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View Crested Butte Real EstateCRESTED BUTTE MOUNTAIN RESORT HONORED BY NSAA FOR BEST MARKETING AND GUEST SERVICE PROGRAMS IN 2009-2010
The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), the trade association for ski area owners and operators, has recognized Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) with its Overall Best Marketing Program and Overall Best Guest Service Program awards for 2009/2010 in the 250,000 to 500,000 skier visits category.
Over the Weekend in Crested Butte: Delivering the goods at the 36th Al Johnson Uphill/Downhill Race
An extremely fun time was had by all last weekend at the annual Al Johnson Race on the North Face of Mount Crested Butte.
Many Crested Butte Community Members Puzzled at the Snodgrass Mountain Decision
For the last few months we’ve been covering the story of Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s desire to expand lifts onto neighboring Snodgrass Mountain, and the Forest Service’s rejection of their application. This issue has gone back and forth it seems for months, between appeals, counter-appeals, petitions etc. One of the main issues to community members right now is a lack of understanding.
Yonder Mountain String Band coming to Crested Butte, March 27th
Yonder Mountain String Band coming to Crested Butte Alright everyone, come on over to Crested Butte March 27th and enjoy one of the biggest bands to come to Crested Butte in recent years. Have some fun in the sun skiing all day and then kick back at the base area and...
LIZZIE SIEBERT AND MILES HONENS WIN DAY TWO OF THE US JUNIOR EXTREME FREESKIING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Crested Butte, CO
Crested Butte, CO—Today, February 18, 2010, the second and final day of the U.S. Junior Extreme Freeskiing Championships was marked with challenging conditions on Sock-It-To-Me venue. Despite exposed terrain the young athletes still threw down fast, fluid lines.
Colorado athletes dominate at Crested Butte stop of Subaru Freeskiing World Tour
Whether you were here to watch everyone rip it up in the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour or shred up the fresh two feet of snow we just recently had dump on us, it was one of the best Crested Butte winter weekends of all time.
World's best freeskiers head to Crested Butte – Subaru Freeskiing World Tour
Come on down to Crested Butte this weekend for the Subaru Freeskiing World Tour. Always an excited time in Crested Butte when the hardest of hard skiers come and tear up our mountain. There is really nothing like it. The snow conditions are great and the extreme...
Colorado resort towns wrestle with collecting taxes – Crested Butte
When Elizabeth Smith first listed her three-bedroom Crested Butte home on VRBO.com in 2000, she was one of five Crested Butte homeowners on the website offering private nightly rentals directly to vacationers.
Today, she is among 200 Crested Butte homeowners peddling pillows on VRBO.com. There are 100 more up the road in Mount Crested Butte and dozens more down-valley.
Crested Butte Mountain Resort – Steep, Deep and Cheap
The main high-speed chair at Crested Butte serves everything from groomed blue cruisers to the menacing double-black chutes off the right of the mountain peak.
Second homes: Crested Butte, Colo., preserves the Western way of life
There is the old south-central Colorado mining town of Crested Butte, with its preserved Victorian architecture, narrow streets built for horses, and anti-franchise law that keeps it free of chain stores and restaurants.
Mount Crested Butte business summit: owners want more tourists in town
Participants commented on everything from the effectiveness of the Rural Transportation Authority ground and air programs to ideas for livening up the base area. Some of the businesses reported surprisingly good numbers to date, considering the decline in Mount Crested Butte’s 2009 sales tax numbers, which are down 15 percent over 2008. Others said they are feeling the pain, big-time.
CRESTED BUTTE MOUNTAIN RESORT ANNOUNCES EXCITING IMPROVEMENTS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE 2009-2010 SEASON
2009-2010 season investments focus on guest experience improvements • Resort announces winter season packages promising value and savings CRESTED BUTTE, Colo.
CRESTED BUTTE LOCALS DOMINATE AT 2ND STOP OF THE NORTH FACE MASTERS OF SNOWBOARDING
Crested Butte, Colorado, February 14, 2009 – Crested Butte locals and The North Face Masters (TNF Masters) reigning champions Clif Dimon and Susan Mol laid it all on the line in their final runs today as the second stop of TNF Masters in Crested Butte, Colorado, wraps up.
Future of Crested Butte Valley recreation: Regional ice rinks, campgrounds, pools?
Improving the ice rink facilities in town and looking into building a campground just south of Crested Butte are preliminary recreation priorities for the Town Council. Those two items rose to the top of the Crested Butte council’s wish list in an early review of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan.