It's a very beautiful setting!
In the early 1980s, a big controversy came up at Ski Telluride proposing to make easier trails cross Black runs. It would allow skiers to bail out onto these trails, so a skier didn't have to take a run at expert effort all the way. Diehard skiers wanted Telluride slopes to continue their reputation as some of the steepest in the US without alteration. The developer majority eventually won, citing that future growth and liability issues made those new trails a necessity.
I can remember in 1982, when Mountain Village didn't exist and only a sizable parking lot to access the west slopes was there before commercial development turned it into a housing playground for a privledged few.
