Getting married in Telluride is certainly a dream destination! As Telluride and Colorado Wedding Planners, we wanted to share some of the reasons why we love Telluride and suggest getting married there! From the beautiful San Sophia Overlook, to the Snowy Mountain Lodge; here’s an all inclusive guide – complete with Telluride Wedding Photographers, on how to get married in Telluride!
Why get married in Telluride?
- Unique venues with classical architecture
- Delicious food, with personalized catering
- Forests that stretch for miles with mountain views
- Italian Bistros, Snowy Ski Resorts, and Beautiful Telluride Town
From scenic mountain views, to snowy adventures and leafy forests, your Telluride wedding will be all inclusive of a great time! Make some warm (or cold) memories right in the heart of Telluride! Here are the five best Telluride wedding venues, just FOR YOU to get married in Telluride!
- San Sophia overlook – a mountain wedding experience that dazzles with flowers in the spring
- Tomboy’s Tavern, a renovated tavern-style bar, with a killer drink menu and catering
- Alpino Vino, a classic Italian venue with rustic charm and delicious food
- The Golden Ledge, a unique outdoor amphitheater perfect for a Springtime Wedding
- Mountain Lodge, a giant snowy resort that offers breathtaking views and unforgettable memories
- Allred’s Restaurant, a grand venue that offers Mountain views, a beautiful interior and designer wines
Telluride Wedding Venues
San Sophia Overlook
Elevation: 10,500 feet
Venue Rental Fee: $500
Guest Capacity: 200
Want that mountain view for your wedding? The San Sophia overlook in Telluride is gorgeous and just by the San Juan Mountains in Telluride! You can take a gondola trip with your wedding party up to this scenic location! The gondola is only a few minutes away by foot, and the views overlook the mountains and town of Telluride!
Venue Details
- Hours: 12:00pm-6:00pm daily
- Wooden deck for the wedding party perched at the end of the ridge
- Grass amphitheatre can accommodate seating up to 200 guests
- Chairs and a water station is included!
- Satellite bar with beverages may be added
- Mountain views for miles and miles
- 5 minute walk to a gondola ride down the mountain
- Only 20 minute drive away from downtown Telluride
- Offers indoor venue reception and dressing room options when booked through Telluride Ski Resort
You can book this venue by contacting the Wedy concierge team! Our full service wedding planning team will set up a venue tour + help you weigh your Telluride Wedding options. Schedule a complimentary consultation today!
Venue Offerings: Ceremony, Outdoor Ceremony, Outdoor Reception, Mountain Wedding, Small Wedding, Elopements, On-Site Accommodations, Rehearsal Dinners, Wedding Receptions, In house catering and alcohol, LGBTQ+ friendly.
For more ideas and planning help, download the Wedy App! We combine premium vendors, venues, and packages, for an all-in-one, wedding experience!
Wondering where you’ll throw your reception? We’ve got you covered! You can book the Tomboy Tavern, also through the Telluride Golf and Ski resort, and head there right after your ceremony!
Tomboy Tavern
- Elevation: 12,200 feet
- Venue Rental Fee: $4,000
- Guest Capacity: 80 Guests
This gorgeous wedding venue is the perfect Telluride reception location for your microwedding! With a patio that overlooks the mountains and trendy bar, the Tomboy Tavern is a great place to spend time with your loved ones. It’s new and contemporary, yet warm and full of adventure.
Venue Details
- Hours: 12-6pm daily, in the Summer Season
- Hardwood floors, leather sofas, fireplaces
- Family style food options
- Large selection of appetizers
- Crafted beers and award winning signature cocktails
- Cuisine: American Bistro Fare
- Food & Beverage Minimum: $10,000
- Service Gratuity Fee: 24%
- Menu Pricing starts at: $125/person
Throw your Telluride wedding reception at the Tomboy Tavern today! A perfect follow up to a mountain ceremony, at Alpino Vino or the San Sophia Overlook.
Venue Offerings: Ceremony, Outdoor Ceremony, Outdoor Reception, Mountain Wedding, Small Wedding, Elopements, On-Site Accommodations, Rehearsal Dinners, Wedding Receptions, In house catering and alcohol, LGBTQ+ friendly.
For more ideas and planning help, download the Wedy App! We combine premium vendors, venues, and packages, for an all-in-one, wedding experience!
Alpino Vino
Venue Details
- Hours: 12-6pm, daily
- European Style Chalet
- Mountain Views
- Northern Italian Cuisine
- Spectacular regional wines
- Food and Beverage Minimum: $10,000
- Service Gratuity Fee: 24%
- Ceremonial capability: Yes
- Outdoor capability: Yes
- Elevation: 12,200 ft
- Venue Rental Fee: $2000
- Guest capacity: Up to 28 guests
The Alpino Vino Wedding Venue in Telluride, is a European-style chalet restaurant, that features delicious Italian food and works as an indoor venue! A great mountain venue and local favourite, Alpino Vino offers fine wines and good times! This restaurant sits at an altitude of 12,200 feet!
Mountain Wilson is right behind the deck of this venue, and a reception, to follow your ceremony, can be held inside as well! This venue seats up to 28 people, so it’s great for an intimate wedding!
Venue Offerings: Intimate Wedding, Mountain Wedding, Ceremony, Outdoor Ceremony, Outdoor Reception, Mountain Wedding, Small Wedding, Elopements, On-Site Accommodations, Rehearsal Dinners, Wedding Receptions, In house catering and alcohol, LGBTQ+ friendly.
For more ideas and planning help, download the Wedy App! We combine premium vendors, venues, and packages, for an all-in-one, wedding experience!
Golden Ledge
- Elevation: 9712 feet
- Venue Rental Fee: $4400 for 100 people | Up to $6000 for 200+ people
- Guest Capacity: 216 people seated, 440 people total
Venue Details
- Hours: 4 hour half-day weddings or 8 hour full-day weddings
- Monday-Thursday rates are cheaper than Friday-Sunday rates
- Wooden stage surrounded by wooden chairs
- Outdoor grass amphitheater
- Telluride Mountain Views
- Tented Reception (46X106 Sperry Sail Tent with rolled sides)
- Stage and Dance Floor available
- 2 Bars total
- 19 foot long catering table available
- 25 (5 foot circular) tables available
- Set up and tear down help is available for extra cost
- Grand forestry and greens
For rate information, you can click here for a full pdf! You can book this venue by contacting the Wedy concierge team! Our full service wedding planning team will set up a venue tour, and help you weigh out your Telluride Wedding options. Start planning today!
Venue Offerings: Ceremony, Outdoor Ceremony, Outdoor Reception, Mountain Wedding, Small Wedding, Elopements, On-Site Accommodations, Rehearsal Dinners, Wedding Receptions, In house catering and alcohol, LGBTQ+ friendly.
For more ideas and planning help, download the Wedy App! We combine premium vendors, venues, and packages, for an all-in-one, wedding experience!
To find out more information on how to obtain a license or officiary, click here!
Mountain Lodge Telluride
- Elevation: 800 feet above Telluride town
- Venue Rental Fee: $1000-3500 tentative on space
- $4000 flat rate if rooms are also booked
- Lawn Patio Dining Room Space is only $500-$1500 tentative on space
- Guest Capacity: 100
The Mountain Lodge is a great Telluride Wedding Venue for both your ceremony and reception! The Mountain Lodge is perched right by the San Juan mountains, offering lodging rooms and luxurious condos too! The Mountain Lodge has three spaces where you can get married! Their View Bar and Grill wedding venue is great for families and offers delicious in-house catering! Take a dive in their Poolside Terrace wedding venue perhaps, and throw a mountain wedding with a splash! Lastly, as pictured on the left, they also offer the Grassy Knoll wedding venue as a space! The Grassy Knoll is a grand amphitheater that overlooks the San Juan Mountains. With great food, great sights, and amazing amenities, the Mountain Lodge in Telluride is the perfect Colorado mountain wedding venue!
Venue Details
- Classic Decor, stone finishes
- Wood Burning Fireplaces
- Floor to Ceiling Windows
- Ceremony and Reception offered
- Group Room Blocks and discounted rates
- Poolside Terrace, Hot Tubs and Fitness Center
- Packages available
- Customization of menus, music, and decoration
- Gondola rides
- Multiple Venues, lodge style room options
- Cabin Homes and Luxe Condos
- Delicious In-House Catering
- Food and Beverage Minimum $6000
- View their brochure? Here!
You can book this venue by contacting the Wedy concierge team! Our full service wedding planning team will set up a venue tour, and help you weigh out your Telluride Wedding options. Start planning today!
Venue Offerings: Intimate Wedding, Mountain Wedding, Ceremony, Outdoor Ceremony, Outdoor Reception, Mountain Wedding, Small Wedding, Elopements, On-Site Accommodations, Rehearsal Dinners, Wedding Receptions, In house catering and alcohol, LGBTQ+ friendly.
For more ideas and planning help, download the Wedy App! We combine premium vendors, venues, and packages, for an all-in-one, wedding experience!
To find out more information on how to obtain a license or officiary, click here!
Allred’s Restaurant
- Elevation: 10, 551 ft
- Venue Rental Fee: $5000
- Guest Capacity: 130 Guests | 30 guests for private dining room
Allred’s Restaurant is a classic European style restaurant located at the top of the Colorado Mountain. With 13,000 foot tall peaks that surround the venue, and a beautiful view that oversees the town of Telluride, Allred’s is perfect for a quaint and cozy, Telluride mountain wedding!
Venue Details
- Hours: 12-11:30pm
- Free Gondola Ride
- Interior Square Feet of 12,000
- Stone Fireplaces
- European Wine Cellars
- Stacked Rock Walls
- Designer Wine Cabinets
- Floor-to-ceiling glass windows
- Private Dining Room offered
- Oversees Mountain Village and the Town of Telluride
- In House Catering, priced at $175/person (when priced)
- $25,000 Food and Beverage Minimum Monday-Thursday
- $30,000 Food & Beverage Minimum Friday-Sunday
- $5000 Food & Beverage Minimum on Holidays
- All Food and Beverages charged based upon consumption
You can book this venue by contacting the Wedy concierge team! Our full service wedding planning team will set up a venue tour, and help you weigh out your Telluride Wedding options. Start planning today!
Venue Offerings: Intimate Wedding, Mountain Wedding, Ceremony, Outdoor Ceremony, Outdoor Reception, Mountain Wedding, Small Wedding, Elopements, On-Site Accommodations, Rehearsal Dinners, Wedding Receptions, In house catering and alcohol, LGBTQ+ friendly.
For more ideas and planning help, download the Wedy App! We combine premium vendors, venues, and packages, for an all-in-one, wedding experience!
To find out more information on how to obtain a license or officiary, click here!
Need some photographers for your wedding? We got you! Here are three awesome photographers we love, that are sure to make you smile!
The Best Telluride Wedding Photographers!
Amanda Matilda, Wedding Photographer
- Services Offered: Elopement Photography, Wedding Photography, Engagement Photos, Portraits.
- Package Options: Essential Package, Premium Package, Luxe Package.
- Package Rates: Start at $1500, up to $2500
- Location: Telluride, CO.
- Able to travel? Yes!
Why we love her!
Amanda Matilda is a Telluride local who knows all the best shots to make your wedding the ultimate photo opp! With a passion for adventure, long shots, and Chai lattes, Amanda wants to cherish your wedding in all it’s glory! Amanda Matilda Photography is flexible, available for travelling, and can shoot any occasion your heart desires – from weddings, to elopements, to engagements, Amanda’s your girl! Book Amanda Matilda today, on the Wedy app!
Mountain Magic Media
- Services Offered: Elopement Photography, Wedding Photography, Keepsake Upgrades (Fun Souvenirs and specialty photo items)!
- Package Options:
- Package Rates: Start at $500, up to $2200!
- Location: Crested Butte, CO.
- Able to travel? Yes!
Why we love them!
Mountain Magic Media are big on souvenirs, wedding storytelling, and candid love! They love to travel and are no strangers to Mountain weddings and bold photography. With their classic keepsakes – an exclusive service offered, you can cherish your wedding day in more ways than you imagined! A dynamic, genuine duo who are ready to celebrate the love you share and spread their own, Mountain Magic Media will be amazing at your Telluride Wedding!
Lena Gill Photo and Film
- Services Offered: Wedding Photography, Wedding Videography, Intimate Wedding Portraits, Engagement Sessions.
- Package Options: Two hours, four hours, or six hours of photo, film, or combined photo and film!
- Package Rates: Start at $500 for a minimum of 2 hours $2500 for 6 hours of photos and up to $3500 for a mix of photo and film, over four hours.
- Location: Colorado Springs, CO.
- Able to travel? Yes!
Why we love her!
Lena Gill is a talented wedding photo and videographer who consistently receives glowing reviews! She loves candid and adventurous shots, ande her years of experience will help you feel comfortable and empowered with your partner, in addition to finding the perfect pose! I With intimacy, authenticity, and great energy radiating with each photo, Lena Gill Photo and Film will exceed your expectations, and add a little magic to your wedding day! Check her out by clicking here to view her profile on the Wedy app!
Tips for your Telluride Wedding
Bundle Up! At a high altitude, it can get pretty chilly! We suggest bundling up and making sure you’re prepared for a snowy adventure! Colorado weddings bring snow, joy, and at times, chaos. But who doesn’t love an adventure? Make sure you and your wedding party bring everything you need for the trip up! Including warm jackets, blankets, and protective covers for your dress, veil, and groom’s suit. Make sure to also check the weather before heading up!
Ask for Ski Gear on your Wedding Registry! If you’re a local of Colorado, you know how our families adore annual ski trips to Aspen, Boulder, and now Telluride! Why not ask for Ski Gear on your wedding registry? You can head up to Telluride every year to celebrate your wedding anniversary, and enjoy the snowy slopes of the mountains! A great gift that lasts a lifetime!
How much is a marriage license in Telluride?
Wondering how to get a marriage license in Telluride, Colorado? If you need help getting a license, here are some steps to help.
1. Both spouses must sign and complete a marriage application form, and forward it to their county clerk within sixty days after the solemnization (tying the knot!).
2. Both parties must apply in person, and if either party cannot appear in person, they must complete an affidavit in place of the application, that can be received from the office, and notarized upon signing
Ceremony Information: According to Colorado Wedding Laws, couples can solemnize their own marriage in Colorado. Others who can solemnize a marriage are legally ordained ministers, judges, public officials authorized to perform marriages. Clergy from out-of-state does not have to be registered in Colorado. If you are planning on having a friend or relative to perform at your marriage ceremony, be sure to check out these articles on How to Become an Ordained Minister in Colorado and How to Officiate a Wedding in Colorado.
What about witnesses? How does it work?
Don’t worry! No witnesses are required for a marriage license in the State of Colorado! Remember: You must sign the marriage application form within sixty days of solemnization – both of you must apply in person, or sign an affidavit with a notarized signature.
Where do I find someone to officiate my wedding?
We’ve got you! Ordained ministers, judges and public officials can all help solemnize your marriage in Telluride! For information on officiating a wedding in Telluride, click here! For more helpful tips, you can check out the Wedy app! The Wedy app has vendors, officiaries, photographers, award winning wedding planners, and more!
On the Wedy app, you can even see a financial analysis with the average cost of your wedding, in real time! Click here to get an INSTANT ESTIMATE and find out how much your Telluride Wedding will cost! See the Wedy difference! Download our app today!
