There are 9 ways to get from Chattanooga to Telluride by plane, shuttle, bus, taxi, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Durango–La Plata County Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) to Durango–La Plata County Airport (DRO)plane CHA - DRO
- Take a shuttle bus from Durango La Plata County Airport to Purgatory Resort
9h 10m$601–1,295Drive to Mcghee Tyson Airport, fly to Telluride Regional Airport
cheapest- Drive from Chattanooga to Mcghee Tyson Airport (TYS)car
- Fly from Mcghee Tyson Airport (TYS) to Telluride Regional Airport (TEX)plane TYS - TEX
8h 32m$257–1,074Bus, shuttle, taxi
- Take the bus from Groome Transportation Chattanooga to Atlanta Airportbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to St Louis Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from St Louis Bus Station to Albuquerque Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Albuquerque Bus Station to Durangobus
- Take a shuttle bus from Durango Downtown to Purgatory Resort
- Take the taxi from Purgatory Resort to Telluridetaxi
46h 18m$707–1,040Bus, train, drive, shuttle
- Take the bus from Groome Transportation Chattanooga to Atlanta Airportbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Carbondale Intermodal Stationbus
- Take the train from Carbondale to Chicago Union Stationtrain
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Granby Amtrak Stationtrain
- Drive from Granby Amtrak Station to Spring Creek, COcar
- Take a shuttle bus from Spring Creek, CO to Silverton, CO
2d 3h$936–1,622Drive 1,457.2 mi
- Drive from Chattanooga to Telluridecar 1,457.2 mi
29h 48m$266–385Fly Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Gunnison County Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) to Gunnison County Airport (GUC)plane CHA - GUC
- Take a shuttle bus from Gunnison Airport to Montrose Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Montrose Airport to Telluride
9h 44m$376–1,145Fly Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Montrose Regional Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) to Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ)plane CHA - MTJ
- Take a shuttle bus from Montrose Airport to Telluride
10h 20m$296–1,035Bus to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, fly to Montrose Regional Airport, shuttle
- Take the bus from Groome Transportation Chattanooga to Atlanta Airportbus
- Fly from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) to Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ)plane ATL - MTJ
- Take a shuttle bus from Montrose Airport to Telluride
11h 28m$299–887Bus, train
- Take the bus from Groome Transportation Chattanooga to Atlanta Airportbus
- Take the bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Chicago Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Chicago Union Station to Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Centertrain
- Take the bus from Albuquerque Bus Station to Durangobus
- Take the train from Durango, CO to Silvertontrain
2d 9h$832–1,640
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) to Durango–La Plata County Airport (DRO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chattanooga to Telluride is to drive which costs $260 - $390 and takes 29h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Chattanooga to Telluride is to drive and fly which takes 8h 32m and costs $250 - $1,100.
The distance between Chattanooga and Telluride is 1367 miles. The road distance is 1465.7 miles.
The best way to get from Chattanooga to Telluride without a car is to bus and shuttle and taxi which takes 46h 18m and costs $700 - $1,100.
It takes approximately 9h 10m to get from Chattanooga to Telluride, including transfers.
Telluride is 2h behind Chattanooga. It is currently 5:03 AM in Chattanooga and 3:03 AM in Telluride.
Yes, the driving distance between Chattanooga to Telluride is 1466 miles. It takes approximately 29h 48m to drive from Chattanooga to Telluride.
There are 715+ hotels available in Telluride.
What companies run services between Chattanooga, TN, USA and Telluride, CO, USA?
There is no direct connection from Chattanooga to Telluride. However, you can take the taxi to Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CHA) airport, fly to Durango–La Plata County Airport (DRO), walk to Durango La Plata County Airport, take the shuttle to Purgatory Resort, take the shuttle to Silverton, then take the taxi to Telluride. Alternatively, you can take the taxi to Groome Transportation Chattanooga, take the bus to Atlanta Airport, walk to Airport Station, take the subway to Garnett Station, walk to Atlanta Bus Station, take the bus to St Louis Bus Station, take the bus to Albuquerque Bus Station, take the bus to Durango, walk to Durango Downtown, take the shuttle to Purgatory Resort, then take the taxi to Telluride.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Durango–La Plata County Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Durango–La Plata County Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Durango–La Plata County Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Gunnison County Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Montrose Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–850
Flights from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Montrose Regional Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Montrose Regional Airport via Chicago O'Hare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Montrose Regional Airport via Chicago O'Hare, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Montrose Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Montrose Regional Airport via Houston
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Durango–La Plata County Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Durango–La Plata County Airport via Charlotte, Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Gunnison County Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Montrose Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–850
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Montrose Regional Airport via Dallas/Ft.Worth
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport to Montrose Regional Airport via Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–900
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Montrose Regional Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
- Website
- keylimeair.com
Flights from Mcghee Tyson Airport to Telluride Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Mcghee Tyson Airport to Telluride Regional Airport via Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–1,100
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Montrose Regional Airport via Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Carbondale to Chicago Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–210
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Granby Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $360–750
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Chicago Union Station to Albuquerque Alvarado Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $440–900
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +1 877-872-4607
- [email protected]
- Website
- durangotrain.com
Train from Durango, CO to Silverton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–230
- Website
- https://www.durangotrain.com
- Children 4-11
- $60–200
- Adult Fare
- $95–230
- Presidential Class
- $190–220
- First Class
- $170–190
- Deluxe Class
- $134
- Standard Class
- $97
- Phone
- +1 (970) 426 - 7282
- [email protected]
- Website
- purgatory.ski
Shuttle from Durango La Plata County Airport to Purgatory Resort
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $150
- Website
- https://www.purgatory.ski
- Schedules at
- https://www.purgatory.ski/transportation-and-shuttle-services/
Shuttle from Durango Downtown to Purgatory Resort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120
- Website
- https://www.purgatory.ski
- Schedules at
- https://www.purgatory.ski/transportation-and-shuttle-services/
- Phone
- +1 (423) 954-1400
- [email protected]
- Website
- groometransportation.com
Bus from Groome Transportation Chattanooga to Atlanta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/chattanooga/
- Schedules at
- https://groometransportation.com/chattanooga-bna/
Bus from Groome Transportation Chattanooga to Atlanta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/chattanooga/
- Schedules at
- https://groometransportation.com/chattanooga-bna/
Bus from Groome Transportation Chattanooga to Atlanta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/chattanooga/
- Schedules at
- https://groometransportation.com/chattanooga-bna/
Bus from Groome Transportation Chattanooga to Atlanta Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–55
- Website
- https://groometransportation.com/chattanooga/
- Schedules at
- https://groometransportation.com/chattanooga-bna/
Rome2Rio's guide to Greyhound USA
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- greyhound.com
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–170
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from St Louis Bus Station to Albuquerque Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $160–310
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Albuquerque Bus Station to Durango
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Chicago Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–210
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
Bus from Albuquerque Bus Station to Durango
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.greyhound.com/
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.com
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to St Louis Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
Bus from Atlanta Bus Station to Carbondale Intermodal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com
- Phone
- +1 970 387 5565
- [email protected]
- Website
- sanjuanbackcountry.com
Shuttle from Spring Creek, CO to Silverton, CO
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $210–290
- Website
- https://www.sanjuanbackcountry.com/
- Schedules at
- https://www.sanjuanbackcountry.com/train-and-other-shuttles/
- Adult
- $210–290
- Phone
- +1 800 822 4844
- [email protected]
- Website
- letsride.co
Shuttle from Gunnison Airport to Montrose Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- https://letsride.co/locations/crested-butte/
Shuttle from Montrose Airport to Telluride
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $95–160
- Website
- https://letsride.co/locations/crested-butte/
Shuttle from Montrose Airport to Telluride
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $95–160
- Website
- https://letsride.co/locations/crested-butte/
Shuttle from Montrose Airport to Telluride
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $95–160
- Website
- https://letsride.co/locations/crested-butte/
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Estimated price
- $240–290
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