The Town of Telluride and Telluride Mountain Village are small communities with limited parking accommodations. The Telluride Autumn Classic team has worked diligently to make sure all vehicles are accommodated. Information about additional parking for participating car owners bringing trailers or car haulers will be provided in the confirmation packet once tickets are purchased.
Please note that most lodging options will not be able to accommodate any trailer parking.
Offsite RV Parking:
Special Offsite Festival RV Parking. The Festival will have a limited number of RV parking spaces available at an additional $100 per RV fee. The $100 fee will cover parking from Thursday, September 22nd at 12p through Monday, September 26th at 9a. This is a flat $100 fee and will apply if you are staying all 4 nights, just the weekend or only one night.
These sites are primitive (NO SERVICES: NO Dumping, NO Electric, NO Water, NO Trash Receptacles) so RV’s must be self contained for your length of stay. This is a ‘Leave No Trace’ space. Space is limited and spots must be reserved prior to 9/11/2022. If you have a car/motorcycle trailer that needs to be accommodated, your trailer may also be parked in this lot.
Other RV options:
If you are planning to attend The Concours on the Golf Course or any other festival event in Mountain Village, please park in one of the two parking garages in Mountain Village listed below.
Please note that there will be NO PARKING along Mountain Village Blvd or next to the Concours venue (Visher Drive or the Golf Course Member Parking Lot) and the Festival is NOT responsible for parking tickets incurred.
The parking lots below accept cash, credit card or debit card (no pin numbers). All rates are subject to change at any time and signage will reflect this change.
GONDOLA PARKING GARAGE
Follow Town of Mountain Village and Festival signs along Mountain Village Blvd. This garage is located behind Town Hall Plaza next to the gondola terminal Station Village Parking, there are a total of 460 spaces in this garage.
Once parked here you will take the Station Village Gondola into the center of Mountain Village. Festival signs will direct you to the various venues as you step off the gondola.
If you are using this option to attend the Concours events, there will also be a Festival provided shuttle near the entrance to the Gondola that will take you directly to the Concours on the golf course during these hours:
SAT: 9a-4p and SUN: 9a-5:30p
HERITAGE PARKING GARAGE
Located off Mountain Village Boulevard and across from Hotel Madeline, turn west to enter the garage.This garage is walking distance to all Mountain Village Festival venues.
There are a total of 116 spaces in this garage, most of which are located on the upper level. The hotel operator oversees the other 82 spaces with full valet services.
The Town of Telluride provides very limited free or paid parking options. Unless you are staging your vehicle on Colorado Avenue for Cool Cars on Colorado, we recommend all festival guests park in the Town of Mountain Village and use the Free Gondola to attend the various Autumn Classic festival venues.
Town of Telluride Parking Information:
Parking Enforcement
Public Transportation within Telluride Town Limits:
The Town of Telluride runs a regularly scheduled free bus, The Galloping Goose, around town. This bus makes regular stops at the Courthouse on main street, the Oak St Gondola Station, the Carhenge parking lot located across from Clark’s Market and any street corner along the route. This bus runs from 7a-9p, 7 days a week. More service information can be found posted at all regular stop locations.
Public parking during festival operating hours will be provided at several venues. The Autumn Classic will not provide overnight parking to the public. Please use the parking options provided by the Town of Mountain Village at the Gondola Parking Garage or inquire about parking options at your place of lodging.
Festival Provided Daytime Public Parking Options:
Please park in the free Gondola Station Parking Garage behind the Mountain Market. This garage is free to park in during the day. On Sunday this is the best option if you are planning to attend the Concours on the Golf Course. To access Concours, park in the Gondola Station Parking Garage and take the Festival provided, free shuttle to the Concours area. There is NO attendee parking at the Concours.
Festival Provided Airport Venue Shuttle:
A free shuttle service provided by the festival will be available for the Saturday night Hangar 29 Oktoberfest celebration at the Telluride Regional Airport. This shuttle will run on a continuous loop (no scheduled times) from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm. It will leave from the Oak Street Gondola Station in the Town of Telluride and drop attendees off at the entrance of the airport.
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