Telluride

Rocky Mountain skiing

Telluride is the name of a town in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado that is a popular ski resort.

It is also the name of a compound of tellurium with another element.

town

Colorado

Western rectangular state

mining town · mountain village · historic district · boutiques · galleries · festivals · restaurants · elevation · remote · picturesque

skiing

ski resort

Snow-sport vacation facility

mountain village · lift tickets · après-ski · black diamond · snow · alpine · terrain · chairlift · ski-in ski-out · backcountry

geography

box canyon

Dead-end ravine with steep walls

alpine meadows · waterfalls · cliffs · ridgeline · Ophir · surrounded · cirque · wilderness · scenic · rugged

mining

gold rush

Mass migration seeking ore

  • silverLustrous white precious metal
  • oreMetal-bearing rock
  • minersOre extractors

boom town · 1870s · prospectors · claims · shafts · tailings · ghost towns · Pandora · mill · assay

festivals

film festival

Multi-day movie exhibition

premiere · music · summer events · cultural · arts · documentary · concerts · performers · attendees · September

element

chemical element

Fundamental pure substance

periodic table · silvery-white · brittle · solar cells · thermoelectric · alloy · selenium

Categories
Opposites
colorado ski resort character

TellurideVail

Colorado ski resort town

Denver · Breckenridge · Keystone · Park City · Winter Park

economic character of resort towns

TellurideLeadville

Historic Colorado mining settlement

Buena Vista · Gunnison

geographic accessibility

TellurideDenver

Colorado's capital city

Las Vegas · Los Angeles · Phoenix · Salt Lake City · Vail

Phrases
Family

tellurium, telluric

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G