Telluride Mountain School

Last weekend, Telluride Mountain School (TMS) students participated in a three-day introductory course on the mechanics of avalanches — studying where they occur and how to avoid ...

The first and second-grade class began our OE trip with a full-day hike on the Keystone Gorge trail. Just outside our school grounds, students explored the beauty all around us. I...

Earlier this fall, our group of 7th-grade TMS students led by Gary Stollar, Lizzie Edwards, and Ross Perrot departed on an expedition to Dark Canyon in Bears Ears National Monumen...

The Telluride Mountain School’s seven high school students set off on a week-long desert and river adventure with Emily Durkin and Lea Gibbs on Monday, October 3, 2022. The outing...

This fall, the third and fourth-grade class embarked on an adventurous three days in the Sub-Alpine terrain to High Camp Hut, just off Lizard Head Pass. The students hiked about ...

This fall, the Telluride Mountain School eighth graders spent four nights and five days getting to know rugged desert landscapes, each other, and themselves. For four of those day...

During the last week of September, the fifth and sixth graders set off on a 45-mile canoe trip down the Labyrinth section of the Green River outside Moab, Utah. The trip began wit...

The following is a student's journal entry from the upper school outdoor education trip this fall. I'm thinking about taking a shower. We're going up another hill, and I'm co...

Words by Telluride Mountain School 3rd and 4th graders 2022

Georgia O'Keeffe once said, "I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do." In the spirit of the...

The ninth-through twelfth-grade students adventured through Costa Rica in the spring of 2022. After navigating canceled flights and some challenging travel logistics, the students...

Located in the middle of the pacific plate on a "hot spot" over 3,136 miles from Telluride lies the youngest island in the Hawaiian island chain, the big island. On May 17th, 2022...

After a global pandemic threw off plans to attend IslandWood in 2020, the fifth-and sixth-grade trip this spring was an especially sweet event. It had been five years since Tellur...

We pulled into the Canyon of the Ancients Guest Ranch in the beautiful McElmo Canyon, and our hosts warmly welcomed our excited group of first-and second-grade Telluride Mountain ...

When I was chosen to help lead the make-up South Trip this winter, I felt honored to participate in one of TMS's most venerated experiential education trips and excited to share t...

Post-COVID, Telluride Mountain School experiential trips are now full-steam ahead A fundamental, favorite part of the Telluride Mountain School’s curricula are its experienti...

Telluride Mountain School club focuses on avalanche safety, ‘state of the snowpack’ and more Although all students in grades K-12 at Telluride Mountain School participate in Sk...

In early October, the seventh-grade Telluride Mountain School class backpacked into the Dark Canyon Wilderness Area in southeastern Utah's Bears Ears National Monument. For four n...

The Fish and Owl Canyon trip was a 5-day scenic exploration into the Bears Ears National Monument and Moab. This challenging 17-mile loop offered the opportunity to observe unique...

This fall, the Telluride Mountain School 8th graders spent four nights and five days getting to know rugged desert landscapes, each other, and themselves. For four of those days, ...