Creative Dimensions

This winter, Hotel Telluride is offering Master of the Mountain package. Powder hounds receive the luxe treatment with a three- night stay in one of the hotel’s suites, hot breakfast every morning, a one-day Telluride Ski Mountain pass with private guide, a semi-private heli-skiing tour, a 90-minute custom spa treatment, a private dining experience, and … Read more

Be the first of your friends to try the new craze—fat tire biking in winter—as Hotel Telluride offers their Snow Bike & Brewery package, a three-night stay that includes a private, guided fat tire adventure to the Telluride Brewing Company and local distillery, and a five-course dinner at the hotel. Package starts at $1,550, thehoteltelluride.com

For skiers who take the sport—and the precious time they spend doing it—seriously, heli-skiing can be the ultimate worthwhile indulgence. You can forget about endless lift lines, “death cookies” and crowded slopes, focusing instead on the blissful task at hand: barreling down a vertical-drop Shangri-La of untouched snow.

Adventure can mean various things, depending on who you ask. Maybe you’re a height seeker who enjoys jumping out of planes or maybe exploring a new hiking trail does it for you. Perhaps a milder adventure is more your style; taste testing foreign foods and exploring unique shops.

It has lured me to Colorado on a beautiful summer day courtesy of The Hotel Telluride, which invited me to stay in one of its luxurious European chalet-style rooms and try out its Adventure High in Telluride package that includes a climb headed by a San Juan Outdoor Adventures guide.