, "If Telluride ain't paradise then heaven can wait".
alpine downhill runs to ski in Telluride USA
Beginner Trails
 0 runs ?km |
0% |
Intermediate Trails
 19 runs ?km |
22% |
Advanced Trails
 32 runs ?km |
38% |
Expert Trails
 38 runs 38km |
45% |
Telluride Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
| Intermediate Skiers | |
| Expert Skiers | |
| Snowboarders | |
| Apres Ski | |
| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
| Ambience | |
| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | $522 - $522 |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Nov 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Telluride Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | ?km |
| total length of Telluride trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 4.6km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | All |
| direction Telluride ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 3736.848m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 2659m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 2659m |
| centre of Telluride ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 1172m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 1348.7m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Telluride
Skiing Telluride you'll enjoy 84 pistes and trails and that means approximately ?km of ski runs. Telluride lifts number 17 with the capacity to uplift 21386 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the American ski resort of Telluride is over 4.6km long.
Telluride Ski Area
Telluride ski area has 0% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 22% intermediate, 38% advanced ski slopes and 45% for expert skiers - the most difficult Telluride piste is the ?km Locals Las, Lift 9 run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Telluride after dark.
Telluride for skiing gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
Telluride Apres Ski
The apres ski Telluride scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
10 apres ski bars 40 restaurants 0 bowling 2 night club 1 cinema 0 billiards / pool 0 games room 1 concert 1 indoor swimming 2 outdoor heated pools 0 saunas 30 hot tubs 0 solariums 3 masseurs 1 indoor ice skating 3 outdoor ice skating 2 indoor sports centre 0 indoor tennis 0 squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides 1 ballooning 0 horse riding 1 prepare winter walks 1 climbing 1 golf 1 fishing 1 museum 1 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Aerobics, Ballooning, Climbing, Concerts, Fishing, Glider Flights, Heliskiing, Ice Hockey, Massage, Snowbiking, Spa, Steam Room, Theatre. Weight Training, Winter Festival, Youth Centre.
SNO-man says
Outdoor sports on offer include helicopter tours (and heliskiing), ice skating, horseback rides, sleigh rides, snowmobile tours, paraglider rides, and more - all available through Telluride's Concierge Service.
Telluride offers free U.S. Forest Service Snowshoe Naturalist Tours which allow you to explore the local forest and breathtaking scenery on snowshoes with a ranger. If you just want to explore the town take a walking historical tour with Ashley Boling.
Telluride's Peaks Resort & Golden Door Spa, ranked one of the top 10 resort spas in the U.S. by Conde Nast Traveller, will happily take walk-in clients for a day full of relaxing massage treatment and soaks. There's also billiards at the New Sheridan Bar.
Telluride for apres ski gets 4 stars out of 5 overall
More Telluride Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Telluride resort - ski Telluride by any other name
The American ski resort of Telluride ski resort is also known as Telluride and has the following common misspellings:
Telluride ski area has ski slopes which face All
The direction which the various Telluride ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Telluride ski resort has ski slopes facing All.
Telluride for snow gets 4 stars out of 5 overall