The Telluride Mountain Club (TMtC)'s Trail Committee celebrates its third year serving the Telluride area's trail access and creation with a push to educate the community on its current initiatives and projects. Throughout 2014, the Committee has increased collaborative efforts with trail and land-related entities including the United...
We simply could not overlook the coincidence. Timing is everything: this week’s Second Chance column is all about “Pet Parenting for More Meaningful Living” and talks about the profound, often life-changing, life-enhancing bond between humans and their pets. Between soldiers and strays formed during war? That’s the...
Pets make us more human. That is the simple reason why we include them in our lives. It is not a practical or a tangible reason and in fact it defies logic. When you think about the commitment, the responsibility, the financial costs, etc. of...
It used to be Susan and Steven. Now, well, pop culture dictates. According to an article in the Huff Post by Caroline Bologna, programs such as "Orange is the New Black," "House of Cards,” and “Frozen” are influencing the name game. As the end of 2014...
T’is the season and Mountain Village is joining in the celebration. For this year’s Holiday Prelude the weekend of December 12-14, 2014, “uptown” is being transformed into the North Pole. Holiday Prelude, previously known as Winter Fest, is a collaborative effort between TMVOA, Town of...
On November 10, we received an email from Telluride Institute board prez Dan Collins, announcing Maggie Klinedinst would be executive director of the 2015 Telluride Mushroom Festival. Maggie, a festival regular, has for years worked at The Johns Hopkins Behavioral Pharmaceutical Research Unit, which takes conventional...
Picaya launches online collection and events to celebrate two decades of business. Stop by Picaya at 101 West Colorado Avenue December 10 for snacks and store-wide discounts. Or join the Private Party after 6 p.m. for fine food, drinks and giveaways. Visit picaya.com for an invite to private...
Not all green-leaning folks fit under one large umbrella. Turns out there are shades of green, real differences among those who love Mother Nature and want to save the planet. In this article which appeared in Grist, David Roberts parses the term “environmentalist," explains the differences among...
In my experience, most Western slope dogs are “fit." They walk, run, swim, bike, ski and hike with their owners. They have great circulatory systems, well-toned muscles and admirable respiratory capacity. However, there is a myth circulating about that as long as pets get lots...
High clouds floating through today from a closed low off the California coast that is spinning warm air into western Colorado and carrying impressive moisture on SW flow.. But with weak storm dynamics (low vorticity/vertical instability), warm temps & mostly orographics for moisture production the...
