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9 Things You Must Do On Your First Crested Butte Visit Perhaps you're planning your first trip to Crested Butte. Or perhaps you've been here before and have an uncontrollable longing to come back. Either way, you've got to check out this list of 9 Things You Must Do...

Mountain Manners: Drive It Like You Care About It We live in a beautiful, magical place. The Gunnison Valley is a favorite destination of those looking to get out of town, off road and experience nature, whether by bike, car, 4x4 or ATV. Who doesn't get excited at...

Crested Butte Guide It's often heard that Crested Butte is "a lot like Aspen was 40 years ago". Both were once small mining towns, both have ski areas. But unlike Aspen, Crested Butte has retained its small-town charm even with the development and growth of its ski...

‘Colorado’s 16’ Trail System Makes Progress Two years ago a statewide trail-building initiative known as the "Colorado the Beautiful" was launched by Gov. John Hickenlooper during his 2015 State of the State Address. The intent was to build on existing efforts and...

Tourism Association Says Winter Grew, While Summer Season Cannot As we head into Memorial Day Weekend, many of us are spending it getting ready for another busy summer. Many of the town's shops and restaurants re-open this weekend as we welcome out of town guests back...

Mt. CB Farmers Market Have you heard the news? There is soon to be a Mt. CB Farmers Market. Coming this summer to the Mt. Crested Butte is the Mt. CB Farmers Market which will run weekly on Thursdays in July and August. Stop by from noon to 4:00 and check out the...

America's 10 Best Mountain Bike Towns It's no surprise that Crested Butte makes the list of America's 10 Best Mountain Bike Towns. With over 700 miles of singletrack ranging from rugged backcountry terrain to trails meandering through fields of wildflowers, you can...

CB Council Gives Final Green Light To New Center The CB council gives the final green light to the new Center For the Arts building. In a 4 to 1 vote last Monday, the Crested Butte City Council acknowledged that they were taking a leap of faith by giving the go-ahead...

5 Best Places to Spot Wildflowers in Colorado We may be expecting feet of snow here in the Colorado High Country this week but we all know spring snow showers bring summer wildflowers. Crested Butte heads up the list of the 5 Best Places to Spot Wildflowers in...

Powder Days May 18-19 … Seriously! And here we thought we were done with winter. Crested Butte has seen temperatures reaching almost 70°F in early May yet here we are talking about Powder Days May 18-19... Seriously!. No joke, most of the Colorado high country and...

Adventure Rally Rockies Edition 2017 The Gunnison Valley welcomes the Adventure Rally Rockies Edition 2017 from July 13-16. The Adventure Rally is a multi-day motorcycle challenge for riders of all skill levels and their machines. Riders will self-navigate scenic...

Inside Look At The $1.7 Billion Deal That Weds Aspen, Steamboat, Winter Park And Canadian Mountain Heliskiing Operation We recently blogged the breaking news that rocked the ski industry, the Aspen, Steamboat, Winter Park merger. Here is a more in-depth look at the...

Cottonwood Pass To Close For Construction Summer 2017 Travelers will have to take the long way around to get to Crested Butte this summer rather than taking the beautiful, scenic route over Cottonwood Pass. The west side of County Road 209 (Cottonwood Pass) will be...

Best Of Rockies 2017 We have so many great businesses, events and destinations here in the great Rocky Mountains, it's hard to pick just one in each category. Elevation Outdoors Magazine did the work for us, asking their readers to nominate their favorites and then...