Hey there! I’m going to be staying in a hostel 20 minutes away from Telluride. Will it be terrible driving up to the Mountain Village parking garage each day and then taking the gondola down? Do those spots all disappear early?
Edit: adding from my other post. Can going up and down the mountain twice a day intensify altitude sickness?
You’d be better off getting a camping spot at Lawson, and having free shuttle to and from festival, can also easily bike in from Lawson.
Plenty of people come in daily from outside Telluride. You should be fine. For altitude stickiness, that’s a bit dependent on the affected person, but if they’re feeling it at the gondola, Telluride itself won’t be much better. You’d want to get further down valley if it’s bad enough.