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In the tiny ski town of Telluride, Colorado, over a third of real estate is $5 million or more.

Article by Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure - Published January 23, 2025


Winter in Telluride, Colorado with Ajax Peak seen over Main Street. Photo: DOUGBERRY/Getty Images

 

Compared to Vail and Aspen, Telluride, Colorado, has always been smaller and funkier. It’s harder to get to and therefore sees fewer tourists, something the ski-loving locals love about it.

But that all changed during COVID-19 when travelers started searching out lesser-visited locales with plenty of outdoor activities and open space. Telluride, with its small community (population 2,525) and direct access to skiing, hiking, and biking, met the mark. And it helps that the…

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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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Holiday Prelude this Weekend

Article by Ellen Metrick, Telluride Daily Planet contributor 


Free ice skating takes place at the rink in Reflection Plaza both Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14 and 15, during Holiday Prelude from 12-4 p.m. An ice skating exhibition is Saturday from 4:15-5 p.m. (Photo courtesy of the Town of Mountain Village Owners Association/ Michael Mowery)


Board the Polar Express gondola cars at Oak Plaza in Telluride next weekend to glide into the North Pole at Mountain Village for train rides, elves, carolers and Santa, just a few of the elements that make the grand lead-up to the winter season at Mountain Village Holiday Prelude, Dec. 14 and 15 in the Village Core.

“This is a family friendly event for all ages,” said Joni…

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Plays, burlesque, movies, concerts, DJ parties planned for end of year

Article by Amy M. Peters, Telluride Daily Planet Contributor, Dec 12, 2024

Telluride Theatre celebrates the 10th anniversary of The Downlow, founded by Laura Shaunette (pictured), at the SOH on Dec 23. (Courtesy photo)


To satisfy incoming holiday crowds, Telluride nightlife is lighting up with live music and performances ahead of New Year’s Eve.

The curtain lifts at 7 p.m. tonight, Dec. 13, for the premier of Telluride Theatre’s “Ski Bum The Musical” at the historic Sheridan Opera House (SOH). The original script and music by local Lionel Starr features Johnny Stardust, a career-bound college graduate who stumbles upon a ski town in the 90’s. The show runs through…

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Wild on the outside, cozy on the inside. That’s the logical and altogether genius concept that AD 100 firm Olson Kundig conceived for Telluride’s new five-star lodgings, the area’s first in 15 years.

Putting roots down in Mountain Village, 800 feet above Telluride, the new $1 billion Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences—projected to open in late 2027—is the resort region’s biggest hotel/residential development to date. “The mountains are such a peaceful meditative place,” says Tom Kundig, Principal/Owner and Founder of Seattle-based Olson Kundig. “Or they can be challenging and even threatening. We wanted to celebrate the best of both worlds.”

Untamed views of rugged snow-dusted peaks are framed through floor-to-ceiling windows.…

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