Austin Halpern does laps for Telluride Adaptive Sports Program
Christmas morning, while most kids his age were tearing open gift packages, Austin Halpern was tearing down the Misty Maiden run at Telluride. Lap after lap, his mission was to rai
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Christmas Eve, Telluride Adaptive Sports Program
Watch this video if you want an adjustment in your concept of bravery: Lauren Bishop is skiing Blue terrain in Telluride, in spite of being vision impaired from birth. Nancy Gerner
Christmas Eve Torchlight Parade, Telluride
For a snowsnake's eye view of the annual Christmas Eve torchlight parade down Telluride's Coonskin Run, check out this video. If you missed it on 24 December, there will be
Shrink Rap
Dr. Susannah Smith continues with her new TIO column, “Shrink Rap.” Her second post is a tip of the hat to Alfred E. Newman: “What, me worry?” It is all last-minute holiday
James Colt, First Powder Day
James Colt began skiing with the Telluride Adaptive Sports Program last season. In the Autumn of 2006, James had just finished a two pitch climb in Ophir, Colorado, when he was str
Historian Chef Alice Ross Discusses “A Christmas Dinner”
[Click the play button to hear] Alice Ross, the culinary historian author of the Afterword in A Christmas Dinner, put out by Red Rock Press, has worked 20 years as a dedicated food
Introducing Dr. Susannah Smith to the TIO team
I grew up in and around New York, a place known for ethnic diversity, where a handle like "Smith" is as rare as a street with no traffic or trash. The name smacks of whit
Riley Speaks About Revelation Bowl Opening
Telluride Ski Resort's Dave Riley cut the ceremonial ribbon to open Telluride's newest skiing terrain, Revelation Bowl, last Wednesday afternoon. Telluride Inside… an
Revelation Bowl Opens in Telluride
The Telluride Ski Resort opened the much-anticipated Revelation Bowl, high above Bear Creek, with Telski's Dave Riley cutting the ribbon on Wednesday afternoon, 10 December 200
First Snowshoe of the Season
Move over Manolo. Jimmy Choo is nothing to sneeze about, but he too can step aside. My favorite shoes for the winter come with heavy straps and metal cleats. And they are not for k
Snowing in Telluride!
The US Weather Bureau forecast for today called for 2-4" during the day, and another 2-4" tonight, snow to begin about 11 AM. The photo below shows about 6" on our p
The Correa clan, San Vicente and Cauquenes
Boomers might remember “Leave It to Beaver,” the 1950s sitcom about the perfect all-American family of the Eisenhower years. The program was sweet enough to give a person a too
The Telluride Connection in Marchihue
Birthday Cakes for Vivien and Clint The Residencia Historica is located just a few kilometers from the toy town of Marchihue and 40 minutes from the much larger Santa Cruz
The “Out” part of “Telluride Inside…and Out”
Take a left turn out of Telluride and people wind up some place wonderful in the great wide world, where they do wonderful things in a state of wonderment. That’s part of what we
New Season at Telluride Adaptive Sports Program
Thanksgiving has come and gone, we're still eating the leftover turkey and stuffing, and that means TASP is open for business. We'd love to have more snow, but the weather
Chile… and Telluride
You're going to have to take my word on this one, at least for now: there is a Telluride connection. It goes through Rick Silverman and Telluride Mountainfilm. Sus can tell tha
Tim McGough new program manager at Telluride Adaptive Sports Program
Tim McGough took some time out of a crowded schedule to talk to me last week. Tim is the new program director at Telluride Adaptive Sports Program, and is very busy getting up to s
Coming to Telluride
Autumn, Rudy’s Trail “Where will you spend the night?” Rico was concerned because I was getting a late start. It had snowed the night before in Aspen, and because
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To Fall Deeper in Love with the World Sit with lichen longer than comfort allows. The urge to move must rise and pass, rise and pass, must pass. One wai
wide awake in seattle
Ok, maybe not Seattle exactly, but across the lake in Bellevue, last night Clint and I hooked up with part-time Telluride local and former Mountainfilm director Arlene Chester Burn
Telluride in Autumn
Telluride in Autumn Susan and I do a fair amount of travel out of Telluride, both for family visits (as in this case) and for the opportunity to see some different country o
Going Places: Brooks and Fernald lead women’s trip to Guatemala
The Women’s Travel Company is owned and operated by Telluride locals Wendy Brooks and Donna Fernald. The Telluride Academy is the local institution Wendy Brooks founded in her ba
100% Telluride Inside
Everyone knows my white minivan. It is the standard suburban working mom mobile. At least it is all-wheel drive so I can make it to the local ski slope and distinguishable from the
Summer evening in Telluride
I was sitting on our patio in the late afternoon light this evening, just enjoying the changing colors on the valley floor, and on the peaks at the end of the valley. Soon my mind