The Remarkable Story Of Telluride Bootfitter Sam Tischendorf

Before I headed to Telluride for a March 2023 ski trip, Allison Kozar, bootfitter at Inner Bootworks in Stowe, suggested I get to know Sam Tischendorf, master bootfitter at Telluride's venerable Bootdoctors. So when I got to town, I went into the shop, introduced myself, and ended up meeting Tischendorf for coffee at the local bookstore cafe.Tischendorf’s background is different from Leslie Baker-Brown and Kozar’s, who both hail from skiing families. Tischendorf was born in Sout