Telluride

Troy Guard: cottage cheese pimp, general of the TAG army

The Edge

Westword's guide to the 1997-98 ski and snowboard season

Radiohead in a Telluride Time Lapse

Westword's guide to the 1997-98 ski and snowboard season

Much Ado About Nothing

Telluride Nothing Festival

Best black diamond ski run

The Plunge at Telluride

Best Festival Dedicated to Electrical Power

Telluride Tech Festival

Best Way to Feel the Breeze

Ski-A-Thong
Telluride Ski Resort

The Bite

You can tell a lot about the food in Telluride from readers’ responses to a tart critic.

The Edge

Winter Activity Guide

King of the Mountains

Telluride's snow-sport competition and music lineup are the best of the bunch.

The Fest of Times

Telluride's snow-sport competition and music lineup are the best of the bunch.

The Fest of Times

Telluride's snow-sport competition and music lineup are the best of the bunch.

Carry a Torch for Christmas

Get lit at one of several torchlight parades in the mountains.

A Long, Strange Trip

A panel discussion looks at how rock

Go for the Gold!

A panel discussion looks at how rock

Festival Fun

The hills are alive with the sound of music. Ever wonder why?

Take the Plunge

A music festival unlike any other hits the slopes of Telluride.

Telluride Techies

Learn about science and technology in the high country.

The Maverick

Telluride lawman Bill Masters is no dope. So what turned him against the war on drugs?

Anything but Lax

It's round two for the Colorado Mammoth

Mushrooming Passion

Telluride's annual festival of fungi can be a tasty treat.

He Got What He Wanted

DJ Harry brings the music of the String Cheese Incident out of the mountains and onto the dance floor.

Edge

Westword's Guide to teh '96-'97 ski and snowboard season

Film on the Mountain

Telluride’s Mountainfilm weds social justice and entertainment in the high country.

The Magic of Mushrooms

Have fun with fungi at Know Your Mushrooms.

Denver Blogs: Beware the status quo

Happy Friday. Celebrate by wasting time with these local links. Colorado Independent's John Tomasic tracked down the above video -- of Michael Bennet talking about health care -- and did a nice distillation to boot. (Via Colorado Pols) Are bank robbers keeping the West wild? Over at HuffPo Denve ... More >>

And Colorado's prettiest town is... you must be joking

​It's been at least a week since our fair state made it on any Most Livable, Charming, Fittest or Drunkest list. So thank heavens for the folks at ForbesTraveler, the "luxury travel authority from inspiration to reservation." Its latest ingenious and largely predictable compilation of "America ... More >>

The Edge: Our guide to the season's best skiing, boarding and more

​It's been at least a week since our fair state made it on any Most Livable, Charming, Fittest or Drunkest list. So thank heavens for the folks at ForbesTraveler, the "luxury travel authority from inspiration to reservation." Its latest ingenious and largely predictable compilation of "America ... More >>

New season of Top Chef includes two Colorado mountain cookers, Kelly Liken and Kenny Gilbert, but no Denver or Boulder chefs

​Top Chef, the often unrealistic reality show that made Hosea Rosenberg, exec chef of Jax-Boulder, a hometown hero when he emerged the conquistador two seasons ago, just released its listage of contestants for season 7, which will be filmed in Washington DC and premier on June 16 on Bravo. ... More >>

Top Chef contestant and Coloradan Kenny Gilbert could go all the way

Kenny Gilbert has gone from Telluride to D.C. ​The first episode of Top Chef D.C. aired last night, and like every other food obsessive I know, I was glued to the set. Now in its seventh season, at this point the show is pretty much pure formula -- Quickfire Challenge, chefs' race through Whol ... More >>

Phish makes triumphant return to Telluride

Boyd Fletcher​ PHISH August 9-10, 2010 | Telluride Town Park Looking out over a crowd of roughly 10,000 people on the ball fields of Telluride's town park after tearing through a cover of Traffic's "Light up or Leave Me Alone," Phish's Trey Anastasio summed up the surroundings succinctly: "I ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Telluride Mushroom, Bootstraps Western Wine and Chile Harvest festivals

​If you can't make the drive up to Telluride for the annual Mushroom Festival, don't fret -- there's always the Bootstraps Western Wine Fest in Evergreen or Lakewood's Chile Harvest Festival. Here's what else is on the menu for this week's culinary events:

Chef Eliza Gavin takes top chef honors at the World Wine Tasting & Telluride Top Chef Competition Fundraiser

Eliza Gavin does her thang.​Top Chef does Telluride? Well, sort of. It was more like Iron Chef than Top Chef during last week's culinary competition pitting a clutch of Telluride chefs against one another during the "World Wine Tasting & Telluride Top Chef Competition Fundraiser."

Shoot to Thrill in Telluride

Eliza Gavin does her thang.​Top Chef does Telluride? Well, sort of. It was more like Iron Chef than Top Chef during last week's culinary competition pitting a clutch of Telluride chefs against one another during the "World Wine Tasting & Telluride Top Chef Competition Fundraiser."

Telluride town council tells grocers that plastic bags aren't the future: Paper, damn it!

​The town of Telluride is just weeks away from becoming the first municipality in the state to ban plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers -- a move that keeps the mountain town in the vanguard of high-country green gestures, right up there with Aspen's designation of free parking f ... More >>

The Edge: Westword's Winter Activity Guide 2010-2011

​The town of Telluride is just weeks away from becoming the first municipality in the state to ban plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers -- a move that keeps the mountain town in the vanguard of high-country green gestures, right up there with Aspen's designation of free parking f ... More >>

Reader: "Eric Corff... What a DoucheBag" sticker makes latest appearance in Alabama

​Back in October, Amber Taufen wrote about bizarre "Eric Corff... What a DoucheBag" stickers that began showing up in Telluride a year or more ago. Now, thanks to a reader, we've got word of another sighting on the West Coast -- plus a video from halfway across the continent!

Ski Schooled

​Back in October, Amber Taufen wrote about bizarre "Eric Corff... What a DoucheBag" stickers that began showing up in Telluride a year or more ago. Now, thanks to a reader, we've got word of another sighting on the West Coast -- plus a video from halfway across the continent!

This Weekend In Stoke: Top five mid-season ski and snowboard adventures

​Traditionally the calm before the storm before Spring Break mania takes over in the mountains, the last weekend in February has become a storm of its own, with challenging events at just about every ski area in Colorado. Here's a preview of the top five ways you could be busting your butt thi ... More >>

Mountain Position in the Mountains

​Traditionally the calm before the storm before Spring Break mania takes over in the mountains, the last weekend in February has become a storm of its own, with challenging events at just about every ski area in Colorado. Here's a preview of the top five ways you could be busting your butt thi ... More >>

Today in Stoke: Do you have any idea what the street value of this Spring storm is?

Still from "Better Off Dead"​Every ski resort in Colorado got hit with snow from Sunday's storm, good news for the Spring Break set and anybody looking to get some last days in before the season's over, and even better news for the local economy: All that white stuff equals lots of green stuff ... More >>

Shroomfest returns to Telluride for another year

​Telluride is famous with mycologists around the world -- and all because of the Shroomfest, which runs from today through Sunday, August 21. The annual event features workshops, panels, lectures, movies, cooking demonstrations, forays and much more. For complete details, visit www.shroomfest. ... More >>

True Colors

​Telluride is famous with mycologists around the world -- and all because of the Shroomfest, which runs from today through Sunday, August 21. The annual event features workshops, panels, lectures, movies, cooking demonstrations, forays and much more. For complete details, visit www.shroomfest. ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Telluride jalapeño poppers from Encore

Lori Midson​ No. 49: Telluride jalapeño poppers from Encore

Free skiing at Crested Butte, cookies at Beaver Creek, opening day festivities to be thankful for

Photo by Robb Pennie, courtesy CBMRA poacher takes a powder before Crested Butte's 50th birthday party​Crested Butte Mountain Resort marks its 50th birthday on Wednesday with a throwback nod to its old Ski Free promotion: Stop by the CB Adventure Center to pick up a free lift ticket, then jost ... More >>

Telluride hosts FIS Snowboardcross World Cup this week

www.TellurideWorldCup.com​Governor John Hickenlooper and others who are eager to put together a Colorado bid for a future Winter Olympics Games must be making a case study out of our state's worldliness this month. Since Thanksgiving, Colorado has hosted the Aspen Winternational FIS Women's Wo ... More >>