Hi,
We are first-timers at Telluride and are camping at Town Park. I’m looking for information on the bathroom and shower facilities. Fees? Hours? Etc.
Thanks for your help,
MAB
howdy
2 showers for each gender
2 bucks in quarters for a luke warm shower
eather shower before sunrise or in the later afternoon
for a 10 min Hot Shower :cheers
You only get 4 minutes for your two dollars so start timing yourselves :lol
oops Sorry !!
this why we bring the HotWater on Demand
and set up a shower tent in WanderIn
Hugs Tahoe!!
:hug :hug :hug :hug :hug :hug :hug :hug :hug :hug
I will miss you when I roll in this year!
but yeah I took lots of cold showers last year!
Ron has it right - cold showers are free. Hot (or warm) water costs 8 quarters. Quarters only. Pile 'em up and stuff 'em in your toiletries bag. There’s no change machine. Nickels and dimes won’t work.
There are 2 bath houses in Town Park - one in the middle of the campground, and one beside Warner Field. Both are open 24/7. They get cleaned once per day, around 6:30am. Some people bring extra soap/shampoo and leave it around for communal use.
Some people use the a/c outlets in the bathrooms for recharging their party light batteries, cell phones, taper batteries, camera batteries, etc. Some people bring extra extension cords and power strips for this purpose and leave them plugged in all weekend for everyone to use. Try not to spray water from the sink on all those wall chargers!
Some folks make a kettle of coffee each day and sit it on the bench outside the bathhouse in the morning for all to enjoy. Those are really nice people (thanks, Gerry!)
I think the best time to take a shower is in the middle of the night. Hot water gets scarce when the shower line gets long.
There are also showers at the High School, which is a short shuttle ride away from Town Park.
It’s $2. or $3.00, I think. $$ goes to the PTO or some kids organization. Sometimes the kids sell muffins and/or other stuff for the morning. Showers are in the boys & girls locker rooms, there is plenty of room, and at least as I can remember, they are almost always hot.
Kind of a hike from Town Park, but the shuttle is quick. Or ride your bike.
And know this… when you run out of hot water… it is just short of PAINFUL! Especially if you suddenly throw you eyes open, getting soap in them, jump around in a modified stationary panic with eyes stinging and end up falling through the curtain, blinded by the soap, tangled in towels, clothing, curtain and the like…
Yes… I know this from experience. I hate soap in my eyes… almost as much as I hate ice cold water when I’m all soapy and only half awake.
But I love me some Telluride, Town Park and clean toes for toe jobs!
xoxo Rhonny
Does anyone remember how many showers there were at the Warner Field Bath House?
Thanks,
Bonnie
3 on each side ???
:cheers
I think there are 3 common men’s showers in the red bath house.
I almost ventured over there by Saturday as the bath house in the center of Town Park had limited/no hot water for Thursday and Friday, all day, per the people I spoke with. By Sunday it was running well as in past years.
Matt
P.S. Isn’t it really a Town Park bath house that we share with Warner Field? 
P.S. Isn't is really a Town Park bath house that we share with Warner Field?
Hey now, all of us in Warner thought we were doing everyone in Town Park a favor by sharing.
Do you think that next year we could put in some low flow shower heads and drop the price to $1?
Thanks all for the info!
I wonder if the no hot water issue, only occurred in Town Park, or happening in Warner Field too.
Bonnie on Planet Bluegrass
Doesn’t that happen every year?
I, for one, would like to see the showers improve significantly. I only had
one decent shower the whole time I was there.
At Grand Targhee last Summer, the promoters rented a trailer that had
3 men’s showers and 3 women’s showers, using a large propane tank
for the hot water. The showers and sinks were also spotless too!
If having better facilities means tacking on $10-$20 to a Town Park ticket,
I am all for it 100%
Timing is ever thang! Go off peak and you never have cold water!
Unfortunately that notion was wrong this year - believe me. There were problems with the Town Park bathrooms until Sunday — out of character for TBF and unacceptable from a camper’s perspective. It was a topic at our camp throughout the weekend when we should have been discussing hikes, picking, and festivating.
Luckily we still managed to discuss hikes, picking, and festivating. And luckily we had an outdoor camp shower that helped us wash off yesterday’s festival dirt. :thumbsup
Bathroom maintenance was way off from what I’ve experienced over 11 PGB festivals.
Matt
There are showers? :lol
No seriously…the 3 I took over 12 days were just fine :eek
>>There were problems with the Town Park bathrooms until Sunday
wyeknot108 is 100% correct! Until Sunday, it did not matter what time you
hit the showers…the water was cold. Not even lukewarm.
Again, I wish Planet Bluegrass would consider renting a shower trailer for
Telluride a la Grand Targhee.