- Resort or Ski Area
- Telluride
- Date
- Mar 14, 2026
- Snow Conditions
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- Packed Powder
- Slush or Spring Snow
We've been to Telluride a few times in the summer but have only skied here on one occasion during the winter time about 5 years ago, a week before Christmas, when only 55% to 60% of the terrain was open. Had a blast back then but have always wanted to ski here again when more terrain was open.
Since we all have the Epic pass this year Crested Butte and Telluride were both resorts we wanted to return to and when Crested Butte was showing much worse conditions at this point in time, we made the quick pivot and came back here instead.
It's always a nightmare getting to Telluride and I won't go into those details on this trip but we ended up at the mountain today at 1pm and skied until 3.30. My son and I started out on the Telluride side and lapped the new Plunge lift a few times with the highlight being the unmarked trees on both sides of Kant-Mak-M...
Today was perfect spring conditions, sunny and 50 degrees, the snow was packed powder and we didn't hit any patches of ice. The mountain was over 85% open too but there were still lots of bald patches in certain areas of the resort.
We ducked the rope on Buzz Glades and should not have done that. Had to pop our skis off and slide down some rocks on 40 degree plus, pitched terrain...
The plan will be to stick to the Mountain Village side over the next two days. I wasn't incredibly impressed with the Telluride side other then the views. That side has a long sustained steep pitch but the layout of the glades on the Telluride side of the mountain is awkward.
It feels to me like a watered down version of the Temerity section at Aspen Highlands and in my opinion the Temerity lift and the surrounding terrain is superior to the Plunge lift terrain.
In any event we finished off our last run today on what I think is the best Intermediate trail in the United States, See Forever. The views coming down that run are stunning. This is how the views looked the first time we skied it 5 years ago in December...
And this is how the views looked today...
The photo was much better 5 years ago with more snow!
Since we all have the Epic pass this year Crested Butte and Telluride were both resorts we wanted to return to and when Crested Butte was showing much worse conditions at this point in time, we made the quick pivot and came back here instead.
It's always a nightmare getting to Telluride and I won't go into those details on this trip but we ended up at the mountain today at 1pm and skied until 3.30. My son and I started out on the Telluride side and lapped the new Plunge lift a few times with the highlight being the unmarked trees on both sides of Kant-Mak-M...
Today was perfect spring conditions, sunny and 50 degrees, the snow was packed powder and we didn't hit any patches of ice. The mountain was over 85% open too but there were still lots of bald patches in certain areas of the resort.
We ducked the rope on Buzz Glades and should not have done that. Had to pop our skis off and slide down some rocks on 40 degree plus, pitched terrain...
The plan will be to stick to the Mountain Village side over the next two days. I wasn't incredibly impressed with the Telluride side other then the views. That side has a long sustained steep pitch but the layout of the glades on the Telluride side of the mountain is awkward.
It feels to me like a watered down version of the Temerity section at Aspen Highlands and in my opinion the Temerity lift and the surrounding terrain is superior to the Plunge lift terrain.
In any event we finished off our last run today on what I think is the best Intermediate trail in the United States, See Forever. The views coming down that run are stunning. This is how the views looked the first time we skied it 5 years ago in December...
And this is how the views looked today...
The photo was much better 5 years ago with more snow!
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