November 2013

[caption id="attachment_36296" align="alignright" width="201"] Telluride's Ski Mountain Opens[/caption] There are several reasons to love this time of year in Telluride. The opening of the Telluride Ski Mountain, especially on a year with so much snow, reinvigorates families and friends. It’s as if subconsciously, we’ve all been...

Big holiday doings begin this week in town and continue in the region over the next few weeks til Christmas Telluride’s beauty is legendary. Our little Victorian-era town with its one main drag is studded with charming shops, excellent restaurants and watering holes that run the...

[caption id="attachment_12347" align="alignright" width="225"] Pastor Pat Bailey[/caption] From its inception as a community church and the first congregation organized in Telluride, the name has always been “Christ” Church. The Presbyterian moniker was added almost 50 years later when a struggling church in the midst of the...

Telluride Film Festival Cinematheque at the Wilkinson Public Library, Monday, December 2. Pre-SHOW reception starts at 5:30 p.m. Screening at 6 p.m.  The Telluride Film Festival and Wilkinson Public Library are pleased to continue the 2013-14 Cinematheque lineup: They Came to Telluride: Women Behind the Lens. The popular...

[caption id="attachment_36245" align="alignright" width="300"] Trout Lake Trailhead[/caption] I woke up Thanksgiving morning to a beautiful sunrise over the San Miguel River Valley. Since I had a warm-up skiing on the mountain yesterday for Donation Day, Susan suggested going cross country skiing with Gina the Dog instead...

[caption id="attachment_36230" align="alignright" width="300"] Image, Telluride Ski Resort[/caption] Conde Nast Traveler's readers rated Telluride Ski Resort #1 in the U.S. and Canada for the second year in a row. Ski magazine had Telluride in 6th or 7th place. (And gave a special shout out to Jeff Badger's Siam...

November 28 to December 5, 2013 Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn    Evening: Venus  Here we are, Thanksgiving. A time to pause, count our blessings and share our bounty. Food, friends and family; roast turkeys and pumpkin pies. Whether we stay home or...

According to Huff Post Style, skipping it. Okay, so there is a lot of pressure to go out on Black Friday. And we totally get it: There are deals to be had and money to be saved. But there is also a strong case to be made for...

The official ski season in Telluride opens tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day. Real enthusiasts have been hiking up to earn their turns for weeks around here with all the early season snow. But today, was Donation Day, the first chance to ski (limited) terrain by riding a lift...