An 1885 Ghost Town, Restored
Dunton Hot Springs
Cinematic wedding films at Colorado's most extraordinary venue — by a filmmaker who has shot here.
A mining town below Lizard Head Pass, with its own chapel, saloon, and steaming pools. Few venues on earth film like this.
I'm Rees Gibbons, a Durango-based wedding videographer, and I've had the privilege of filming a full wedding weekend at Dunton. Few videographers know the property — and it rewards the ones who do.
Dunton weddings are buyout weekends, not single days: welcome dinners in the saloon, vows at the chapel or in the meadow, hot-spring mornings, dancing under bistro lights. The right film covers the whole arc — present enough to catch the unscripted moments, invisible enough that your guests forget the camera.
Watch a Dunton wedding, on film
Alyssa & Brett
Dunton Hot Springs · 2024
What I know about shooting Dunton
The valley loses light early below the ridgeline. The chapel is dim and gorgeous — it needs a filmmaker comfortable with low light, not one who blasts it away. These details are the difference between a film that could be anywhere and a film that could only be Dunton.
$5,000
Wedding films from
90 min
From my door in Durango
2–3 days
Typical Dunton coverage
Questions, answered
How much does a Dunton Hot Springs wedding videographer cost?
Single-day coverage starts at $5,000; most Dunton couples book multi-day weekend coverage, quoted individually. No travel fees from Durango.
Have you filmed at Dunton Hot Springs before?
Yes — Alyssa & Brett's wedding film above was shot at Dunton. I know the chapel light, the property flow, and the weekend rhythm.
When is the best season for a Dunton wedding?
Summer for wildflower meadows, late September for golden aspens on Lizard Head Pass. Winter Dunton is magical and rarely filmed well.
Do you cover the whole weekend or just the wedding day?
Either. Dunton is a place where the welcome dinner and hot-spring mornings belong in the film — most couples choose two to three days of coverage.
What other venues near Dunton do you film?
Telluride is under an hour away, and I film across the San Juan Mountains constantly.
Your Dunton weekend, on film forever
Tell me your date and I'll hold it while we plan the rest.
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