Dave's Blog

January 11, 2009

Hi Folks,

Another epic ski season is underway at Telluride. We've had record snowfall and bright blue days. I had the opportunity to ski around yesterday and snap a few pictures to whet your appetite. As you will see below, Telluride Ski Resort is simply "Unmatched in North America". Enjoy!

Below is a picture looking across the new Revelation Bowl into the East Fork Bear Creek Basin. This is a classic Telluride view:

The next picture below is taken from the top terminal of the new Revelation lift, looking west across Telluride Ski Resort's Prospect Bowl:

The next picture is taken from the top terminal of the new Revelation lift, looking north down the See Forever run, and across the top terminal of Gold Hill Express. The Town of Telluride is located in the bottom of the canyon to the right:

The picture below is looking south across the new Revelation Bowl, with San Joaquin Peak in the background. The snow is sooo good in this bowl because the wind always comes in from the back side of the peak and it just loads and loads into this area. Last night the groomers actually used a winch cat and groomed about 8 passes down the center of the bowl from top to bottom just "skiers left" of the lift. This is the first time Revelation has been groomed from top to bottom since we opened the new bowl to the public. It started snowing today before I was able to get a good picture of the groomed route (Okay, I admit I was distracted today by incredible skiing and failed to get a picture before the snow came in). For now, you'll just have to imagine corduroy down the center I'll get a picture of the groomed route for the next blog. It is a very impressive high-alpine groomed run:

Big, round, softies at the top of Revelation:

The bottom terminal of the new Revelation lift stops just short of a 800 foot cliff above Bear Creek. The setting is spectacular:

The portal into Prospect Bowl is inviting. Prospect is full of rolling groomed intermediate terrain under the watch of Palmyra Peak:

Below is a picture of the lower terminal of Prospect Express. This picture was taken on Saturday, January 10, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. If you don't like lift lines, Telluride is your resort!

Below is a picture of the top of Prospect Express, with Palmyra Peak and Silver Mountain in the background:

Below is High Camp Warming Hut, which is located a few hundred yards from the top of Prospect Express:

Beautiful, wide, uncrowded, corduroy runs in Prospect are perfect for carving smooth and gentle turns all day:

Ute Park, just to the west of Prospect Bowl, is perfect for novice skiers and families with youngsters. What I love about Ute Park is that it is real easy terrain, located high on the mountain. This allows novice skiers and snowboarders to experience the high alpine environment and views that many ski areas only make available to advanced skiers. Notice that giant lift line too

Incredible snow, beautiful views, uncrowded slopes, and the warm sunshine of SW Colorado combine to make Telluride the resort of choice:

A late afternoon decent on the Plunge, to the Town of Telluride:

So many runs, such good snow,  so many choices:

Mountain Village, nestled below soaring mountains, as seen from the Boomerang run in the afternoon. Time to Apres Ski:

I hope you've been enjoying the ski season as much as I have. If you haven't made it to Telluride yet, it's time to come. I guarantee you'll love it.

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I hope to see you soon on the slopes of Telluride.

Kindest Regards,

Dave