Telluride Trip Report

My first long-distance ski trip of the 05/06 ski season directed me towards the Uncompahgre Wilderness of the Telluride mountain region in Southwestern Colorado. Having never driven past Glenwood Canyon on I-70 during daylight hours, I was really looking forward to the drive out west near Grand Junction and then directly south towards Montrose and finally through Box Canyon into Telluride.

Getting there took a few hours, however, was totally worth it even with $2.34 gas prices. On the other hand, snow conditions at Telluride sucked to say the least. Not that I didn’t enjoy the mountain, I’m just saying that the southern resorts have gotten the shaft all year. Yet another reason why a bad snow year at Winter Park is a good snow year anywhere else. Anyways…The steeps through the trees and the amazing views of the surrounding mountain ranges easily made up for the not-so-favorable icy/crud skiing conditions. See for yourself below.

Just a small mountain range west of Dillon







Copper Mountain to the right, 10 Mile Range behind











Heading into the Vail Pass Area








Glenwood Canyon about halfway through












Entering Grand Junction












More pics to come very soon..