Remember back in the day when there was no singles line in Telluride? Instead of being automatically funneled into the lift line and efficiently matched up with an incomplete chair load, you stood in line awkwardly, looked around, then yelled, “Single?." If there was a single,...
Telluride Academy hosts Sunset Scramble. Snowshoe events takes place Thursday, March 24, 6 p.m. Adventure begins at base of Lift 4, Mountain Village. Visitors and locals, adults and kids are all invited to attend what Telluride Academy hopes will become an annual event. It’s called the Sunset...
Saturday, March 12, Telluride Mountain School and the Telluride Ski & Snowboard Club invite the local community to attend the Second Annual Retro Ski & Dance Party. This adult-only event is the biggest fundraiser of the year for these two organizations. The Retro Ski and Dance Party...
Tickets for TASP’s “20 Years of Blue” Celebration, $70 in advance.; $75 at the door here. Tickets will also be for sale in Heritage Plaza in Mountain Village in front of the TASP van on Thursday, March 3, and Friday, March 4, from noon to 4 p.m. Blue. But not...
When a huge boulder knocked out Telluride’s power a few weeks ago and the entire valley went black for close to 24-hours, a curious thing happened: most of the town was thrilled. People lit candles and settled in for the long night, many of them...
[caption id="attachment_56899" align="alignright" width="225"] Moving day[/caption] My cold arrived the same day that the moving boxes arrived. Of course it did. It made sense in some kind of perverse world order that at the same time that I was that packing up the home that had...
My daughter came home in tears from school. Girl drama, as we call it, apparently strikes earlier than it did when we were young. She’s only in the first grade, but already the social hierarchy and personality conflicts are starting. It’s a long, slow, and...
Each sport has its own rituals, its own culture, its own weekend routine. And for those of us who grew up as athletes, it is these weekend routines, more so than the competitions, that defined our childhood. For me that sport was ski racing, and...
Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone is happening tonight –or rather, Friday through Sunday nights, January 29 – January 31, 2016, at 6 p.m. That’s when the Sheridan Arts Foundation Young People’s Theatre presents director Jen Julia’s adaptation – for the second time around –...
[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...
