Colorado · San Juan Mountains
Telluride
A box canyon, a free gondola, the prettiest town in the Rockies.
37.9°N · 107.8°W · 2,667 M · box canyon · free gondola
A box canyon, a free gondola, the prettiest town in the Rockies.
Telluride sits at the head of a box canyon, hard to reach and all the better for it — a perfectly preserved Victorian mining town under jagged San Juan peaks, joined to its mountain village by a free gondola. Festival summers, quiet powder, and zero pretension.
Some of the most dramatic terrain in Colorado, ringed by the jagged San Juans and almost never crowded — the reward for a town at the end of the road. Ski down, ride the gondola back to dinner.
A preserved mining town, waterfalls at the canyon head, and high-country hikes straight off Main Street.
North America’s only free public gondola floats you between town and village over the dark valley. The commute as the view.
Film, bluegrass, jazz — Telluride’s summer is one long marquee festival in a canyon. Be there for one.
Dramatic, uncrowded terrain, a Victorian town with no pretense, and a summer of canyon festivals — Telluride rewards the group that likes the end of the road. We hold the keys to the town houses, the festival passes, the tables you couldn’t book. Bring your group. Once it’s set, you travel free.
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