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| Favorite skiing and
snowboarding runs at Telluride
Telluride is a mountain with a tremendous variety of terrain for skiing and snowboarding. It seems that no matter how close you look from a distance you never really find all the little nooks and crannies of Telluride's peaks, ridgelines and basins until you are actually in them. You'd never see Log Pile or East Drain from a lift and if you ski fast you'd blast right past them. At Telluride my favorites on lift 9 are Bushwhacker either as first tracks on a powder day or wide arc carving after a fresh grooming the night before. Mammoth seems great anytime (can you say bumps?). I also like the steep, narrow chutes called Mammoth Fingers. East drain is pretty cool on the snowboard and Log Pile for a mellow tree run where the snow lasts a little longer. On lift 6 I'd say Apex glade with good snow and the Zulu trees. A little farther off the beaten path are Happy Thoughts chute and if the snow is good finish it off on Killer Slide. I also like the steep skier's right on the face of Silver Glade or the short but steep face of Chongos. On Gold Hill I like to explore the whole area reachable by lift 14. To the skier's far left of Little Rose is an area now known as Andy's Gold. In the hike to days of Gold Hill it was known locally as the Rose Garden. It's right at about timberline so the trees are small and pretty open but it's really steep. It does get a little late day sun so the snow can get tricky there. On lift 7 the Coonskin headwall when groomed freshly groomed or on a powder day and North Chute's bumps. For steep bumps on the lower mountain O'Reilley's or Stumper are super when the coverage is adequate. You won't find those names on the map - ask me. On lift 5 Palmyra on the bump side is where you will find me. Another neat little run I often take guests down, especially kids, is the always ungroomed Silver Tip. Alta is a blast if you can get early tracks on a powder day. On lift 4 I'd say Humboldt Draw or Misty Maiden. |
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