San Sophia Overlook Wedding in Telluride

Mar 15, 2024

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San Sophia Overlook

San Sophia Overlook in Telluride, Colorado is one of the most scenic locations for a wedding ceremony. The overlook rests at the top of Lift 7. It’s a wooden platform with incredible mountain views and is especially perfect for a micro wedding!

Just imagine taking a gondola up over a beautiful mountain town. You’re gliding up over Mountain Village with mountain views in every direction. After stepping out of the gondola, you walk out to a beautiful platform high on the mountain where you get to marry your best friend. That’s an experience you’re never going to forget.

Sunrise Wedding Day Hike in Telluride

But here’s where this wedding story began.

It was in the early morning hours that we drove up a dirt road outside of Telluride, Colorado. I love the pre-hike feeling when you get to the trailhead. Throwing on your backpack, closing up the car, and taking off into the wilderness for a bit. The excitement and anticipation of your adventure.

Well, on this day the excitement was extra high. Because today was Marcus & Sarah’s wedding day. They wanted to start it off in the best way they knew how. Outside, doing what they love.

Couple hiking at sunrise in mountains of Telluride, Colorado on their wedding day

Bride putting her wedding dress on in the mountains

Groom getting ready for his wedding in the mountains

We arrived at our destination, a beautiful alpine lake, just as the sun rose. We watched as the sunlight slowly moved down the ridge illuminating jagged corners of the mountain. It was captivating. As the sun rose higher in the sky, S & M exchanged private wedding vows.

Sunrise wedding vow reading at a Colorado alpine lake

Couple reading vows at an alpine lake in Colrado

Couple in front of an alpine lake having an elopement ceremony

Small wedding couple in front of a large alpine lake in Colorado

View of Telluride, Colorado mountains from a hiking trail

Couple takes a wedding day hike in Telluride, colorado

Romantic wedding day couples portraits in the mountains

Couple in the mountains on their wedding day

Bride and groom dancing in the mountains

Couple hiking on their wedding day in Telluride, Colorado

View of mountains from Telluride, Colorado

Couple hiking through the forest on their wedding day in CO

Bride and groom looking out at the mountains

Couple looking out over the red mountains in Colorado

Bride and groom hiking down a sunlit trail

Bride and groom with wedding bouquet in backpack

San Sophia Overlook Wedding Ceremony

After a morning of adventure, it was time to meet up with family and friends for the wedding ceremony at San Sophia.

Look at this view, ya’ll.

View from San Sophia Overlook in Telluride, Colorado

Wedding ceremony platform at San Sophia Overlook

Couple getting married at San Sophia Overlook with great mountain views

Groom waiting for his bride to walk down the aisle

micro wedding at San Sophia Overlook in Telluride, Colorado

Couple shares first dance at San Sophia Overlook

Father and daughter dance at San Sophia Overlook wedding

Bride and groom on ski lift in Telluride, Colorado

Wedding couple on a ski lift in Telluride

Bride and groom on the ski left in Telluride

Couple riding the ski lift in Telluride, Colorado on their wedding day

Couple frolicking in the mountains at San Sophia Overlook

Telluride Wedding Reception at La Piazza del Villaggio

Then off to La Piazza del Villaggio for the small wedding reception! Here everyone enjoyed a cocktail hour in Mountain Village under the sun before heading to a small wine cellar for a shared meal. The perfect (and delicious) ending to a well-balanced wedding day.