There are also many smaller film festivals in the United States, such as the Stony Brook Film Festival in Long Island, New York, the Northwest Filmmakers ' Festival, or the Sicilian Film Festival in Miami, Florida, which do not charge entry fees ; however, acceptance of films is usually more limited, and such film festivals do not necessarily attract big names in their audiences like Sundance and Telluride do.

The town of Telluride is the county seat and most populous town of San Miguel County in the southwestern portion of the U. S. state of Colorado.

The Telluride Historic District, which includes a significant portion of the town, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is also one of Colorado's 20 National Historic Landmarks.

Telluride is located at an elevation of 8, 750 feet in an isolated spot in Southwest Colorado.

From the west, Colorado Route 145 is the most common way into Telluride, however there are two alternate passes to enter the town as well.

The town is served by air transportation via Telluride Regional Airport ( TEX ), the highest altitude commercial airport in the United States.

Telluride boasts of a free box that is well supported by the community.

Beyond the ski lifts, Telluride is now widely recognized as an all-season resort.

Telluride Ski Resort is definitely the main attraction in the winter.

Free public transportation is provided in Telluride.

Telluride was the subject of an essay by Edward Abbey, and Modern Telluride is the setting of Raymond H. Ring's 1988 detective novel Telluride Smile.

Telluride is mentioned in the song " Smuggler's Blues " by Glenn Frey, and is the subject of and eponymous songs by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1985, Kate Wolf, and Tim McGraw in 2001, which was re-recorded by Josh Gracin in 2008.

They seem to have chosen this name at least in part because of the theory that " Telluride " is itself a contraction of " To Hell You Ride ".

Originally a mining town, Telluride now is known for its ski resort, Telluride Ski Resort.

The county seat is Telluride.

Rico is developing in many ways as a bedroom community for the much wealthier town of Telluride in San Miguel County to the north.

The eastern portion of the county is served by CO 145 connecting to Dolores, CO, and Telluride, CO.

It is widely regarded as the highest in-bounds skiable terrain in North America, but the Telluride resort boasts Palmyra Peak () and Silverton Mountain has terrain up to.

The development of the area was spurred by the discovery of large silver deposits near Rico in 1879, and the Rio Grande Southern Railroad was constructed through the County to connect Durango, Telluride, and Ridgway in 1890-92 The RGS served the eastern end of Dolores County until 1952 when it was abandoned.

He lived in the Telluride House in 1962 and 1963, while philosophy professor Allan Bloom served as a faculty mentor living in the house, and served as a pallbearer at Frances Perkins ' funeral.

* Independent films: In the US, Telluride Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Austin's South by Southwest, New York City's Tribeca Film Festival and Slamdance Film Festival are all considered significant festivals for independent film.

* June 21 – First long-distance transmission of alternating current by the Ames power plant near Telluride, Colorado, by Lucien and Paul Nunn.

Telluride was originally named " Columbia ", but due to confusion with Columbia, California, the name was changed by the post office in 1887.

Mining was Telluride ’ s only industry until 1972, when the first ski lift was installed by Telluride Ski Resort founder Joseph T. Zoline and his Telluride Ski Corporation ( Telco ).

A view in Telluride from the ski slopes by Mountain Village.

In 1978, a stake of the ski area was purchased by Ron Allred and his partner Jim Wells to form the Telluride Company.

The new owners expanded the infrastructure which Zoline had put into place by adding a gondola connecting Telluride with the Mountain Village.

*" Telluride ", a song by Tim McGraw from his sixth studio album, Set This Circus Down ( 2001 )

Mining operators in the San Juan mountain area of Colorado formed the San Juan District Mining Association ( SJDMA ) in 1903, as a direct result of a Western Federation of Miners proposal to the Telluride Mining Association for the eight hour day, which had been approved in a referendum by 72 percent of Colorado voters.

Mining operators in the San Juan mountain area of Colorado formed the San Juan District Mining Association ( SJDMA ) in 1903, as a direct result of a Western Federation of Miners proposal to the Telluride Mining Association for the eight hour day, which had been approved in a referendum by 72 percent of Colorado voters.

Mining operators in the San Juan mountain area of Colorado formed the San Juan District Mining Association ( SJDMA ) in 1903, as a direct result of a Western Federation of Miners proposal to the Telluride Mining Association for the eight hour day, which had been approved in a referendum by 72 percent of Colorado voters.

Therefore most of the passengers going to Telluride use Montrose Regional Airport, located 67 miles to the north.

* IATA airport code for Telluride Regional Airport

Telluride Regional Airport is a public use airport located five nautical miles ( 9 km ) west of the central business district of Telluride, a town in San Miguel County, Colorado, United States.

It is owned by the Telluride Regional Airport Authority.

Telluride Regional Airport covers an area of and has one runway designated 9 / 27 which measures.

Telluride Regional Airport is the destination in the " Telluride Landing " mission supplied with Microsoft Flight Simulator X.

** Montrose / Telluride – Montrose Regional Airport seasonal

** Montrose / Telluride ( Montrose Regional Airport ) Seasonal

In early 2010, a new Morris documentary had been submitted to several film festivals, including Toronto International Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, and Telluride Film Festival.

In 2003, Dyson was awarded the Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology in Telluride, Colorado.

* The 2000 Telluride Tech Festival Award of Technology.

Also in 2010, Herzog's documentary Happy People: A Year in the Taiga, which portrays the life of an indigenous tribe from the Siberian part of the Taiga, had its premiere at the 2010 Telluride Film Festival.

He had his 1st world cup podium in that discipline in Feb. 2009 at Sunday River Maine, and again in Dec. 2009 in Telluride, CO.

Major towns, all old mining camps, include Creede, Lake City, Silverton, Ouray, and Telluride.

Famous old San Juan mines include the Camp Bird and Smuggler Union mines, both located between Telluride and Ouray.

The San Juans are extremely steep ; only Telluride has made the transition to a major ski resort.

Fall colors in Telluride.

A view of a mountain while driving above Telluride on one of its many trails.

The town of Telluride sits in the valley.

Telluride sits in a box canyon.

Telluride and the surrounding area have featured prominently in pop culture.