Telluride USA - Everything you need to know for your next Ski holiday

By Air

The closest international airport to Telluride is Denver International Airport which is a 7-hour drive. Telluride is located southwest Colorado in the four corners region where Colorado meets Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. It would be best to fly into Montrose Regional Airport which takes approximately 1 hour and 25 minute drive to Telluride.

Denver International Airport is a hub for United Airlines, Frontier, Delta and Southwest. Southwest is a great lower budget option for those travelling to the ski fields as they do not charge baggage or change fees- amazing for those chasing powder or taking their own equipment.

Montrose Regional Airport is the primary airport for Telluride. Located roughly an hour and 20 minutes away and nonstop flights from 11 major hubs, this is a popular option for travellers.

Car Hire

A few of the car hire companies you’ll find at Denver International Airport are Advantage, Hertz, National, Payless and Thrifty. For winter driving, we recommend choosing a 4WD or all-wheel drive otherwise the car may require winter chains. If you do plan on hiring a car, be sure your GPS is set correctly as some routes are summer only roads.

Shuttle Transfer

There are shuttles that operate from Montrose Regional Airport to Telluride as well if you aren’t wanting to hire a car. Telluride Express operates daily shuttle to and from the airport. Shuttle services recommend pre-booking your seat prior to travelling in order to secure a spot.

If you’d like to book transfers with your ski package speak to one of our travel specialists at Liquid Snow Tours.

nicky sullivan

Lizzie was so helpful, gave us some options and advice to help us pinpoint where we wanted to go. And once we had booked provided some really helpful travel advice and answering questions we had. Easy to deal with, everything was smooth and we had a great time.

Shelly Drewitz

Calum was awesome at helping us every step of the way with our trip. We got a great deal on the accommodation and ski lift, and we will definitely come back to Mountainwatch next time based on his excellent service.

Mark K Grant

I booked my Japan ski holiday through Mountainwatch. Very professional and when we arrived in Japan all was laid out for us. The accommodation was even nicer than expected. KIrsty was very good to work with and made things very easy!!!! will book again next season.

Jess

Great experience booking through this company, our contact Anna was brilliant, and organised a fantastic ski trip for us. The travel was all clearly laid out, the accommodation was lovely, the ski field was fantastic, great range of local dining options and bars.

Brett A

Mountain Watch are great, well organised and excellent advice on locations and accommodation. Highly recommended!

darren martin

Thanks Kirsty for helping arrange our family trip to Myoko for Xmas 2025, we had an amazing time

Jan Kelly

Thanks Kirsty, once again your arrangements for us in Japan worked very well. We’ll have no hesitation about touching base with you before we make another booking….. not sure if we’ll be organised by June, but we’ll see. Have a great season yourself and keep up the good work at MountainWatch. Regards Jan and Tom

Samantha Farr

Our trip to Hakuba and Tokyo was so smooth and easy thanks to the help of Justine. Hotel was great and in a perfect location and it was very smooth having all our extras like lessons and rentals booked and sorted before we arrived. Would 100% book through Mountainwatch Travel again!

John Durham

This is the second year that Kristy has organized travel arrangements for a skiing holiday to Furano in Japan, for us. It is the second time that those arrangements have been fulfilled seamlessly. No hassles, as planned and on time. Perfect, and will use Mountainwatchj Travel again. John Durham

Simone B

We booked through Anna O’Malley for our stay in Nozawa onsen Village in Japan. Seamless service, prompt, and pricing reasonable. The Shimataya View Hotel, was a lovely stay. Room size was large, great views, and Amazing service from Staff. Momoi and Eloisa couldn’t help enough- from dinner reservations to organising luggage to Tokyo. Property is older, though clean, well maintained. 10 min walk to slopes, 5 min walk to village centre. I recommend Mountain Watch, and this property. Photos are the view from our room.

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