On 9/11, 16-year-old Telluride local Soleil Gaylord represented the U.S. at the 2016 World Mountain Running Championships in Bulgaria. Four junior women, ranging in age from 16 to 19, were selected from California, Utah, North Carolina, and (Telluride) Colorado. And the results are in: Soleil finished #2 among the American; 30th overall....
I stand on a gravel switchback below Bridal Veil Falls with the Telluride Mountain School 11th and 12th grade students, fastening my climbing harness. It’s the first Friday of the school year and we’re going to do the Via Ferrata, a protected climbing and hiking...
Groundbreaking public/private partnership increases local 21st-century learning opportunities. The Pinhead Institute has teamed with the Telluride School District to equip and operate a new, dedicated STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Room at the Telluride High School, part of anexpansion project currently undergoing finishing touches. [caption id="attachment_61374" align="aligncenter"...
Please scroll down to the bottom of the story to hear Soleil Gaylord’s podcast. Also, watch the video of her in action at age 5. [caption id="attachment_61157" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Soleil on Ajax at age 5 with her sister Chambri and friend. (Soleil in red shorts.)[/caption] Key of...
The Telluride Institute’s Ideas Festival 2016, “Housing Our Community” opens Friday, September 9, 3:15 – 9:40 p.m. (dinner break, 5 - 7 p.m.) at the Sheridan Opera House, continues all-day Saturday September 10, and concludes Sunday afternoon, September 11. Admission is free but online seat...
Our camping plan usually goes something like this. The text comes in: Camping in Crested Butte next weekend? Our reply: Cool. We’ll be there. However, as “next weekend” approaches so do 100 obstacles. All the “to dos” I’ll leave not done: out-of-town friends who are in town; the...
A new public service announcement (PSA) screening at Telluride’s Nugget Theater is meant to get locals and visitors to enroll in avalanche awareness classes. With the increase in back-country and side-country users, skiers and boarders need to educate themselves about backcountry protocol, equipment, and conditions. The San Juan’s...
Accessibility to mental health care is more and more in the news, especially in light of all the mass shootings and bombings that now seem to be daily affairs. When I listen to journalists and newscasters discuss accessibility to care, they focus on the stigma associated...
The 30th annual production of the Telluride Academy's collaborative theater adventure known as the Mudd Butts Mystery Theatre Troupe takes place Thursday, August 4 – Saturday, August 6, 6 p.m., at Telluride’s Palm Theatre. As always, the final show on Saturday is followed by an...
[caption id="attachment_60553" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Resolution, Cast[/caption] Now you see them. Now you don’t. Mostly you don’t. They hide because they are illegal. No, not illegal. Undocumented. [caption id="attachment_60554" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Rosa, Boss Lady, Coyote, Renata[/caption] But the walls will come crashing down when you attend – and you must attend –Jennie Franks’ gripping,...
