Crested Butte Vacation Travel Blog

Here is a shot of some of the equipment we offer our mountain biking guests. We offer a wash station with a variety of brushes, a work stand with tools and a storage shed to keep your bikes inside at night. We are bikers ourselves and would be more than happy to help you get on the best trails.

This picture was taken from out front of the bed and breakfast looking at Crested Butte Mountain. Our weather here is incredible. I grew up on the east coast and it was not until I moved out here did I realize how nice life, in regards to weather (and a lot more), can be. We get sun almost every day and when weather does come in, it usually just sticks around for a few hours. This shot was taken in the morning. A few moments after I put my camera up it turned into a double rainbow. In the end, this storm passed south of us and we were out riding mountain bikes all afternoon.

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"If I am coming to Crested Butte to mountain bike, what do I need to know?"

Crested Butte is an incredible place to ride. Your trail options are only limited to your ability and there are plenty of rides for all abilities. The season tends to start around Memorial Day and goes until the November snows. Early season has a lot of our higher trials closed, but most of the popular ones around town tend to open quickly.

Besides that there is not a lot you have to know. I am always happy to direct people out to appropriate trails for them, as are any of the bike shops in town. We even have free maps with trail descriptions and locations that are easy to follow. However, if you are like me and enjoy researching the best trails before you arrive I recommend the following:

Book- "Mountain Bike Crested Butte, Gunnison & Salida Single Track" by local rider Holly Annala

Map- Latitude 40 maps "Crested Butte Taylor Park"

(Both of which I have here as a frequently used reference source for guests.)

Often times I get guest in who choose to Demo Mountain Bikes either because they are looking into a new bike or would prefer to travel without their bikes. In this case fell free to contact me to find out which shop rents out the kind of bike you are interested in. Because Crested Butte is such a biking town, there are a lot of bikes to choose from.

As far as specific trails go, take a look through this Blog site to see information on the trails I am riding and feel free to write me with any questions. (Click on the "Add a Comment" below to do so.)

Crested Butte is wildflower heaven as best as I have ever experienced! It is know as the Wildflower Capital of Colorado and we do throw a great Wildflower Festival. However, there are a few good things to know about when you come out here in search of endless fields of flowers.

1.) It is the first of June and wildflowers are already out and growing.

2.) The Wildflower Festival is a great kick off to the biggest part of the wildflower season offering great classes, hikes and more. However, the wildflowers continue to improve throughout July. There is still plenty to see in August. Last year, with all our snow, the greatest sights I experienced where on July 30th up on the West Maroon Trail (Above Photo)(More photos are on my website under the "Summer Photos" Tab to the left hand side of the page.)

3.) We have some great naturalists here in Crested Butte that offers guided hikes and even some 4x4 tours. Take a look at Crested Butte Mountain Guides on our "Specials" Tab on the top of our website.

Feel free to ask me any questions and I will be happy to respond. (Just click on the "Add a Comment" below)

Not an easy question to answer. The peak of the fall season is incredible here, but it is short lived and thus hard to predict. We have one of the best falls in Colorado because of Kebler Pass. This Pass is claimed to have the largest Aspen Forest in the world. Because Aspens are connected by their roots, it also makes this forest the second largest living organism in the world. So when the leaves change, they change together creating a pretty cool effect when viewed from a mountain side or top. I would say that the peak of the season lasts somewhere between 7 to 10 days around the end of September. Now this is nowhere near a sure prediction. The amount of rain leading up to the fall colors and even the storms during the turning of the leaves change things dramatically. For me personally, I enjoy the changing of colors, but I really enjoy when the leaves are past their peak and I am hiking through the woods on a carpet of red from all the fallen leaves.