Minimal, open terrain during the first few weeks at any ski resort should be anything but foreign to the die-hard skier, unless you were lucky enough to live in Jackson Hole last winter (100% open on opening day – those lucky bastards). And if you live in Telluride, it’s hard to expect a lot. From [...]

Well, winter in Telluride has officially returned. Sure, a huge dump in early November allowed for early-season touring, and the few inches that fell here and there added to the fun, but with the ski area starting up last week, businesses reopening and all casual conversations focusing solely on the weather, snow has officially reclaimed [...]

“Who is John Galt?” Probably the most famous question/motif of Ayn Rand’s epic novel “Atlas Shrugged.” Of course, those who’ve managed to tackle the 1100-page saga eventually discover the answer to that question when Dagny Taggart infiltrates Galt’s Gulch, the utopia for the geniuses of society. And for those who’ve done their extra curricular research, [...]

We heard rumors about it from locals, had friends mention it when discussing upcoming visits, but ever since the stunning image of it appeared on the cover of the newest issue of “Telluride Magazine,” there was really no way that we could spend a summer in Telluride without doing the Via Ferrata. It just had [...]