[caption id="attachment_41015" align="alignright" width="178"] Photo Credit: Uncage the Soul Productions[/caption] “Mending the Lines” screens Saturday, May 24, 3:15 p.m., Sheridan Opera House, and Monday, May 26, 9:15 a.m. at the Palm When the founder of Uncage the Soul Productions, John Waller traveled to the Umpqua River 2...
Waiting for spring in the Rockies is like waiting for a child to emerge out of puberty. An adult one day; a child the next. Sun one day; snow the next. If you wait for things to even out, you’ll go crazy. It can take...
It takes a while for the mind to adjust to vacation. Consciously, we think we’re relaxing. We go through the motions of relaxing. We do yoga. Drink beer. Stretch out in the sun. Sleep in. Yet, for me, it isn’t until about day 4, that...
When kids grow up skiing in Telluride, it can be hard after a while to find something that challenges them. But challenge is exactly what Telluride Mountain School’s 5th/6th grade class found recently when they headed out to work with the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program...
When you live in Telluride, going to a different ski mountain can feel illicit. In the words of fellow snow writer, Jesse McTigue, it can feel almost like "an affair". You see the new mountain with forgiving eyes, and everything is fresh and exciting. Andy and...
[caption id="attachment_37856" align="alignright" width="300"] Powder Date[/caption] It's easy to dismiss Valentine's Day. It falls quickly on the heels of Christmas and at quick glance, can be misjudged as another holiday masquerading as a day about love when really it's a day about buying things. And with...
When we travel and leave Telluride, we often swap out one set of mountains for another. In my own case, I’ve spent the past 10 days in the Southern Appalachians, at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Asheville, North Carolina. The mountains here...
It’s not easy to come up with Christmas gifts. We all have so much stuff, and we spend a great deal of time picking up, organizing, and trying to get rid of our stuff. So when it comes time to gift-giving, I’m always a little...
[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...
It’s not easy for an adult to pack a backpack for a week-long trip in the desert. It’s even harder to try and organize 15 middle school students and do this. But that’s exactly what the Telluride Mountain School does every year at just about...
