Or don your river gear and bounce through consistent Class II and intermittent Class III rapids on a guided rafting trip down the San Miguel River! Relax on your ride up the free Mountain Village gondola and take in the box canyon scenery from a bird’s eye view, or trek up one of Colorado’s 14,000 foot peaks for a different bird’s eye view! You could also venture into the mountains on the rough 4×4 roads, take a horseback ride, go fly fishing, rock climbing or on a hot air balloon ride!
There are so many possibilities; not even mentioning Telluride is also famous for it’s numerous yearly festivals. Check out the Telluride Film Festival, Blues & Brews, Telluride Bluegrass or the Yoga Festival (among many other choices)!
Fun Facts about Telluride:
- The town itself was founded in 1878 as “Columbia,” but due to confusion with another California town of the same name, was renamed Telluride in 1887.
- At 9,078 feet above sea level, the Telluride Regional Airport is the highest commercial airport in North America.
- Telluride was the first city in the world to have electric streetlights. Once called the “City of Lights,” the world’s first alternating current (AC) power plant was built here.
- Butch Cassidy robbed his first bank in Telluride on June 24, 1889, walking away with over $24,000.
- The nearest stoplight is 39.5 miles away.