Mountain Review: Telluride, Colorado



An in-depth video review of Telluride, a remote ski resort in southwestern Colorado. Filmed in March 2020 and March/April 2022.

0:00 Intro
0:48 Terrain Diversity
1:06 Beginner Terrain
2:12 Intermediate Terrain
2:57 Terrain Parks
3:14 Advanced and Expert Terrain
3:53 Hike-to Terrain
4:43 Backcountry Access
5:06 Mountain Aesthetic
5:45 Lifts
6:23 Ease of Navigation
6:56 Crowds
7:26 On-Mountain Facilities
7:47 Snow Quality and Resiliency
8:40 Getting There
9:34 Lodging and Parking
10:49 Aprés-ski
11:34 Verdict
11:52 Pricing
12:20 Score Breakdown and Rank

Overall Mountain Score: 75/100 — #4 in Colorado

Snow: 8/10
Resiliency: 7/10
Size: 7/10
Terrain Diversity: 9/10
Challenge: 9/10
Lifts: 5/10
Crowd Flow: 8/10
Facilities: 7/10
Navigation: 6/10
Mountain Aesthetic: 9/10

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19 thoughts on “Mountain Review: Telluride, Colorado”

  1. Snow issues when I was there but still one of the top skiing experiences of my life. So beautiful. I’m trying to recall how I afforded it in college. $$$. Awesome in the summer too. Great mountain biking.

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  2. I skied telluride for the first time last season. It’s now one of my all time faves and is worth the arduous journey to get there. The surrounding mountain scenery (especially if you drive to the south or the northeast) is nothing short of stunning, rivaling places like Chamonix IMO. The big downside, I found, is the lodging expense. Telluride is super expensive but I found reasonably priced accommodations 45 min away in the beautiful town of Ouray. If you want to rub shoulders with celebrities and hedge fund managers and get some good skiing in while you do it this is the place to go.

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  3. Pretty much agree with this ranking for a change(although I rate To-Hell-U-Ride above Beaver Creek and Snowmass mostly on town/aesthetic). Now if Telluride just got more, consistent snow it would be up there with AltaBird and Jackson

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  4. If theres no lift lines during the week , I'm there!! I just got done with 2 days at vail and sat on a lift with another person exactly 5 times..>Early season is great in CO right now.

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  5. Im extremely fortunate to have an Uncle who lives in Steamboat Springs, CO so i get to go out there and ski with free lodging every year. Id love to see yall do a video on that mountain to see how it ranks compared to the others on the list.

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