Location: Crested
Butte is located in southwest Colorado,
within the Gunnison
National Forest and the
Elk Mountain Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The resort lies in the town of Mt. Crested Butte, three miles from the town of Crested Butte, one of Colorado’s largest National Historic
Districts, originally settled in the 1880s as a mining supply camp.
Permanent
population: Mt.
Crested Butte – 707
Crested Butte – 1,629
Distance from major
centers: 30 miles/ 48 km
north of Gunnison
230 miles/ 368 km southwest
of Denver
90 miles/ 144 km northeast of
Montrose
197 miles/ 315 km west of Colorado Springs
17 air
miles/ 27 km (and one very big mountain range) from Aspen.
Two and ½ hour drive in the summer, approximately four to five hour
drive in the winter.
(Kebler Pass is closed during winter months)
Nearest airport: Gunnison/Crested
Butte Airport
(GUC), 31 miles/ 48 km to the south. Montrose Airport (MTJ) 96 miles.
Airlines: United Airlines offers seasonal
daily Airbus jet service from Denver
to the Gunnison/Crested Butte Airport. Crested Butte is one of two ski areas to offer United
Airlines, non-stop daily Air-Bus winter jet service. In addition, United Express provides up to
three daily connections via Denver
to Gunnison/Crested Butte year-round.
American Airlines will provide non-stop daily 757-jet service from Dallas to
Gunnison/Crested Butte with additional Saturday flights during peak
periods. CRESTED BUTTE
Season dates: November 18,
2006 to April 8, 2007
Lift operating
hours: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00
p.m.
Summit elevation: 12,162 ft/ 3,707 m
Base elevation: 9,375 ft/
2,856 m
Lowest lift: 9,100
ft/ 2,774 m
Vertical: 2,775
ft/ 846 m — lift-served
3,062 ft/ 933 m — requires
short hike to Peak
Terrain: 1167
acres
Snowmaking: 282
acres of terrain covered by 14of 16 lifts
Lifts: 16
total— 4 high-speed detachable quad chairs, 2 fixed grip quad, 2 triple chairs,
3 double chairs, 3 surface lifts,
2 Magic Carpets™
Lift capacity: 20,310-people/hour
Trails: 121
total — 23% beginner, 57% intermediate, 20% advanced
Longest run: 2.6 miles/
4.2 km (Peak to Treasury)
Superpipe: Located
at the top of Forest Queen. The
dimensions for the superpipe are: 55’
wide, 18’ high, and a slope of 17 degrees
Terrain parks: The Canaan Terrain Park , (2600 foot park)
located under the Paradise Lift includes jumps of various shapes, sizes and
sequences and a dozen or so rail features for intermediates to advanced riders.
The popular Kid’s Park is located off the Painter Boy lift and open to skiers,
snowboarders and snowskates. The park includes beginner hits and features
that include rails, tabletops, rolls and a mini halfpipe. Open to all ages.
Tubing Hill: In case
your kids aren’t tired enough, a children’s tubing hill will be available
during the day at the top of Painter Boy and after the lifts close at the base
of the Red Lady Express. This hill is
lit for nighttime tubing.
Atlas snowshoe loop 2
miles/ 1.2 km
Two daily tours
available/moonlight tours available in January, February and March
Average
annual snowfall: 240 inches/ 610 cm
Lodging bed base: Mt. Crested Butte - 5,000 pillows
Crested
Butte - 550
pillows
Bars and restaurants: On-mountain—
5 Mt.
Crested Butte— 8
Crested Butte—
28
At-window ticket pricing: Adults
1-Day/
$74
2-Day/
$148
3
out of 5 Day/ $213
4
out of 6 Day/ $280
5
out of 7 Day/ $340
6
out of 8 Day/ $402
7
out of 10 Day/ $462
Discounted lift ticket packages
available year-round through Crested Butte Vacations, (800) 544-8448
Skier Days: 1999/2000 414,642
2000/2001 367,263
2001/2002
336,483
2002/2003 342,416
2003/2004 333,011
2004/2005 376,000
2005/2006 412,000
Activities for the Disabled: The
Adaptive Sports Center (ASC) of Crested Butte provides year-round outdoor
recreation activities for people of all disabilities. Winter programs include
adaptive instruction for alpine skiing, nordic
skiing and snowboarding. Lessons include private instruction, a lesson-only
lift ticket and equipment. The ASC also has an extensive summer program. For
more information, call (866) 349-2296 or visit their website at
www.adaptivesports.org.
Nordic Skiing: The
Crested Butte Nordic
Center, located in
historic Crested Butte, provides 35 kilometers of groomed trails for
traditional and skate skiing (trail pass required), an ice rink,
snowshoeing (trail pass required) and sledding hill. The Nordic Center
also provides rentals, lessons and guided backcountry tours in the Gunnison National Forest. Call (970) 349-1707 for
more information or visit their website at www.cbnordic.org.
Best
Known For: The
historic town, the nightlife, fun and excitement, and the resort’s “Extreme
Limits” terrain, offering some of the best extreme skiing in the world. Home of “Colorado’s Best Corduroy”Ô and
“Dreampipe”, the superpipe with a view!
Home
of Colorado’s first X-Games, the legendary U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships, the U. S. Extreme
Freeskiing Telemark Championships, a Randonnee Rally
and the Elk Mountain Grand Traverse.
Uniquely: Ask
people visiting Crested Butte, and words like authentic, exciting,
genuine, unpretentious and fun come up again and
again. It’s the perfect place to
disconnect---and reconnect with family and friends.
Bustling
with action, but laid back in attitude, you can feel the vitality as you wander
through the quaint, Victorian historic district with its choices for fine
dining, brew pubs, shopping and nightlife.
The town
boasts one of Colorado’s
largest National Historic Districts, with charm impossible to convey in
words. Although “sophisticated” and
“charming” are words synonymous with Crested Butte, this doesn’t mean the town
hasn’t kept a bit of its irreverence.
