TELLURIDE UNPLUGGED
mountain living

A warm western welcome from one of North America's most magnificent resort communities. Though in comparison, Telluride's old-fashioned charm and charismatic personality makes every one feel warm, comfortable and special. No pretenses or gray flannel suits, just high altitude living at its best. Q: What is "high altitude" living? A: Living in "thinner air" or air that isn't laced with as much oxygen. Consequences: A lot of smiling faces, an abundance of adventure sport enthusiasts, many politically concerned and politically correct citizens, little crime and intellectually and physically stimulated residents. Sounds like Utopia? Surely to a lot of Telluride's population and visitors it is. Telluride is a town with heart. It is a resort with class that has people of distinction. Blend a little of the Old West with the New West, add a touch of nearly every superlative surrounding and you get TellurideStyle.

WILDLIFE
Telluride's pristine mountainscapes provide luxurious living for these Rocky Mountain creatures. This area's animal kingdom is as abundant as it is diverse. Its intense contrasts and wondrous ways have been marveled at since before the days of the ancient Americans and Spanish explorers. Nature's hypnotic sounds give way only to these creatures' clucks, clamors and clatters; making it an harmonious, soothing environment. Balanced with the ri tes of passage, survival of the fittest and having a scintillating sense and respect for being allied with a force much greater than themselves (Mother Nature), these untamed animals adapt to their constantly changing world. Besides the duck, elk, coyote and deer pictured here, brown and black bear, mountain lion, marmot (whistle pigs), golden and bald eagle, bighorn sheep, porcupine, chipmunk, muskrat, jack rabbit, pheasant, wild turkey, woodpecker, owl and a vast array of fresh-water aquatic species find their homes within the spectacular corridors of the San Juan Mountains.

DUCK
Female mallard and her gaggle of nine ply through the alpine lake in military fashion. Ducks usually mate for life. Male and females share responsibility for raising young. The male usually bears the beautiful markings while the females blend into the surrounding environment.

ELK
These young bulls were battling at the base of Lizard Head for the position of crowned monarch. These incredible beasts stand 54" to 60" high at the shoulder. The males' broad antler racks are used primarily for the protection and winning-over of a harem.

MULE DEER
This cud-chewing, hoofed animal is seen most in the spring and summer months. The males of the species bear antlers that shed annually, while the females give birth annually in the late-winter to early-spring. Deer are nocturnal, but may be active at any time. They eat a wide range of plants and are good jumpers.

COYOTE
Canis Latrans. Sometimes called the 'brush wolf,' coyotes are prevalent throughout the San Juans and the prairies of North America. Much more adaptable than wolves to human influences, coyotes are approx. 4' long including the tail. Timid by nature.

SPELLBINDING BEAUTY

"MYSTIC, MAGICAL, RUGGED ELEGANCE" APTLY DESCRIBES TELLURIDE'S MOUNTAIN GRANDEUR. SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO'S MOUNTAINSCAPES ARE for the most part untouched wilderness. Through the millennia of time, this landscape has endured the forces of nature and defied human imagination. Its beauty is one of extreme contrasts and eloquent monuments. Brutal storms are followed by luminous rainbows; brilliant day skies give way to peach, magenta and evening blue hues - an alpenglow; the tundra's gray stones and seemly lifeless terrain is enlivened by lichen, wildflowers and moss. This is a place of enchanting and alluring differences. Telluride's natural phenomena goes unsurpassed. The Ute Indians deemed this area sacred and called it; "The land of hanging waterfalls." ~ U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt said, "This land bankrupts the English language." ~ A captain in the U.S. Army in the 1850s said, "There is scarcely a more beautiful place on earth." Authors of The Colorado Guide, Bruce Caughey and Dean Winstanley, wrote, "Telluride could easily be the most beautiful spot in Colorado."

THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS

THE CHARISMA OF TELLURIDE IS THAT ITS CITIZENS ARE YOUNG-AT- HEART AND PROGRESSIVE BY NATURE. TELLURIDE LIKES TO FLIRT WITH NEW HORIZONS. IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT HAS A LOVE affair with the arts, regular flings with nature and constant interludes with intrepid events. The people of Telluride and the San Juans appreciate and acknowledge the romance of living in the high country. They prefer the remote, like simple things and don't mind being "a little rough around the edges;" that's the beauty of mountain life.