Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Christy Sports
(
SNOW SPORTS
)
Ski-equipment
970-349-6601, toll-free 877-754-76278;
www.christysports.com
; 10 Crested Butte Way;
hire. Rental snowboards, snowshoes and sales too, and clothing.
Festivals & Events
Crested Butte Arts Festival
ARTS
( 970-349-1184;
www.crestedbutteartsfestival.com
;
Elk Ave; )
For 38 years the Crested
Butte Arts Festival, in late July or early August, has drawn huge crowds and hundreds of
artists, musicians and food and wine vendors to Elk Ave for a wonderful free street party.
Artists from all over the US come to display and sell their weird and wonderful works.
Sleeping
Visitors to Crested Butte can stay either in the main town, which is better for restaurants
and nightlife, or in one of the many options at the mountain resort. Some of the Mt Cres-
ted Butte hotels and apartment buildings close over the shoulder seasons in spring and
fall, but others offer great discounts and longer-stay incentives - check the websites, com-
pare prices and bargain. If you've come for the hiking and mountain biking or to enjoy the
wildflowers, you can do very well at these times.
Crested Butte Mountain
Resort Properties
(CBMR Properties; 888-223-2631;
www.skicb.com
)
This property-management group, part of the
Crested Butte Mountain Resort, handles reservations for dozens of the lodges, hotels and
apartment buildings at Mt Crested Butte.
ACCOMMODATION SERVICES
Crested Butte International
Hostel
( 970-349-0588, toll-free 888-389-0588;
www.crestedbuttehostel.com
;
615 Teocalli Ave; dm $35, d with shared bath
$89, r $99-109; )
For the privacy of a hotel with the lively ambience of a hostel, grab a
room here at one of Colorado's nicest hostels. The best private rooms have their own
baths. Dorm bunks come with reading lamps and lockable drawers, and the communal
area has a stone fireplace and comfortable couches. Rates vary with the season, with
winter being high season. Extended stays attract discounts.
HOSTEL
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