T.D. Smith: 37 Years of Telluride real estate experience

Telluride continues to lead the pack with one of the best snow conditions in the Rocky Mountains. The skiing and boarding is the best of the year with snow in the forecast for the next couple of days. We hope you have made your winter vacation plans and have been enjoying the excellent conditions, but if not, the time is now. Feel free to call us with any questions or for assistance in booking your ski vacation in Telluride.

We look forward to seeing you on the slopes and, as always, please do not hesitate to give us a call for our “best buys” in the real estate market.

Cheers,

TD, Chris and Alex

Behind Wolf Creek and Silverton, Telluride has the deepest snow pack in the State, with over 30″ of new snow last week!!! We hope to see you on the slopes. Please feel free to call with any questions.
TD, Chris and Alex

Gondola Resorts Dazzles Telluride With New Multi-Million Dollar Vacation Rental Ski Home Mansion features ski/in ski/out access at the Telluride ski resort with over 13,000 square feet of living space and guest house, for $5,000 per night.
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Telluride CO Luxury Home Rental – “A Place In The Sun”
We are extremely happy to begin the new year with what probably is one of North America’s finest ski resort vacation rental properties.
Telluride, CO (PRWEB) January 09, 2012

A new luxury destination is born at the Telluride, Colorado ski resort, marveling the sophisticated vacation rental traveler. Gondola Resorts, a regional leader in providing vacation rental homes in Colorado, Utah and Florida, announced this week the addition of a new rental property to its rapidly growing vacation portfolio.
The vacation rental home, located in the Mountain Village region of Telluride resort, offers 13,836 square foot of living space, 6 bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms. “This is all part of a master plan to expand further into the luxury rental market”, says Jennifer Dunleavy, the company’s Director of Marketing.
“Named, A Place In The Sun, this newly built, ultra luxurious Mountain Village estate sits in absolute seclusion and privacy in Telluride’s Mountain Village. The 6 bedroom, 6.5 bathroom contemporary residence offers discerning vacationers the ultimate in ski-in ski-out access and mountain elegance,” Dunleavy says.
The Gondola Resorts’ website summarizes the property as nestled amongst almost three acres of old growth spruce with ski-in/ski-out access which enables snowboarders and skiers access Bridges ski slope. The description goes on to boast about the multiple outdoor entertaining areas, indoor and outdoor living spaces, and the natural environment. According to Telluride’s MLS real estate listings, A Place In The Sun ranks as one of the largest vacation rental homes in the area.
“It’s been an extraordinary experience to witness first hand the expansion of this magnitude at Telluride. We are extremely happy to begin the new year with what probably is one of North America’s finest ski resort vacation rental properties. Guests will find the new rental additions designed to bring back to life the lively ambiance of vacationing in the mountains which will make the travel experience to Telluride even more memorable,” said Gino Malara, General Manager of Gondola Resorts.
“To highlight the dramatic expansion at Gondola Resorts, guests renting any 5-9 bedroom luxury ski-in ski-out home will be treated to four-free adult lift tickets to Telluride ski resort”, according to Malara. The “mountain gift package program” was launched January 1 by Gondola Resorts as a promotion for the remaining 2011/12 ski season. Ski and mountain lovers can reserve the “Mountain Gift Package” by calling Gondola Resorts’ reservations desk. The program will not be available online.
Starting at $5000 USD per night during ski season, A Place In The Sun includes accommodations with an exercise room, home theater, elevator, 8 fireplaces, gas grill station, library and a guest cottage.
About Gondola Resorts, Inc.
Gondola Resorts, Inc. provides luxury vacation rental homes, condos and villas delivering on the promise of helping vacation travelers discover the alternative to small and confined hotel rooms. Gondola Resorts is one of the leading regional lodging providers, offering rentals in some of the most spectacular resort locations in Colorado, Utah and Florida. Gondola Resorts is based in Denver, Colorado with partnership operations in Aspen, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Deer Valley, Keystone, Park City, Orlando, Steamboat Springs, Summit County, The Canyons and Telluride.

The top 5 ski resorts in the United States
 
3.  Telluride, Colorado (PAF = 89): If you’ve been to Telluride, you understand why it’s on this list.  Seeing this town’s main street framed against one of the more magnificent box canyons in the world, the spire of its old courthouse saluting a battalion of serrated San Juan peaks, pays for the plane ticket.  As for that plane ride, Telluride has a reputation for being hard to reach.  It’s a tag that gets Dave Riley, the CEO of the resort, bristling.  “It’s simply not true,” he says.  “It’s easier to get in here than a lot of other Colorado resorts, and the drive is better.”
Riley speaks the truth.  Landing in Montrose leaves skiers with a 50-minute car ride to the promised land, a path that winds through the charming town of Ridgeway while passing by some of the most ridiculous vistas outside of Switzerland.  One of the choicest spots travelers pass is the Double RL Ranch, belonging, of course, to billionaire Ralph Lauren.  Compare that with the white-knuckle drive, next to semis and thousands of other skiers, up I-70 from Denver to Colorado’s Summit County. And once you’re in Telluride, the need for a car falls away.  There’s no better Main Street than Telluride’s in the Rockies outside of Aspen’s and Park City’s.  Telluride’s old town is connected to the upper town of Mountain Village (it’s an actual town) by a gondola that runs from dawn to midnight and is free for all.  There are many mountains you can visit that, technically, don’t require you to have a car.  But none of them give you the pedestrian nirvana that Telluride does.

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