re: Steamboat or Telluride

man, that is a tough one....depends really on what you like better...

Telluride is a prettiest place with a pretty strong hippie vibe. can be damn hard to get to if the weather is bad...

Steamboat has managed to stick to its roots and keep the ranching vibe going...it is still basically a cowboy town, but the addition of the ski hill brought in enough tourism to make it a wonderful place to visit....where else in the world can you ski all day and watch a professional rodeo every night?

my favorite is Steamboat, but that is a biased view because I am a lot more familiar with it and find the cowboy vibe to be comforting....

you can't go wrong with either...