Quick Questions!

[weakleg22]

 

I'm so excited for these paths!!! Wanting to enjoy the town/region in addition to the festival!  Thank you! 

Weakleg, this was a little but of humour. The Bottleworks trail is the path to the liquor store. 

HAHAHAHA...well then...I"m REALLY excited for this path!  
  Funny, I was wondering which trail this was... 

[weakleg22]

There's a really sweet path alongside the San Miguel that takes you directly to the Festivaaaal! gate, too!
Much more fun, and scenic than walking thru the condos, IMHO.

And cooler...it's in the shade and that cold river usually has a nice breeze running down the little valley which is imho preferable to being sunbaked on heated asphalt at the end of a bright festival day... :-)   Plus, the occasional kids tubing the river...the inevitable dogs jumping in and out after things...and the opportunity to stop and dip your own hot feets into the river after a long day of dancin'!

Man...is it June yet?!

That sounds awesome!!  Less than 2 months!

[weakleg22]

Oh man my wagon broke on the return loop of the Bottleworks trail two years ago.  It was harrowing.

We can sympathize with you about that. It could have been a disaster. Hopefully none of the cargo was damaged or lost.
Last year I noticed that another store opened up on E. Colorado to give them some competition. But the Bottleworks trail is a much nicer walk if you take the river route. Plus, you never know who you may run into there. Over the years, I have seen Sammy, Bela, and Johnny C shopping there at different times. Maybe we should build a Telluride walk of fame there, with stars on the sidewalk?
And Weakleg, the trailhead to Bear Creek Falls starts in town right at the end of South Pine. That's a real trail, where you can take your family on a nice fairly easy hike up to the falls and see some beautiful scenery.

 
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Thank you for everything!

[weakleg22]

Me again...Traveling from the STL Tuesday AM, heading through Colorado Springs and hoping to make it to Canon City to crash for the night.  Finishing the 17 hour trek Wed AM.  Looks like the last leg is about 5 hours.  We're hoping to check in and hit the ground running Wed afternoon. 

I know there's FirstGrass at 5pm that night in MTN Village, where we are staying....but anyone have suggestions for site-seeing for us?  Family of 4...maybe head in to Telluride and walk around to visit shops, restuarants, breweries..? Can we crash TP with a cooler and check it out?  Any cool, safe trails we could check out?  Any suggestions are welcome. I don't want to waste any time in this beautiful town! 

I'm not sure, with a 2 yo, that we will spend 12 hours at the festival grounds each day.  If we have to trek back and forth from MTN village, is there a place within the festival to check items in, to come back for a couple hours later? (chairs/wagon, for example)

[Hooch]

Me again...Traveling from the STL Tuesday AM, heading through Colorado Springs and hoping to make it to Canon City to crash for the night.  Finishing the 17 hour trek Wed AM.  Looks like the last leg is about 5 hours.  We're hoping to check in and hit the ground running Wed afternoon. 

I know there's FirstGrass at 5pm that night in MTN Village, where we are staying....but anyone have suggestions for site-seeing for us?  Family of 4...maybe head in to Telluride and walk around to visit shops, restuarants, breweries..? Can we crash TP with a cooler and check it out?  Any cool, safe trails we could check out?  Any suggestions are welcome. I don't want to waste any time in this beautiful town! 

I'm not sure, with a 2 yo, that we will spend 12 hours at the festival grounds each day.  If we have to trek back and forth from MTN village, is there a place within the festival to check items in, to come back for a couple hours later? (chairs/wagon, for example)

You can check out TP until Thursday morning when wristbands are required.
Quite a few trails (one that goes up the mountain right behind the stage). 
2 waterfalls at the end of the canyon (only 1 is visible from town)
Gondola is a fun ride.
Plenty of shops and restaurants (one called the Cornerhouse Grill has awesome tater tots).
No check-in for festival items but if you get friendly with your tarp neighbors you can ask them to watch your stuff.  It's rare that things are "misplaced" except at the end of the night when someone may grab the wrong chair in the dark.
You'll have fun no matter what!!!

[weakleg22]

Me again...Traveling from the STL Tuesday AM, heading through Colorado Springs and hoping to make it to Canon City to crash for the night.  Finishing the 17 hour trek Wed AM.  Looks like the last leg is about 5 hours.  We're hoping to check in and hit the ground running Wed afternoon. 

I know there's FirstGrass at 5pm that night in MTN Village, where we are staying....but anyone have suggestions for site-seeing for us?  Family of 4...maybe head in to Telluride and walk around to visit shops, restuarants, breweries..? Can we crash TP with a cooler and check it out?  Any cool, safe trails we could check out?  Any suggestions are welcome. I don't want to waste any time in this beautiful town! 

I'm not sure, with a 2 yo, that we will spend 12 hours at the festival grounds each day.  If we have to trek back and forth from MTN village, is there a place within the festival to check items in, to come back for a couple hours later? (chairs/wagon, for example)

You can check out TP until Thursday morning when wristbands are required.
Quite a few trails (one that goes up the mountain right behind the stage). 
2 waterfalls at the end of the canyon (only 1 is visible from town)
Gondola is a fun ride.
Plenty of shops and restaurants (one called the Cornerhouse Grill has awesome tater tots).
No check-in for festival items but if you get friendly with your tarp neighbors you can ask them to watch your stuff.  It's rare that things are "misplaced" except at the end of the night when someone may grab the wrong chair in the dark.
You'll have fun no matter what!!!

Thank you!!!

[Rob_from_Ohio]

Weakleg -

I'm a fellow Mountain Villager and father of 2.  The trek between MV and TP is something that I know quite well.  Been doing it for almost 20 years.  We leave stuff (tarp, wagon, cooler, etc.) in TP when we leave the grounds during the day all the time.  Never had a problem. 

When my kids were small, we often went up to MV during the day to let the kids swim in the pool, eat lunch, get out of the sun, etc.  It was actually a great chance to grab warm clothes for the evening, more snacks, etc. before heading back down for the evening sets.  It actually made it easier in the mornings knowing that we didn't need to take everything that a family of 4 needs to survive when we went down to TP.

Re: site seeing, when you take the Gondola into town, it will first go up the mountain to San Sophia station before it descends into Telluride.  You can get out at the top and walk around for some cool views and there is a nature center up there that my kids always liked. 

The trail that Hooch mentioned is the Bear Creek Trail.  I've push a stroller up that one a few times.  You should definitely check it out. 

We will be at First Grass too.  I'd be happy to meet up with you and your family to help you get acclimated.  We will arrive in MV sometime on Sunday.  Let me know if you would like to connect next week.

[weakleg22]

Thank you so much!  I didn't see this reply, apologies!  This is great advice, I've been dreading taking a day's worth of stuff in one trip!  We arrive Wednesday morning, I'll try to PM when we arrive at First Grass! Thank you!