Snowshoe Hikes

Quiet travel among 14,000-foot peaks - snowshoeing in Telluride is one of the best ways to enjoy our scenery while "treading lightly." Guests follow experienced nature guides along groomed trails and gentle grades. Telluride Experience can arrange gourmet snacks for a stop along the way, to rest and take in the magnificent surroundings.

Dog Sledding

No reins, no bits, no crops - incredibly, voice commands are the only input for teams of Alaskan Huskies hitched to touring sleds. This guided trip offers a rare chance to try your hand at mushing, with expert Iditarod-experienced handlers through some of our area's most breathtaking terrain. The dogs love to pull, and the excitement is contagious. Guests take turns standing on the back runners with the musher, or resting in the sled's basket. As "hands-on" as you want it to be, these trips are an entertaining step back to a time when "dog-power" beat out "horse-power" in the Arctic tundra.

Horseback Rides

Telluride's most famous visitor rode into town on June 24th, 1889. He walked into the San Miguel Valley Bank and, for the first time in his career, made an unauthorized withdrawal of over $24,000. His name was George LeRoy Parker, but he was better known as Butch Cassidy. Live the spirit of the old West and explore Telluride's high country on a "Ride with Roudy," our best and most colorful local outfitter. With luck you'll catch a glimpse of the wild elk herd, and you're practically guaranteed a tall tale of life on the range, courtesy of Roudy and his professional wranglers. As Roudy himself says, "We have gentle horses for gentle people, and fast horses for fast people. And for people who don't like to ride, horses that don't like to be rode."