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IMGP0774 Telluride Adaptive Sports Program (TASP) has moved into its new space in the Capella complex in the Mountain Village. To celebrate its new location, TASP will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, December 29. The facility will be open to the public from 3:30-5:30 pm, with appetizers and beverages.

After years of tight quarters, TASP is enjoying some breathing room. There are separate spaces for clients, instructors and staff, with cubbies for the clients and lockers and cubbies for the instructors. In addition, the location right on the Meadows Run means that riders can access the snow right out the door. No more hefting equipment 100 yards out to Lift 4, or hiking students up the hill to reach the Meadows.  

27 December, 2009 /
[click "Play" to hear David Holbrooke talk with Susan about the fundraiser and movie]

IMGP0403 Ten years ago, in 1999, Mountainfilm in Telluride regular, world-class climber/author Conrad Anker found the frozen body of mountaineer George Mallory on Mount Everest. In the years that followed the discovery, Anker obsessed about Mallory much in the way Mallory had obsessed about becoming the first person ever to conquer Everest's summit. Mallory and his partner, Andrew Irvine, were last seen in 1924 only 800 feet from the top. Had the duo successfully tackled the Second Step and reached their goal? Just how much was Mallory torn between ambition and his love for his wife Ruth? What was it like to climb a mountain as forbidding as Everest using the scant gear available in the 1920s? "The Wildest Dream" endeavors to answer these questions with archival video footage of Mallory and Irvine on the mountain, love letters between Mallory and Ruth, and a bold attempt to reenact the summit bid by  Anker and Leo Houlding. Liam Neeson narrates. Also with Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson.

24 December, 2009 /

[click "Play" to hear Rachel Loomis-Lee about the school and the New Year's event]

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Bruce Gomez pastel

Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts has a lot to celebrate. In March 2007, after 17 years in cramped quarters in an old brothel in Popcorn Alley known as the Silver Bell, the school moved into a century-old train depot. Since then, the local institution has been able to realize its promise of becoming an upper case Community Center, while continuing to serve as a community arts center. There is, however, a price tag attached to an enhanced venue and now it is time to pay the piper.

The goal: begin the New Year by retiring the school's current debt of $750,000 and securing the Depot as the school's permanent home; at the same time, raising money for critical line items under general operations such as scholarships, materials, and teacher salaries. (And no. Tuition alone does not cover overhead costs necessary to run the school.)

23 December, 2009 /

Mike Hess (r) and friend In October, the Telluride region's Peaks Resort & Spa was honored with two not insignificant awards: Parents Magazine Top 10 Best Winter Resorts and SpaFinder Top Spa. Locals, however, met the news with the usual ho-hum. When...

20 December, 2009 /

Towns across America get tricked out for the holidays. The thing that makes Telluride so very special is what goes on behind the lights and tinsel. Case in point: tonight.  Tonight Jeb Berrier, Buff Hooper and Ashley Boling performed "The Complete Works of...

20 December, 2009 /
[click "Play" to hear Clint's interview with John Micetic, Telluride Regional Airport board Chairman]

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Neil Armstrong

Thursday night, December 17, was a busy night in Telluride. The snowboard World Cup is in town and the Peaks Resort hosted a big party for guests and locals; the Telluride Historical Museum showed the recently completed "We Skied It", featuring Senior Mahoney; artist Susan Sales had a wonderful opening at the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art.

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John Micetic

Meanwhile, a large audience heard astronaut Neil Armstrong speak about the changes at the Telluride Airport; John Horn, talking about the corporate thinking that went into the original planning; Board Chairman (and former Telluride mayor) John Micetic telling how it all got done. But it was vice chairman Ed Roufa who brought down the house, presenting John with a plaque which documented the new name for the airport: Telluride Regional Airport at Micetic Field. 

19 December, 2009 /
IMG_2921 Last year, in 2008, Telluride's The New Community Coalition applied for and received a grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment for $145,000 for two pieces of equipment to further our Zero Waste goals and promote recycling in the region. One request was for a baler (a compacter for recyclable materials), the other was for an in-vessel composting system. After much research and some logistical delays, Eureka! the composter is now operating with a little help from a technician from Green Mountain Technologies.
16 December, 2009 /

Telluride's Ah Haa School for the Arts knows that it's not just you: kids also experience bah! humbug! moments over the holidays.  One antidote to too much tinsel may well be Ah Haa's Holiday Break Art Camps 5+, Monday – Wednesday, December 21 –...

16 December, 2009 /