Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
Crested Butte Mountain
Heritage Museum
( 970-349-1880;
www.crestedbuttemuseum.com
;
331 Elk Ave; adult/child $4/free; 10am-8pm summer,
noon-6pm winter; )
In one of the oldest buildings in Crested Butte. It's a worthwhile visit
for the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame or to see a terrific model railway. Exhibits range from
geology to mining and early home life.
MUSEUM
Crested Butte Center
for the Arts
( 970-349-7487;
www.crestedbuttearts.org
;
606 6th St; prices vary; 10am-6pm; )
With shifting ex-
hibitions of local artists and a stellar schedule of live music and performance pieces,
there's always something lively and interesting happening here.
ARTS CENTER
Crested Butte Cemetery
(Gothic Rd)
Many of the town's pioneers are buried in the cemetery, about 0.25 miles north
of town towards Mt Crested Butte. Also interred here are 59 miners who died in the
Jokerville Mine explosion of 1884, many of them boys and adolescents.
CEMETERY
Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
( 970-349-1880;
www.mtnbikehalloffame.com
; 331 Elk Ave; adult/child $3/free; 10am-8pm summer,
noon-6pm winter; )
Inside the Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum is the Mountain
Bike Hall of Fame. There's a great collection of historic photos and some very cool old
bikes to see.
MUSEUM
Activities
Crested Butte Mountain Resort
( 970-349-2222;
www.skicb.com
;
12 Snowmass Rd; lift ticket adult/child $98/54; )
Catering mostly to
intermediates and experts, Crested Butte Mountain Resort sits 2 miles north of the town at
the base of Mt Crested Butte. Surrounded by forests, rugged mountain peaks, and the
West Elk, Raggeds and Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Areas, the scenery is breath-
SKIING
