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Madeline Hotel and Residences
Mountain Village, Colorado, United States · Auberge Resorts · High Luxury
At 9,545 feet in Mountain Village, the Madeline puts Telluride's slopes at the door and the San Juan peaks around you. Opened in 2009 and refreshed in 2021, the hotel pairs ski-in/ski-out access with Black Iron Kitchen + Bar and an outdoor pool, giving mountain days a comfortable landing place in every season.
- 94 rooms
- Opened 2009
- Neighborhood: Telluride
- Rooms from 510 sq ft (47 m²)
About Madeline Hotel and Residences
- The hotel opened as Capella in 2009 and joined Auberge Resorts Collection in 2017.
- The gondola connects Mountain Village with Telluride's historic downtown, which sits at approximately 8,750 feet.
- Entry-level rooms start at 510 sq ft (47 m²).
History
Mountain Village is not an old settlement. Telluride's historic downtown sits at 8,750 feet in a box canyon, and the terrain above the town was simply terrain — spectacular skiing, but nowhere to build a hotel — until the gondola system and the planned resort village above transformed the topography into a development opportunity in the 1980s and 1990s. Mountain Village was built on a mesa at 9,545 feet with direct ski-in/ski-out access to the Telluride Mountain Resort lifts and surrounded on three sides by the 14,000-foot peaks of the San Juan Mountains, a setting that has no peer in American ski-resort hotel geography.
Madeline Hotel and Residences opened in Mountain Village in 2009, the most ambitious hotel in Telluride's portfolio and the first to bring a full-service luxury brand to the ski-in/ski-out format the mountain demanded. With 83 rooms and an additional inventory of privately owned residences, the property was built as a year-round resort rather than a purely seasonal ski hotel, with a spa, outdoor pool, multiple food-and-beverage outlets, and a programming depth appropriate to a landscape that offers as much in summer wildflower season as it does in winter snowfall.
Auberge Resorts joined the Madeline as management partner in 2017, bringing the brand's service standards and national marketing reach to a property that had already established itself as Telluride's top branded luxury address. A property-wide reimagination in 2021 updated the interiors and guest-room finishes while preserving the mountain architecture that the setting demands. Black Iron Kitchen and Bar anchors the dining program with the kind of hearty, technically accomplished mountain American cooking appropriate to guests arriving from the slopes. The AAA Four Diamond recognition marks the current standing of what is, at 9,545 feet above sea level, the highest-altitude luxury hotel in the Auberge portfolio.
The setting
Mountain Village, the ski-in/ski-out resort village above historic Telluride. 8 miles from Sheridan Opera House.
Restaurants and bars
- Black Iron Kitchen + Bar — Restaurant · Mountain American
- Timber Room — Restaurant
- Kettle Coffee — Café
Experiences
- Reflection Plaza ice-skating rink and game lawn — Outdoor plaza at the core of Mountain Village with an ice-skating rink in winter and a game lawn in summer.
- Alpine Swim Club terrace — Terrace of 4,000 square feet including a swimming pool and hot tub.
Amenities
- Spa
- Pool
- Ski-in/Ski-out
- Skiing
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Kids' club
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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