Telluride Mountain School is a non-profit independent school located in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado. Students develop critical thinking, aesthetic expression, and ethical behavior through a challenging academic curriculum, supported by a vanguard experiential learning program. The Mountain School offers a preschool through high school education, serving approximately 100 students from throughout the Telluride region. Preschool and lower school children follow a Montessori curriculum, which transitions into a traditional college preparatory curriculum.