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Crested Butte Mountain Resort

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Crested Butte Mountain Resort is famous for it's steep and rugged ungroomed in-bounds terrain. Made famous as the home to the US Extreme Ski & Snowboard Championships. As well as this event, CBMR is also home to the local Al Johnson Memorial Uphill/Downhill Telemark Race, a zany and costumed tag-team uphill/downhill race on the resort's extreme terrain known as The North Face. Crested Butte Mountain Resort hosts other national winter events such as: The Life-Link/Dynafit Randonee Rally, The Elk Mountains Grand Traverse, and such events as Country In The Rockies.

Location
Crested Butte is located in southwest Colorado, within the Gunnison National Forest and the Elk Mountain Range. The resort lies in the town of Mt. Crested Butte, only three miles away. The town of Crested Butte is one of Colorado’s largest National Historic Districts, originally settled in the 1880s as a mining supply camp.
SKI RESORT SPECIFICATIONS
Targeted Activities:    Skiing, Snowboarding
Season Availability: November to April
Altitude: 2856-3707 meters
Other Specifications:    Lift operating hours: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.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: 1,073 acres
Beginner: 145 acres
Intermediate: 355 acres
Advanced: 125 acres
Extreme Limits: 448 acres (experts only, ungroomed terrain)
Snowmaking: 300 acres/ 120 hectares, on terrain covered by 13 of 15 lifts
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Crested Butte Mountain Guides
Crested Butte Mountain Guides
Crested Butte / Colorado / United States Starting Price: $250.00
We're Out There! For over 15 years we have been the premier guide service in the Crested Butte area. We offer a full range of year round guided outdoor activities....

 
AREA OVERVIEW
Activities Skiing, Snowboarding
City Denver
Gunnison
Grand Junction
State Colorado
Country United States
Season November to April
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