Friday, September 9, 2011

Mountain Lodge Telluride & Telluride Outside partner for spectacular fall foliage excursions

Fall in the San Juan Mountains is breathtakingly magnificent”
 
Mountain Lodge Telluride & Telluride Outside partner for spectacular fall foliage excursions. 

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Telluride Resort Offers Upscale, Elegant Bridal Venue


Mountain Lodge Telluride, summer flowers.  Photograph 2011 © Neil Hastings.

 Telluride Resort Offers Upscale, Elegant Bridal Venue

-- Mountain Lodge at Telluride hosts ceremonies, rehearsal dinners, honeymoons, bachelor/bachelorette parties --

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

'Why Telluride', by Maribeth Clemente of Bonjour Colorado



Here it is the last week of the ski season here at Telluride, the ski resort where I work and play. It’s hard to believe—it always comes way too fast. And we’re going out in full glory since it’s been snowing lots this past week and there’s more in the forecast. That’s always how it goes it seems. If you have the chance, take those extra vacation days off from work and hit the slopes as many days as possible. If not, start planning your stay for next year since Telluride Ski Resort truly is tops in the country.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

The Mountainfilm Festival is a Telluride locals’ favorite – let it be your favorite too!


Mountain Lodge Telluride is the official Lodging Sponsor for the 2011 Mountainfilm in Telluride May 27-30.

By making reservations at the Mountain Lodge Telluride with discounted promotional Mountainfilm rates, our Mountainfilm guests will be able to purchase Sunshine Passes (all theaters) and Wilson Passes (all theaters plus symposium and closing picnic) at a significant discount.  Pricing for lodging and Mountainfilm passes will be 20-30% off the normal pricing -- the best price available anywhere, just for staying at our property!

WILSON PASS - Provides admission to all Festival programs and events, including the Moving Mountains Symposium and the Closing Picnic & Awards Ceremony.

SUNSHINE PASS - Provides admission to all Festival programs and some events. DOES NOT include the Moving Mountains Symposium or the Closing Picnic & Awards Ceremony. Tickets for those are available separately below or at the door.

Relax at Mountain Lodge Telluride after a fun-filled day of the 2011 Mountainfilm Festival. 
Photograph 2011 © Neil Hastings.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Super Spring Skiing Special - Save up to 30%

Photograph 2011 © Neil Hastings.

No lift lines, long sunny spring days. The skiing is at its best in late March and early April. Join us in Telluride for the Spring Blast, March 19 – April 3.  Stay 3 or more nights and enjoy up to 30% discount on lodging and lift tickets.




"Wilson Peak".  Photograph 2011 © Neil Hastings.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Telluride's Film, "Bag It" heads to PBS

Click Here to watch the "Bag It" trailer

From the Mountainfilm screen to PBS



Reel Thing Productions and Felt Soul Media films headed for Public Broadcasting Channel

By Katie Klingsporn
Associate Editor
Published: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 6:08 AM CST
Last May, the documentary “Bag It,” which was filmed, edited and produced by Telluride’s Suzan Beraza and a crew of locals, premiered at the Mountainfilm Festival to a jam-packed Michael D. Palm Theatre.

The film won the Audience Choice award, and its popularity quickly blossomed — suddenly it was hitting the festival circuit hard, traveling from Amsterdam to Hawaii, playing for scores of audiences and grabbing handfuls of awards.

And now, less than a year since its debut, the film about plastic and its effects on our lives is headed for PBS — which will fling open the doors of exposure for the home-grown documentary.

“It’s pretty exciting,” Beraza said. The appeal of the Public Broadcasting Channel, she said, is its reach — millions of people watch PBS each week. The channel is home to well-loved programs like “Antiques Roadshow,” “NOVA,” and “Sesame Street” and its programming encompasses everything from documentaries to history and culture.

And “Bag It” isn’t the only Telluride film headed for PBS.

Ben Knight and Travis Rummel’s film, “Red Gold,” which premiered at Mountainfilm in 2008 — also to a brimming audience at the Palm — will be featured on PBS as a FRONTLINE documentary. The hour-long version, which has been re-edited by FRONTLINE and re-titled “Alaska Gold,” will show sometime this spring or summer. Knight and Rummel’s 2010 film, “Eastern Rises,” has also been raking in accolades on the festival circuit.

It’s been a big year for both filmmakers, proving that despite Telluride’s teensy-ness, it cultivates talent that contends out there in the big world.

With the “Bag It” crew, getting the film on PBS has been a goal for some time — they all grew up on the station, Beraza said, and recognize it as a crucial disseminator of information. Offers from cable channels to air the film had trickled in, but the folks at Reel Thing Productions opted to pursue PBS. They started working with a distribution specialist researching avenues to get on the station, began applying and were accepted.

A 56-minute version of the film — which explores the throw-away world of single-use plastic bags, bottles, packaging and cups — will be aired on PBS starting on April 18.

The way it works: the film is in the national PBS schedule, and individual stations can choose whether or not to pick it up for programming. Reel Thing Productions will have more information in late March in terms of what stations have picked it up and when it will play, but already know that it will be played by stations in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and, of course, Rocky Mountain PBS.

It’s the latest chapter in a whirlwind year speckled with awards, screenings and buzz for the film. Since its premiere at Mountainfilm, “Bag It” has played to audiences from Denver to Hawaii. It gathered awards at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival in California, the Dutch Environmental Film Festival in Amsterdam and the Waimea Ocean Film Festival in Hawaii. It’s been screened in schools, mentioned in reports in USA Today and CBS and it’s for sale at Whole Foods.

“It’s just kind of wild because we just never thought that it would have this sort of momentum,” Beraza said.

And it’s not just plaques and statuettes; Beraza said they receive incredible feedback from audience members who tell them that the documentary changed their lives, spurred them to rethink habits and even inspired them to push for legislation.

“It’s just really gone well,” she said. “It’s sort of a shocker for me.”

Rummel and Knight of Felt Soul Media, meanwhile, have watched the popularity of their 2010 film, “Eastern Rises” — a funny and beautiful fly-fishing adventure set in the remote reaches of Russia’s Kamchaka peninsula — explode.

The film, which has been seen by audiences from British Columbia to Georgia, Maine, New York City and Belgium, has nabbed significant accolades this year. It took home awards from the Boulder Adventure Film Festival, Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Rossland Mountain Film Festival and Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival. Perhaps most notably, it won the best Mountain Film Sport award at Banff International Film Festival — a festival renowned for the quality of its adventure films.

“Winning Banff blew my mind,” Knight said. “I just never imagined that a nerdy fishing adventure could rise above all the big-budget mainstream sport films like skiing, climbing and mountain biking.”

Right now, “Eastern Rises” is on tour with both Mountainfilm and Banff, which means it’s being seen by audiences in U.S. cities nearly every week. More than 100,000 people are expected to see it in theaters this year.

Meanwhile, Felt Soul is waiting to see “Red Gold,” hit PBS in the new version, “Alaska Gold.” The film is about an open pit gold and copper mine proposed to be dug at the headwaters of Bristol Bay, a wild place populated with incredible salmon runs, grizzly bears and a culture that depends on the health of its rivers for survival.

Knight said they have been waiting for some time for this to happen, and “when it finally hits the air, it’ll have a massive reach … millions of people will see it, and it’ll be incredible exposure for the Pebble Mine issue.”

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Celebrate Valentine's at Mountain Lodge Telluride!


With Valentine's Day just around the corner, why not make plans to snuggle-in at the Mountain Lodge Telluride?  If you stay with us for three nights between February 8th - 16th Mountain Lodge Telluride will welcome you with a complimentary bottle of champagne nd chocolate-dipped strawberries in your room, and a cocktail of your choice for two with purchase of an entree at The View Restaurant.  Discounted lift tickets also available! If you are flying in the Telluride Air desk has some amazing pricing on flights. For Valentine's deals on airline tickets contact the Telluride air desk at 888-451-9527.  And don't forget, pets are welcome at Mountain Lodge Telluride! 
Premiere Telluride Ski-in/Ski-Out Resort Offers Valentine’s Day Special
- Free night’s lodging, champagne, chocolate highlight Mountain Lodge at Telluride stay --

Telluride, Colo. – Picture a snow-covered ski lodge, upscale resort, warm fireplace, luxurious robes, outdoor hot tubs with spectacular mountain views and western elegance, and you’ll be picturing a perfect Valentine’s Day in Telluride.

This year, Mountain Lodge at Telluride, the area’s premiere ski-in/ski-out resort, is offering a fourth-night-free special for Valentine’s Day. Visitors who stay four nights in one of the resort’s 650-square-foot junior suites between Feb. 8 and 16 will receive the fourth night free. Guests also will receive a bottle of champagne and chocolate-dipped strawberries on their first night to celebrate the holiday.

Junior suites include living area, separate master bedroom and deluxe kitchen. Property amenities include concierge services, a fitness room, steam room, grocery shopping service, outdoor heated  pool and hot tubs, and complimentary wireless Internet service in all units and in the main lodge.

Rates during the special are $289/night. In addition, discounted lift tickets for Telluride Ski Resort are available to guests who request them from Mountain Lodge at least 72 hours in advance.

While the Feb. 8-16 timeframe is one of the busiest times of the season to ski and snowboard at Telluride, guests can choose from plenty of activities as well, says Neil Hastings, director of sales and marketing for Mountain Lodge at Telluride. Visitors can snowshoe, cross-country ski, snowmobile, take a dogsled ride, horseback ride, shop and take in one of the area’s world-class spas.

For more information or to book reservations, contact Mountain Lodge at Telluride at 970-369-5000 or www.mountainlodgetelluride.com.


Mountain Lodge at Telluride (www.mountainlodgetelluride.com)
Mountain Lodge at Telluride is an exclusive, upscale resort. At 9,500 feet in the San Juan Mountains, the ski-in/ski-out resort offers private luxury cabins, condominiums, and lodge rooms as well as executive conference rooms offer space for small meetings and retreats, reception space and full catering service. The View restaurant offers upscale tavern dining in an intimate setting, with spectacular views of the San Juan Mountains.

The resort is listed as one of the top 50 ski hotels in North America in Conde Nast Traveler’s 2010 annual “Best Places to Ski & Stay in North America” readers’ poll.


THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES
  • stay 3 nights or more get 20% off
  • stay 4 nights, get 4th night free
  • Complimentary bottle of champagne, nd chocolate-dipped strawberries in your room at check-in
  • Cocktail of your choice for two with purchase or entree at The View restaurant
  • Discounted lift tickets available by contacting our reservations department at reservations@mountainlodgetelluride.com or by calling 970-369-5000
  • Discounted ski rentals available through Christy Sports at http://www.christysports.com/ or at 970-369-5267
Promotion available for stays February 8th - 16th on NEW bookings only. Can not be combined with any other offer. Discount applies to all room types based on availability.

Friday, January 7, 2011

The "Smart Skier" Deal at Mountain Lodge Telluride


The "Smart Skier" Deal at Mountain Lodge Telluride


You are a smart skier, right? Of course you are, you love a great mountain, the best views in North America, NO lift lines, and a really good deal. Well here it is....Now thru February 4th, Mountain Lodge Telluride is helping you get the most for your money with "The Smart Skier" deal. The longer you stay the more you save! Save up to 30% on ski in and ski out lodging with a 3 night stay. Discounted lift tickets also available! If you are flying in the Telluride Air desk has some amazing pricing on flights. For smart deals on airline tickets contact the Telluride air desk at 888-451-9527.  And don't forget, pets are welcome at Mountain Lodge Telluride!


THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES
  • stay 1 night get 10% off
  • stay 2 nights get 20% off
  • stay 3 nights or more get 30% off
  • Discounted lift tickets available by contacting our reservations department at reservations@mountainlodgetelluride.com or by calling 970-369-5000
  • Discounted ski rentals available through Christy Sports at www.christysports.com or at 970-369-5267
Promotion available for stays Jan 7th - February 5th on NEW bookings only. Can not be combined with any other offer. Discount applies to all room types based on availability.

Click Here For More Information on the "Smart Skier" Deal




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