Olesya Chornoguz
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
After a spending a ski week in Taos a crew of 3 Divas (@nopoleskier , @marzNC and me) as well as marzNC ski buddy Bill drove to Telluride for 3 days of skiing. We all had Mountain Collective Pass, so decided to check out Telluride this winter.
Some impressions from Day 1 - the views! When you get to the top of Gold Hill Express you can take See Forever - very easy blue trail, but the views are amazing:
The mountain is quite big, 2000+ acres according to their web-site. My favorite part about it was the variety of terrain, from easy greens to double blacks. I would say a very even distribution of terrain for all levels. I loved that they had double blue squares - ungroomed blue slopes, fun way to go in and sample ungroomed terrain without intimidation factor. I got a cold when we arrived to Telluride, wasn't feeling well so I didn't want to ski many black diamonds, though I skied Revelation Bowl on Sunday and it had some very nice snow in places. I also skied some other blacks here and there, but mostly blues and double blues after the we got fresh snow on Monday. I will say since this was a holiday weekend the mountain was a bit crowded in my opinion, well at least in some places.
We stayed in Telluride Lodge which is a condo complex that is right next to the Coonskin lift (lift 7), we walked to lift 7 every morning. The town is really charming with a lot of shops and restaurants, but I would say Telluride is Aspen-level expensive.
Some impressions from Day 1 - the views! When you get to the top of Gold Hill Express you can take See Forever - very easy blue trail, but the views are amazing:
The mountain is quite big, 2000+ acres according to their web-site. My favorite part about it was the variety of terrain, from easy greens to double blacks. I would say a very even distribution of terrain for all levels. I loved that they had double blue squares - ungroomed blue slopes, fun way to go in and sample ungroomed terrain without intimidation factor. I got a cold when we arrived to Telluride, wasn't feeling well so I didn't want to ski many black diamonds, though I skied Revelation Bowl on Sunday and it had some very nice snow in places. I also skied some other blacks here and there, but mostly blues and double blues after the we got fresh snow on Monday. I will say since this was a holiday weekend the mountain was a bit crowded in my opinion, well at least in some places.
We stayed in Telluride Lodge which is a condo complex that is right next to the Coonskin lift (lift 7), we walked to lift 7 every morning. The town is really charming with a lot of shops and restaurants, but I would say Telluride is Aspen-level expensive.
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