Bluegrass Festival producers are halfway to winning approval of new two-day concert

By Owen Perkins, Telluride Daily Planet - January 23, 2025

Neil Young’s two-night stand on Telluride’s Fred Shellman Stage in the fall of 2016, a joint venture between Planet Bluegrass and SBG Productions.  Planet Bluegrass is proposing a new standalone concert over two nights this August. (Photo courtesy of SBG productions.)


You don’t have to be fluent in tea leaves to read the writing on the wall. After a preliminary thumbs up from Town Council and unanimous support from the Parks and Recreation Commission in the first two steps of a four-step process, Planet Bluegrass is poised to gain approval for a new event in Town Park this Aug. 22 and 23.

It will…

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Public workshops will discuss station development in Telluride and Mountain Village

By Sophie Stuber, Telluride Daily Planet Contributor - January 21, 2025

The gondola connecting Mountain Village and Telluride. There will be two public workshops on Jan. 27 and 28 to discuss specific gondola station area plans for Mountain Village and Telluride. (Courtesy photo)



The next phase of the gondola project will focus on station planning in Mountain Village and Telluride. The San Miguel Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART), Towns of Mountain Village and Telluride, and Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association (TMVOA) are hosting a series of public meetings, starting on Monday, Jan. 27, where the Gondola Leadership Committee will meet…

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The Priciest Winter Wonderlands Where Ultrawealthy Skiers Flock for Snow Season

By Julie Taylor, Realtor.com

December 27, 2024

Fans of "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" have been captivated by the show’s stunning mansions, with breathtaking views of snow-capped mountains peeking through expansive floor-to-ceiling windows.

Much of the show is filmed in Park City, UT—a ski town that captivates the imagination and serves up an Instagram-worthy backdrop for the winter wonderland of your dreams.

But Park City is just one of the incredibly lavish locales where the ultrawealthy base themselves for ski season, and where house prices regularly soar into the tens of millions. Park City currently has 15 homes listed on Realtor.com®, with…

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Article by Leslie Vreeland, Telluride Daily Planet Contributing Editor

Rider Jed Moore pulls skier (and Telluride local) Sherwood Smith. (Photo by Denise Jones)


A galloping horse with a rider astride, urging her steed faster, and faster still, across a track of slippery snow.

It would be exciting enough to watch in winter: For rodeo aficionados, the sheer speed, physical exertion and partnership between horse-and-rider even resembles barrel racing (minus the barrels). But there is one additional dimension to this “extreme winter sport” that sets it apart: the horse and rider are pulling a skier behind them over berms and bumps, and, in the case of the Skijoring event in Leadville, down main street, before a crowd of thousands cheering all of…

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