• Average annual snowfall for the region is 300 inches or about 25 feet.
• Telluride’s elevation is 8,570 feet above sea level.
• Mountain Village’s elevation is approximately 9,575 feet above sea level.
• The nearest stoplight is 45 miles away.
• Bridal Veil Falls – Colorado’s tallest free-falling waterfall - is at the east end of Telluride.
• Telluride, according to Ski Magazine, is one of the “Top 10” ski resorts in North America.
• The Telluride Regional Airport has the highest elevation of any commercial airport in North America.
• The world’s first electric street lamps were built in Telluride.
• Everything in town is within walking distance
• The Galloping Goose’s oldest bus #101 runs on renewable, non-toxic, biodegradable, vegetable-oil-based biodiesel fuel
• The ‘Free Box’ in Telluride has had free shopping for everyone for over 20 years.
• The only helicopter skiing outfit in Colorado is the Telluride Helitrax.
• The community based, non-commercial radio station, KOTO, was founded in 1975.
• Butch Cassidy and his gang robbed their first bank, the San Miguel County Bank in Telluride, in 1889.
• Almost twice as many people lived in Telluride in the mid to late 1800’s then live there now.
• Telluride immigrants mined zinc, lead, copper, iron, silver and gold.
• Telluride was first named Columbia, Colorado. The town later changed its name to Telluride to have a post office branch established there.
• The name ‘Telluride’ was probably derived from the ore tellurium although tellurium was never found in the San Juan mountains.
• The current Telluride Ski resort was created in the 1970’s.
• The tallest peaks around Telluride and Mountain Village are 13,000 feet.
Gondola Trivia
• The 10 year anniversary of the Gondola is 2006.
• It is always FREE to ride on the Telluride - Mountain Village Gondola.
• The Gondola is the first transportation system like it in the United States.
• The Gondola runs between 7 am and midnight daily.
• The Gondola takes less then 15 minutes from Telluride to Mountain Village.
• The Gondola officially opened December 20, 1996
• As of 2006 winter season the Gondola has transported over 26.7 million riders.
• The Gondola’s longest section is over 5,750 feet long.
• Station St. Sophia is the highest Gondola elevation at 10,500 feet above sea level.
• The trip from one town to the next on the Gondola is approximately three miles.
• It costs approximately $3.1M annually to maintain the Gondola.
• It takes about 100,000 man-hours per year to operate and maintain the Gondola.
• It cost about $16 million to build the original Gondola.
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