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Telluride

⛰️ 2659–4010 m (1351 m vertical) · 🎟️ $289 day pass (≈ €266) · 📅 Nov 26 to Apr 5
7.3
Snowlist score

Ratings

❄️ Snow
5.0
⛰️ Terrain
5.9
🚠 Lifts
8.1
⏱️ Queues
7.9
💸 Value
2.5
🍻 Après
0.0
✈️ Access
10.0

Hover a bar to see what goes into it. Scores sit on a bell curve. 6.5 is a normal good resort and 8 or more is unusual. Method.

Key facts

Altitude2659–4010 m
Vertical drop1,351 m
Pistes advertised2,000 acres
Pistes mapped on OSM115.4 km
Lifts (mapped near village)18 · 72% gondola/4+ chair
Day pass$289
PassesEpic
Avg snowfall (mid)2.7 m / season
Nearest airportTEX · 15 min

Snow & weather updated 1 h ago

Fresh 24 h
0 cm
Fresh 72 h
0 cm
Next 7 days
40 cm
Snow depth top (model)
6 cm
Now at 3860 m
☀️ -6°
Now at 2659 m
3°
Gusts at top
13 km/h
Freezing level
2,950 m

8-day forecast (summit)

Today
☁️
·
-6° / -1°
💨 34
Fri
☁️
·
-6° / 0°
💨 35
Sat
🌨️
9 cm
-7° / -2°
💨 39
Sun
❄️
17 cm
-7° / -3°
💨 23
Mon
❄️
14 cm
-13° / -4°
💨 22
Tue
⛅
·
-13° / -3°
💨 8
Wed
☁️
·
-12° / -1°
💨 10
Thu
🌦️
·
-12° / -3°
💨 19

Open-Meteo forecast downscaled to 3860 m (summit) and 2659 m (base). Rain line ≈ freezing level minus 300 m.

The last three winters at 3335 m

Avg snowfall / season
2.7 m
Powder days (15 cm+)
1
Snowy days
64
Avg temp at base
-3.8°
Average snowfall by month · best: Mar
Nov
38
Dec
30
Jan
54
Feb
45
Mar
69
Apr
39
By season: 2022/23: 3.6 m · 2 powder days2023/24: 2.6 m · 0 powder days2024/25: 2.1 m · 1 powder days

When to go

MonthAvg snowfallTuesday 11:00Saturday 11:00
Dec30 cm~1 min~2 min
Jan54 cm~1.3 min~3.6 min
Feb45 cm~1.4 min~2.8 min
Mar69 cm~1.5 min~1.8 minSWEET SPOT

Snowfall from three past winters, waits from the queue model (average across lifts, mid-month, holidays included where they fall).

Lift queues

Closed until Nov 26. Here's a normal February Saturday at 10:00:
SIMULATION Average wait ~2 min, worst 4 min.
Weekend: locals are out
Simulate:
🪑 Oak Street Lift
Chairlift · 2-seater · 754 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Lift 7
Chairlift · 2-seater · 1,316 m
4 minpredicted
🪑 Polar Queen Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,494 m
3 minpredicted
🚠 Gondola Line 1
Gondola · 8-seater · 1,751 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Plunge Lift
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,785 m
3 minpredicted
🚠 Gondola Line 2
Gondola · 8-seater · 1,196 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Village Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,884 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Apex Lift
Chairlift · 3-seater · 844 m
3 minpredicted
🚞 Unnamed funicular
Funicular · 215 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Sunshine Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 3,221 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Revelation Lift
Chairlift · 4-seater · 507 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Prospect Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,527 m
3 minpredicted
🪑 Gold Hill Express
Chairlift · 4-seater · 1,028 m
2 minpredicted
🪑 Ute Park
Chairlift · 4-seater · 756 m
2 minpredicted
🚠 Free Intercept Gondola
Gondola · 8-seater · 857 m
2 minpredicted
⤴️ Comp Hill
Button lift · 401 m
2 minpredicted
🚠 Chondola
Chair-gondola · 4-seater · 876 m
2 minpredicted
⤴️ Lynx
Button lift · 256 m
2 minpredicted

Typical week (February, since the resort is closed now)

9h
10h
11h
12h
13h
14h
15h
16h
Mon 15
Tue 16
Wed 17
Thu 18
Fri 19
Sat 20
Sun 21
Average predicted wait across lifts. ■ <2 min ■ 4-7 min ■ 11+ min. Hover a day to see why.
How we guess. The model starts from the resort's usual crowd level and adjusts for school holidays (French zones, UK half-term, Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year), weekends, time of day, lift capacity from OpenStreetMap, powder days and summit wind. When skiers on the hill tap a wait time, their reports replace the guess for 45 minutes and the lift shows LIVE.

Map

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Where to sleep 21 places mapped · 7 ski-in/ski-out

9.5
Hotel 🎿 ski-in/ski-out
9.5
Hotel 🎿 ski-in/ski-out
9.5
Hotel 🎿 ski-in/ski-out
9.5
Hotel 🎿 ski-in/ski-out
9.5
Hotel 🎿 ski-in/ski-out
9.5
Hotel 🎿 ski-in/ski-out
9.5
Hotel 🎿 ski-in/ski-out
8.9
Hotel 🚶 ~2 min to Oak Street Lift ⛷️ piste 159 m
8.9
Hotel 🚶 ~2 min to Lift 7 ⛷️ piste 83 m
8.9
Hotel 🚶 ~2 min to Lift 7 ⛷️ piste 93 m
8.9
Hotel 🚶 ~2 min to Lift 7 ⛷️ piste 77 m
8.9
Hotel 🚶 ~2 min to Free Intercept Gondola ⛷️ piste 119 m
8.3
Hotel 🚶 ~3 min to Gondola Line 1 ⛷️ piste 174 m
8.3
Hotel 🚶 ~3 min to Lift 7 ⛷️ piste 172 m
7.8
Hotel 🚶 ~4 min to Gondola Line 1 ⛷️ piste 273 m
7.8
Hotel 🚶 ~4 min to Lift 7 ⛷️ piste 76 m
7.8
Hotel 🚶 ~4 min to Lift 7 ⛷️ piste 214 m
7.8
Hotel 🚶 ~4 min to Free Intercept Gondola ⛷️ piste 160 m
7.3
Hotel 🚶 ~5 min to Lift 7 ⛷️ piste 289 m
6.7
Hotel 🚶 ~6 min to Lift 7 ⛷️ piste 343 m
6.7
Hotel 🚶 ~6 min to Lift 7 ⛷️ piste 354 m

Ski access score: 9.5 means ski-in/ski-out (a piste within 70 m and a lift within 600 m). Each minute of walking to the nearest lift costs about half a point. Distances are straight lines on OpenStreetMap, so add about 30% for the walk.

Pistes

Easy (blue / green)26.1 km · 23%
Intermediate (red / blue)41.9 km · 36%
Advanced (black)21.1 km · 18%
Expert26.3 km · 23%

Longest named runs

See Forever4.8 km
Double Cabins4.0 km
Telluride Trail3.9 km
Galloping Goose3.6 km
Ute Park2.6 km
Lower Galloping Goose2.6 km
Sundance2.5 km
Bushwacker2.3 km

Après & food

Bars & pubs
1
Clubs
0
Restaurants
15
Mountain huts
0

🍸 Last dollar Saloon

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Getting there

Nearest major airport: TEX, about 15 min away by road. Directions · Flights