@rustytr not everyone want's to live off mommy and daddy's money to buy drugs and live a boho life on a mountain and claim they're living a genuine and independent existence - not everyone has that luxury.
Lived in Aspen in the 1960's. On our trips to the Utah desert we'd stop by Telluride occasionally, before the ski area was put in it was just hard rock mining, 3 bars and a small grocery store.
How cool! I was raised in DGO, played in a band and we gig'd there several times. It WAS 3 bars, an old hotel and that's about it. It was the remnant of an old mining town and the State Highway Department barns. One of the bars had the band stage BELOW the crowd. It was like a dusty, smoke-filled coliseum. Always will be gorgeous. What a great memory. Thanks!
@@petecartwright5211 Haa! cool story. We'd search places like Tohellyouride to get away from what we thought was the madness of Aspen in that day. Imagine, there was one traffic light in Aspen and not a single condo to be seen yet. Southwest CO was special, including places like DGO. Hop skip and jump to the Canyons, Capitol Reef, Goblin Valley.
@@jerryrontic1007 We stomped all over the San Juans. I was young but the states beauty didn't go by us. It's impossible not to see it and feel it throughout most of the state. We were lucky. YOU remember Aspen BEFORE all the build-ups. That's a Coloradoan! A real one who saw the place long before development took over. Well done! We're damn near bros.!! The good thing WE both know...you can build all you want but nature rules the roost there and is never outshined.
yes! and the on other side of the mountain is Ouray the "little swiss alps of America" another gorgeous place and the amazing Orvis hot springs are in the middle in Ridgeway
My dad rigged those charges for Red Mountain. CDH (Riverside. The other side of the hill.) They used a small Howitzer too. They also used a recoilless rifle mounted in the back of a Dodge truck for a few years.
They also used a plastic rocket-looking thing that had the tube filled with explosive and they would put the detonator on it over their target and then drop it from the copter. They were about 3 ft. long and you could see through the plastic and the charge. I was fascinated by it all but only got to go along a couple of times. I never got to fly along. That was a no-no.
@@googoo-gjoob The point of my post was to get the people who saw the jeep tumble down the hill to reply. Not to get captain obvious to point out that this isn't the correct area.
I lived for several years 1 hour from Telluride. The servers, housekeepers, etc couldn’t afford to live there. They lived in Cortez and took a bus everyday to work.
One summer I hiked up the switchback jeep trail that goes up the canyon to the top of the waterfall. I remember wondering about avalanches in the winter....
The best eggs benedict I had in my entire life was at the New Sheridan Hotel. It's seen on the left in the wide shot. Oh, yeah, and the skiing was good, too.
LIVED THERE FOR TEN YEARS, I WAS CALLED THE LAWNMOWER MAN, AND I ALSO DROVE TOWTRUCKS THERE, BEST JOB EVER, I ALWAYS FELT LIKE A SUPERHERO, SAVING THE DAY, THE PEOPLE ARE THE BEST, GOD BLESSED TELLURIDE .;]>>>~~
I’m aware that’s Ajax Peak from the title. But does anyone know what little town/ village that it in CO? EDIT: didn’t read title well enough. Telluride, CO
Yessir, telluride! But if youd like to visit mountain towns like that, there are a few that dont cost as much. Of course see telluride but do ouray and silverton too! Theyre beautiful and great if you need cheaper and less fakey "moose/bear/plaid" and cant afford to buy a dang thing unless its got a dumb pot leaf on it.
My sisters and I are natives of Colorado, and when my little sister came back to visit, she had a really hard time breathing too. It’s crazy how she was totally used to it, but once she moved outta state, it completely changed.
recuerdo que trabajaba en el restauran jaks place. .la verdad que es un pueblo fantastico que si puduera ir no lo pensara.es como estar en otro mundo .
I think we drove through this town on our way from Denver to Aspen. Nice town. I think road leading to Leadville comes on your right side between Telluride and Aspen.
damn your salty, its an amazing sight. Workers and trust funders and tourist who saved up are all there watching. Its a controlled avalanche if you didn't understand that.
Telluride is beautiful but once you've been there for a few days, you become accustomed to it and it's just another mountainous small town at that point. Just more expensive. I'd prefer living in a less touristy town in Colorado.
The avalanche patrol sets off explosives to control avalanches when the snow amount is safe for the town. They would never wait long enough to allow the levels to get high enough to keep going.
