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A Colorado mountain town stands out as the best of the best

There's Aspen and its Hollywood-like draw, Breckenridge and its daily view of renowned Colorado 14ers like Quandary and Grey's and Torreys Peak, Estes Park as the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, Steamboat and its hot springs and many, many more.

<p>Telluride, originally called Columbia, was founded in 1878 as a mining camp.</p>

There's Aspen and its Hollywood-like draw, Breckenridge and its daily view of renowned Colorado 14ers like Quandary and Grey's and Torreys Peak, Estes Park as the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, Steamboat and its hot springs and many, many more.

Let's face it, Colorado has the whole "picturesque mountain towns" thing down.

But of all the places to go for taking in the scenery, hiking up secluded mountain trails or carving lines down the slopes, which in Colorado is the best of the best?

Telluride, the small southwestern town with a population of about 2,300 people, lays claim to that title in a new Thrillist list titled " The Best Mountain Towns in America."

Read more at the Denver Business Journal: http://bit.ly/1W8BMCa

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