We went to Telluride this year from 2/24 - 3/1 with a group of 7 couples - the Masts, Leflers, Booths, Cullys, Spichers and Farmers. We had a fantastic trip! We had fun skiing, ate amazing food, and got along great with all the couples!
It was hard to find a house to accommodate so many people so we stayed at a hotel on this trip. The Inn at Lost Creek is located in Mountain Village and was an awesome location! It was located right by lift 1 and 4, was close to a ton of restaurants, had valet ski service, and nice rooms.
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| Inn at Lost Creek |
Our room:
We got in a day earlier than most of the other couples so we spent that day skiing together and hanging out with Jason's college buddy Scott.
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| Lunch at Brown Dog Cafe on our arrival day |
Scott gave us a little tour of Telluride that we hadn't seen before in our previous trips (this was Jason's 8th trip to Telluride and my 4th):
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| Inside the Sheridan Opera House |
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| Enjoying the hot tub on our first day |
We met up with half of the group that had also came out on Tuesday for dinner at La Marmotte:
A picture from the other half of the group that had to rebook all their flights due to cancellations.
Jason and I skied together on Wednesday the first half of the day, then I went and got an amazing massage at Kindred Massage that afternoon and Jason skied with Scott.
At one point while we were skiing, we separated to ski different paths and I waited at the bottom of the ski lift for 45 minutes. Little did I know that Jason had skied off a tree run and had found himself in waist high powder. He had to walk himself out of it carrying his skis and it it was a very long walk!
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| Riding the Prospect lift and checking out Jason's lonely walking path |
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| Jason and Scott |
The rest of the group made it Wednesday afternoon and we headed to Brown Dog Pizza for dinner. Scott had hooked us up with a reservation when they don't ever normally give out reservations!
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| Riding the Gondola into town |
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| Sitting guys and girls because it is more fun that way |
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| Group picture at The Sheridan |
Then the group of 14 was off to ski on Thursday:
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| Ross and Kate |
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| Lindsay and Erin |
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| Nick and Nicki |
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| Nicki, Kate & I |
We had a little trouble getting both hot tubs reserved so we somehow fit almost everyone in one.
Some of the group made it up to the top of the mountain one day to check out the new Alpino Vino restaurant.
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| Toasting their accomplishment |
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| On our way to tackle a few blacks |
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| Jason got a busted lip from his ski |
Meeting for lunch one day at the base of Telluride at the Oak Restaurant
The week we were in Telluride was also Gay Ski Week so after an amazing dinner at Rev, we headed to Hongas restaurant in downtown Telluride for the Pearl party.
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| We sort of started the dance party! |
Lunch at Tomboy Tavern:
TJ, James and Jason hiked up to do Prospect Bowl:
The girls being adventurous on the last day and tried a few more blacks (only had one injury):
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| Somehow Kristi got us to do a cheerleading pose on the mountain |
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| Heading to dinner |
On our last night, we had a delicious meal at Allreds:
We had so much fun with these couples! They are amazing people and it was so fun to be able to enjoy a fun vacation with a big group of friends. The only drama from the week involved steaks and chicken fried rice, but those were quickly resolved. :)
