Telluride Wedding

Telluride [1] is a town in San Miguel County in southwestern Colorado on the San Miguel River on the west side of the San Juan Mountains. The population was 2,221 at the 2000 census.

Originally a mining town, Telluride is now a major ski resort. In the summer, there are festivals almost every weekend, including the Telluride Film Festival, Telluride Blues & Brews Festival, Mushroom festival, Nothing Day festival and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. It is the county seat of San Miguel CountyGR6.

Telluride sits in a box canyon. Steep forested mountains and cliffs surround it. Spectacular Bridal Veil Falls is at the head of the canyon. Numerous weathered ruins of old mining operations dot the hillsides.

Ouray, CO, near Telluride, was the inspiration for Galt's Gulch in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. Telluride is the subject of eponymous song by Tim McGraw.

Nestled at in the mountains at the head of the San Miguel River, for centuries the Ute Indians spent summer and fall in the valley hunting elk, deer and mountain sheep before gold was discovered and mining moved in.