Telluride Mountain School

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, ...

This fall, the 3rd- and 4th-grade students embarked on a new outdoor education trip. In connection with their Earth Science studies, this group of hearty students set out to explo...

The first- and second-grade students kicked off the school year learning about the rich mining history of Telluride. Their Outdoor Education trip began with a beautiful hike on th...

Braving heavy rain and thunder storms, the fifth and sixth grade class of Telluride Mountain School brought excitement, love of learning, and impressive grit to nearly every part ...

Telluride Mountain School opens Tuesday with focused mantra Telluride Mountain School (TMS) Head Andy Shoff usually opens the school year with a mantra around which he rallies ...

Effective English teachers are continually debating the required reading in a school’s curriculum. They ask: Where do classics fit in our curriculum? How do we include contemporar...

This spring, the 3rd, and 4th-grade class left our little box canyon to explore the wonders and wildlife of the Moab desert region. They were gone for four days and three nights, ...

This past May, the world of dinosaurs came to life for the 1st and 2nd-grade class as they explored Fruita, Colorado. Their journey began with an up-close look at ancient life wit...

This spring, the ninth-grade class explored the rocks and rivers of Eastern Utah. They started out with a half-day of guided rock climbing on Wall Street in Moab, where they climb...