During your holidays in Colorado, you won’t find many transformation stories that are more dramatic than what Telluride has scripted. As you stroll through the town’s main street where Victorian elegance seeps through its buildings and shops and teems with skiers, artists, Hollywood A-listers, and hippies, can you picture Telluride as a remote and dusty mining town that was once rough at its edges and shabby in appearance?
However, the spectacular natural beauty that surrounds Telluride has always been around. Pretty little Telluride sits wedged in a glacial canyon and is surrounded by the San Juan Mountains. There are steeper slopes than the San Juan. There are snazzier ski resorts than the fare Telluride has to offer. There are towns bigger, busier, and livelier than Telluride. But what sets apart this little skiing town is its quaint charm and friendliness that make you want to set up home here. If you are an outdoorsy person, you will also love it that here the famed Colorado wilderness with a multitude of ways to explore it are all at your fingertips.