Nearest airport:
Gunnison,CO at 28 Miles
Car:
not necessary
Crested Butte, Colorado is located high in the central Rocky Mountains. The chief winter activities are: alpine skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, sledding, ice-skating, cross-country (i.e. Nordic) skiing, shopping, hot tubbing, spas, massage, fine dining, and sight-seeing. Summertime activities include: hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, mountaineering, tennis, golf, rafting, horseback riding, volleyball, Frisbee golf, off-road jeep tours, and hot air ballooning. Also, Crested Butte hosts numerous festivals throughout the summer that cover a wide-range of interests, such as art, film, music, wildflowers, wild mushrooms, and mt. biking. There are countless spectacular mountains, forests, and alpine lakes surrounding Crested Butte, and this region abounds in Western (i.e. cowboy) culture. Several dude ranches in Crested Butte's environs allow visitors to experience the joy of trail riding in the vast National Forest area that borders Crested Butte in all directions.