Located in southwest Colorado’s stunning San Juan Mountains, Telluride is rapidly becoming a favoured haunt for Australian and New Zealand snow lovers.
Tucked into a box canyon at an altitude of 8,750 feet, Telluride is surrounded on three sides by 14,000-foot peaks. Regularly voted ‘the prettiest ski resort in the world’, this laid-back mountain town is a must-visit for people who love to ski, without the crowds.
US Condé Nast readers ranked Telluride the #1 Ski Resort in North America. With 18 lifts and 127 runs, Telluride’s slopes offer an impressive array of terrain for all abilities. There is also a large amount of backcountry, as well as hike-to access and heli-skiing for the more adventurous. Snowmobiling, ice climbing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, ice skating and sledding are also popular activities.
Telluride Ski Resort is offering some amazing Camps to enhance your skiing or snowboarding this coming season.
Enhance Your Skiing or Snowboarding with Skill-Specific Camps
Biomechanics Camp
Looking to ski more efficiently so that you can ski longer? Consider enrolling in the Ski and Snowboard School’s Biomechanics Camp that helps people of all ages learn to ski efficiently and in a way that decreases stress on the body. Dr. Kim Hewson, Orthopedic Surgeon, former Director of Sports Medicine at the University of Arizona and a lead Telluride Ski School Instructor, has refined a scientific-based biomechanics approach that will be taught at this camp. Dates: January 15th – 18th
Making Friends with Moguls
Do you find mogul runs intimidating and avoid them on the mountain? Then this camp is for you. This two-day camp will help you make friends with moguls and develop confidence in blue-level mogul fields while skiing in a small group setting with like-minded skiers. The camp will start out slowly with proven exercises and progressions to get you to your goals. Dates: Camp 1: January 20th – 21st; Camp 2: February 29th – March 1st
Silver Skiers Program
For the 2015-2016 season, the Telluride Ski and Snowboard School is offering a special program for skiers 50 years young and up. Two sessions consisting of four Thursdays each will match coaches from the senior ski school staff with smaller groups and will make skiing fun, relaxed and enjoyable for fellow seniors. The program is designed for novice/cruisers through advanced/hard-core skiers and is meant to focus on the camaraderie formed through skiing with people of similar skill level and with similar interests.
Session 1: January 7 – January 28
Session 2: February 4 – March 3
For further information www.VisitTelluride.com
