This region sprawls above the treeline, where uninterrupted sky illuminates the green, rock-strewn landscape with views to Italy and Austria.

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There are lots of top tier mountains that lack good bumps or glades or bowls or above treeline skiing, or something, but Telluride has it all.

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Nearby, a DynCorp crew had opened full automatic fire on a group of gunmen who had moved from deeper in the orchard to the treeline on the opposite bank and were shooting at us.

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Looking west from our bedroom's rear window we could sometimes see inland as far as the dark treeline of the Watchungs, a low-lying mountain range fringed by great estates and affluent, sparsely populated suburbs, the extreme edge of the known world and about eight miles from our house.

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Whether you lose your voice screaming with glee through Ziptrek's ten tremendous treeline courses named one of the Top 10 Canadian Adventures by BBC Travel or wahooing down whitewater rapids, you will be soothed into tranquil silence by the cosy comfort of the chalet's outdoor hot tub, wood-burning fireplace, and steam shower.

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