The Great American Road Trip ChallengeOne trip, ~2.5 years, 48 states

The gondola and the falls.

  1. 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM· 3h 30m

    Main Street & Bridal Veil FallsCities & MetrosAnchor

    A box canyon with one way in, a main street of false-front Victorians below it, and Colorado's tallest free-falling waterfall at the closed end — Butch Cassidy robbed his first bank here, and the town looks much as it did when he did.

    Bring: layers · hiking shoes

    Telluride, CO
  2. 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM· 2h

    The gondola to Mountain VillageSkiing & Winter SportsWorth it

    Free, thirteen minutes over a 10,500-ft ridge to Mountain Village, and the only transit system of its kind in the country — built as a condition of the resort's expansion so the two halves of town wouldn't need a road between them. Telluride's ski runs fall away on both sides; See Forever, the run down the ridgeline, is named for exactly what you get from the top.

    Oak St & San Juan Ave, Telluride, CO

What the colours mean

On this day

  • Cities & Metros1
  • Skiing & Winter Sports1

And how much each one matters

  • AnchorAlways do — the reason this stop is on the map
  • Worth itDo most of these
  • BonusQuirky bonus, if it's happening while you're here