Eight Interesting Things About Telluride

Think you know everything about Colorado’s Telluride? Here’s eight things you may not know. Test your knowledge …Did you know?

1. Telluride was originally named “Columbia”.

2.  AC Electricity was invented in Telluride by Nikola Tesla.

3. The famous bank robber “Butch Cassidy” got his start in Telluride.

4. Telluride has over 980 vertical meters of skiing.

5. Telluride was one of the first towns in the US to sell legalized marijuana.

6. Telluride has the only free gondola public transportation system in North America. 

           The gondola connects Telluride with Mountain Village, a European-style alpine community. 

7. Bridal Veil Falls, 2 miles east of Telluride, is the highest free-falling waterfall in Colorado.

8. Telluride Helitrax is Colorado’s only helicopter ski company. 

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