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(Volunteers from Fort Lewis College Village Aid Project in Jalapa, Nicaragua, last month, working with a villager on a household water delivery system. George “Hamo” Thorneycroft,...
This spring's experiential education trip to Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany provided historical and cultural context specific to the three countries visited and the world...
This spring, while it was still snowy in Telluride, the third and fourth-grade class left to explore the wonders and wildlife of the Moab desert region. This destination afforded ...
This spring, the seventh and eighth-grade class embarked on a two week trip to the South with Todd Smith, Ross Perrot, Jesse McTigue, Lizzie Edwards, and Kelsey Brax to immerse th...
This spring, the fifth and sixth-graders embarked on an epic road trip throughout the four corners region of the Southwest. Students explored the ancestral roots of the land we in...
The short arms of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, plates on the back of the Stegosaurus, and feathers on the Velociraptor. How did the students know all this? The first and second-grade cl...
We are pleased to announce the newest members of the TMS Board of Trustees; Flint Ogle, Kelli Scoville, and Winston Kelly, all of whom are current TMS parents.
Flint Ogle...
Keaton McCargo (Graduated 2013)
Freestyle Skiing Olympian (2018)
Where did you go to college, and what did you study?
I went to CU Boulder and studied Environmen...
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...
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...