Summer Vacation at Crested Butte, Colorado
Crested Butte is an incredibly
beautiful, quaint, ski town that is
also an exciting summer vacation
retreat in the Rocky Mountains
of Colorado! It is located on the East
River in Gunnison County. CB is a wellknown
destination for world class skiing
and snowboarding in the winter. The
mountain of Crested Butte is about 12,162
ft. above sea level, and the base of the ski
area is about 9,375 ft. It has 14 lifts and 1058
acres of land, of which 448 acres are all double
black diamond runs. The US Extreme Skiing
Championships and the X Games were
held at Crested Butte. However, it is also
an outdoorsman’s dream come true in
the summer.
Crested Butte is recognized as the
Wild Flower Capitol of Colorado! It has
the most beautiful wild flowers growing
everywhere, as far as the eye can see. The
backside of the Maroon Bells (which is about
8 miles away near Aspen) provides a nice
backdrop to this ski town.
Crested Butte is also well known for it’s
phenomenal fly fishing, mountain biking,
back packing and trail hiking, SUP paddle
boarding, horseback riding, golf, and
much more!
Crested Butte also has a music festival all
summer each year, which is going on right now.
June, July and August are great months to visit
this beautiful year round mountain town.