Plush ski areas, dramatic red rock deserts, cowboy hangouts and ancient culture haunts all mark Telluride, Colorado, giving it its beloved down-home feel. You may see a cowboy riding off into the distance, walk into a saloon full of ranchers discussing stock prices, or stop at a diner where climbers enthuse over ascent routes through the San Juan Mountains and Southern Rockies. When the miners left in the 1960s, an upscale ski and outdoor sports paradise bloomed, setting up shop in historic landmark bordellos, saloons, and even the first bank robbed by Butch Cassidy.