Telluride Ratings

	Telluride Ranked #3 Conde Nast 2011 Reader's Poll Telluride was ranked the #3 best place to ski and stay in North America in the Conde Nast Reader's Poll. As voted by readers in their sixteenth annual survey, they shared the best ski experiences—from the mountain resorts that are tops for terrain, speedy lifts, and après-ski to the hotel havens that provide the softest of landings. *Click here for the complete Conde Nast Poll...*

	Top Ranked Most Charming: Telluride, Colorado #1 Most Charming in SKI Magazine's Reader Survey 2010-11 "As you roll into this secluded box canyon, you half expect to see “Once upon a time...” inscribed across the sky in Old English script. Whether strolling the quaint main street, curling up by a roaring fireplace in the Mountain Village or dining beneath imposing, Alp-like granite peaks, you just might find your happily ever after." - SKI Magazine

	Telluride ranked #10 in SKI Magazine's Reader Survey 2010-11 "Big charm. Big vertical." - Ski Magazine "Telluride sits in the San Juans, among the tallest peaks in Colorado. So it’s not surprising that the resort boasts “some of the most challenging lift-served skiing in America.” ...if you’re itching for big vert, come on down: 3,845 feet. Bump that up to 4,425 feet by hiking Palmyra Peak. Like Utah’s Wasatch, the San Juans face west and welcome dry snow...Yet despite what’s outside, Telluride swings like a smaller Aspen after dark—with a little more soul." —Rob Story

	Telluride Named One of Top Ten Resorts for Après/Nightlife - 2011 "The Hop Garden in Mountain Village offers brews, burgers, and more. Or, take the gondola down into town for many more options...." Click here to browse the rankings...

	Gold Hill Express - one of The Best Ski Lifts in North America - 2011 "Something happens when you ride the Gold Hill Express. The sky opens up. The bottom drops out. Palmyra Peak and Gold Hill Chutes 1 through 9 lurch up out of the pines and suddenly you're dangling over rock faces, giant massifs and chasms...The lift unloads at 12,225 feet, where skiers can drop into Revelation Bowl, hike to the Gold Hill Chutes or Bear Creek, or ski runs like Andy's Gold, Woozley's Way or See Forever - perhaps the greatest intermediate cruiser in the West. A local favorite is Little Rose to the choke, then cut over to Millions under the lift. You can access the base of every lift on the mountain from the top of the G.H.E., save two. Or take a load off Telluride-style, for flight of wine at Alpino Vino..."

	Sunset Named Telluride the West's Prettiest Ski Town - 2010 "Nestled in a box canyon, the perfectly preserved Western town is dwarfed by 13,000-foot peaks and Bridal Veil Falls, Colorado’s tallest free-falling waterfall..." Click here to read article...

	Telluride Ranked #2 Conde Nast 2010 Reader's Poll For the third consecutive year and the fourth year in the past five seasons, Telluride has been ranked the #2 resort in North America in the Conde Nast Reader's Poll. The top 20 ski resorts were ranked based on terrain, lifts and lines, après-ski, dining, and ambience. Telluride garnered the highest score for local ambience on North America's Mountains. *Click here for the complete Conde Nast Poll...*

	Telluride Wins USSA Rookie of the Year Award for World Cup Event Telluride Ski Resort, named Rookie Partner of the Year, was a new event site for U.S. Snowboarding in 2009-10, hosting the World Cup, which served as a pivotal Olympic qualifying event for top athletes like Olympic champion Seth Wescott. The resort made the major commitment to host an elite event and provided exclusive pre-season training for snowboardcross and ski cross athletes over the last two years. According to USSA Vice President, Events Calum Clark, "Telluride delivered a world class event as if the resort had been organizing World Cups for years." Click here to read article...

	Telluride Voted #1 Nightlife in Reader's Poll 2010 Visitors to OnTheSnow.com have chosen the nightlife at Colorado's Telluride Ski Resort as their favorite place to dine and play in North America. The data period for voting was January 2010 when a Nielsen audit showed 2.3 million unique browsers logged in to the world's most visited Web portal. OnTheSnow.com is published by Mountain News Corp. Click here for the complete On The Snow story...

	Telluride Ranked #2 Conde Nast 2009 Reader's Poll For the second consecutive year, Telluride was ranked the #2 resort in North America in the Conde Nast Reader's Poll. The top 20 ski resorts were ranked based on terrain, lifts and lines, après-ski, dining, and ambience. Telluride's # 2 position was bolstered by it's top marks for Terrain & Lifts (95.2%) and Local Ambience (93%). At #2, Telluride was the top ranked U.S. resort. Click here for the complete Conde Nast Poll...

	Telluride Voted #1 Nightlife in Reader's Poll 2009 Visitors to OnTheSnow.com have chosen Telluride, Colo. as the Best Nightlife resort in the Rocky Mountains Region. OnTheSnow.com is the most visited winter sports Web portal in the world, generating 1.6 million unique visitors per month during the winter season. Here's a sampling of what OnTheSnow.com visitors wrote about Telluride: "The mountain was fabulous, and we were impressed by the conditions of the runs as well as the vast choices for food, drinks and entertainment. Be sure to stop at Allreds for a drink to catch the city views."; "The sking and snowboarding was great and lines were not bad. A lot of good places to eat and enjoy a friendly drink." Click here to read the reviews...

	Telluride Receives NSAA Best Guest Service Award for 2007-08 The National Ski Areas Association recognized Telluride with the ‘Best Guest Service’ award for the 2007-08 season. NSAA Guest Service Awards recognize resorts for it’s high-quality and positive development in customer service. Telluride has expanded its programs in the last two years to encompass a broader range of services, on and off the mountain and in conjunction with the local communities and tourism board. Click here for press release...

	Telluride ranked #4 Best Overall in Skiing Magazine's 2008-09 Resort Awards Other notables in the annual (mostly) reader's choice awards include: #1 - Best New Terrain (Palmyra Peak) #1 - Best $40 Steak (Chop House) #2 - Best Après Scene #3 - Best Steeps #4 - Best Backcountry Access Click here for the complete Skiing Magazine Resort Awards...

	Telluride ranked #10 in SKI Magazine's Reader Survey 2008-09 "This is a place any serious skier should go" - Ski Magazine Securing a #2 placement for Overall Satisfaction and a #4 ranking for Scenery, Telluride proves that it can compete with the ski industry big boys. Click here for the complete SKI Magazine Reader Survey...

	Telluride Voted #1 Terrain Park in the Rocky Mountains 2008 Who has the best terrain parks at any Rocky Mountain ski resort according to visitors to OnTheSnow.com? They're at Telluride, Colo. OnTheSnow.com, which attracts an audited 1.2 million individuals monthly during the winter, gave its visitors the opportunity to write reviews of all North American resorts and rank them in five categories. The reviewers were clear in their comments about Telluride that went beyond the parks: "The après-ski is also great; not only is the town full of great restaurants but it has every conceivable type of bar, from dive-bar, ski-bum hangouts and saloons, pool bars and brew pubs to cocktail lounges and champagne (and even oxygen) bars…There is every type of skiing from the very beginner to the best over-the-top skier… Fast lifts. You can wear yourself out in half a day…" Click here to go to Terrain Parks...

Telluride Ratings