Sarah Lavender Smith is a seasoned competitive trail runner, coach, and contributor to Trail Runner magazine. She also co-hosts UltraRunnerPodcast.com and blogs on TheRunnersTrip.com. A mother of two teens, Sarah has finished more than 70 marathons and ultramarathons. For information about Sarah’s appearances and links to...
[caption id="attachment_56322" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Austin, top of Telluride[/caption] Recently I had the opportunity to participate in a new initiative by the Telluride Ski and Golf Company. While justifiably proud of Telluride's reputation as a haven for those seeking the biggest drops, the gnarliest lines, Telski has...
Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, the last major event in the Telluride Summer schedule is coming this weekend, September 11-14, 2014. This year's festival was presaged by two summer weekends of Blues Trains on the Durango & Silverton line. I wasn't able to enjoy the...
Tradd Cotter is on a mission. On the face of it, a simple mission: "...
[caption id="attachment_38025" align="alignleft" width="110"] Gus Kenworthy, a winner, no matter what happens at The Olympics[/caption] It's way past my bedtime, but I stayed up to watch the slopestyle skiing semifinals at Sochi. It was worth the sleepy eyes as I saw Telluride local, Gus Kenworthy throw...
[caption id="attachment_36569" align="alignright" width="300"] Banjo Flag, Telluride Bluegrass Festival[/caption] I know, I know- we're in the middle of the best ski season opener we've experienced in years, and here I am urging you to think ahead to next summer. OK, I get it, but I suggest...
Susan and I just returned from family travel in the East to find about 4 inches of snow on the ground here in the valley. The skies lightened today and on a quick trip to town I was struck by the brilliant wavy bands of...
The long presidential campaign and the election are behind us. I won't try to predict what will happen, but I know what must happen: as a nation we must get to work on climate change. The deniers have not gone away; just yesterday a writer in...
Telluride Inside… and Out has just spent three days in Provence, and we're now in Torino, Italy. Though we've left Basque country behind us for now, we still have some good memories to share; in this case the wines and distillations of Brana and the...
Just couldn't help myself: I took these photographs from our bedroom fifteen minutes ago. I think this is proof positive- at the end of the rainbow you'll find Telluride! Come and see for yourself....
