Telluride Fun for Free

The Sunday at the Palm series is a great program supported by the Telluride Film Festival. This Sunday, they are showing the children's anime film Spirited Away. The movie is about a little girl trying to help her parents who have turned into pigs. The film is rated PG and is open to the public for FREE! It starts at 4pm and the run time is 1 hr 24 min.

The Palm also has an exciting new program featuring Metropolitan Opera performances. Live matinee performances are broadcast in HD and recorded. I have had a sneak peek at the recording and can tell you that the sound is amazing and the video is stunning. These performances are a great way to introduce Opera to new fans, and an excellent way for people who love Opera to see world renown singers without traveling travelling the world. The broadcast includes interviews with the cast right after they come off stage and a behind the scenes look at how the set is put together as you watch the scene changes that happen during intermission. With tickets starting at just $24, the palm is truly making an effort to bring Opera to everyone. You can experience the Met in the Mountains of Telluride on Friday, March 13th at 7pm. The palm will be showing Puccini's Madame Butterfly. This production is directed by Anthony Minghella, the movie director, and has dancers and puppets performed by the Blind Summit Theatre. Lead roles are performed by Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, Maria Zifchak, Marcello Giordani, and Dwayne Croft.

Snowshoeing Adventures

While Telluride is mostly known for its downhill skiing in the winter, there are a lot of other fun winter sports going on as well. A few Sundays ago, a local girl scout troop enjoyed a guided snowshoeing adventure on the ski mountain. We enjoyed incredible views and incredible snow. The girls had as much fun falling as snowshoeing. What a great opportunity to appreciate the beauty of nature and enjoy winter! Guided snowshoe tours are offered every day at 10:00, starting right outside the ski school office in Mountain Village.

Be sure to look for the same local girl scout troop around town; it's Girl Scout Cookie Time!

Ruby takes on Telluride Trail

Let me begin by saying that I am not an advanced skier. While the footage from last month's entry is amazing- courtesy of fellow sales team members Chris Esch and Hart Roberts- it's just not my speed. One question we get a lot is, "is the mountain ok for beginner skiers." I can say with the up most confidence- yes, it is.

Instead of pictures of Frank Ruggeri and myself trying to tackle
lift ten, we have evidence of something much more encouraging.

Ruby Tanguay is a fearless girl who is ready to conquer everything that Telluride has to offer. Well, maybe not everything just yet, but at least parts of the ski hill. She's the daughter of Liza and Eric Tanguay. Liza is also a sales team member at TAL, Eric is on ski patrol at the ski area. Ruby is only four years old and already well on her way to becoming an expert skier. In fact, she has already skied down Telluride Trail all by herself!

If you're a beginner adult and thinking about lessons, don't think you'll be skiing with four year-olds. Telluride Ski Resort works very hard to match all group lessons with same age and experience skiers. After all, not all of us have had the same opportuities as Ruby.

Mountain Village Snow Scluptures

If you're wondering what Telluride has to do other than skiing, you should try your hand at snow sculpting. Snow sculpting goes beyond your average snow man and transforms the snow into true works of art. For inspiration, you can visit any one of Telluride's beautiful galleries or you can simply see the results from this weekned. Here are some pictures of my favorite sculpture.