Publisher's Notes Summer 2002

Ready to have some fun? Hope so, as "Telluride, the land where people come to play," has never been more geared up to bring you an outstanding array of outdoor, indoor and festive events. On your own or with bunches of other pleasure
seekers, Telluride's activity list has something for every age, athletic ability and just about every mood.

Whether you're traveling on the cheap or with wads to inject into our small Victorian village, Telluride's summertime menu starts off with a bang with the MountainFilm Festival that celebrates lifestyles and adventures in the highlands. Tunes fill the crystal-clear airways with Bluegrass, Jazz, Brews 'n' Blues, Chamber Music Festivals and Sunset Concerts, while the skies become joyfully decorated with brightly colored flying vessels like gigantic balloons during the Balloon Rally. Stimulate your brainwaves or beckon the "inner writer" within you with gatherings like Writers in the Sky, Walking Words, Writer's Conference or the Playwriting Festival. And, the Tech and Ideas Festivals and Steps to Enlightenment are certainly lovely ways to engage and interact with thought-provoking people pushing the intellectual limits that could ultimately take us into undiscovered frontiers.

Your physical side can be challenged here as well through athletic events such as the Hard Rock 100, Tai Chi Seminars, Mountain FEAT Fun Run, Imogene Pass Run, mountain bike races and, for the first time, the Telluride 360o Adventure, which is sponsored in part by the Telluride Foundation. Some of the "gnarliest," most hardcore athletes from around the world will congregate in Telluride for this ten-day event.

If you prefer to be entertained by entertainers, may we suggest Telluride's Wild West Fest, Film Festival or Cinema Exposition. Creativity, imagination and the arts are certainly celebrated in Telluride throughout the warm weather season. You'll find out-of-the-box people, shops, events and restaurants are woven intricately into the fabric that blankets Telluride. In the following pages of TellurideStyle, you'll find an abundance of outdoor activities featured. Insights into the fishing, hiking, four-wheeling, rafting, climbing, mountain biking and horseback riding are provided by experts in each endeavor. In essence, throughout this issue of TellurideStyle, you'll find the theme of "well being," flows from one page to another. Fran Krumlauf, exercise physiologist and fitness consultant, astutely outlines five points of well being. By and large, these points embody the spirit of residents' lifestyles as well as provide everyone with knowledge and insights into keeping our minds, bodies and spirits vigorous and healthy.

Finally, in TellurideStyle, you'll find our most treasured and talked about topics are those profiling the locals. We hope you find, as we do, they are the ones who put the style into Telluride's flavorful personality. Now enjoy and be well.