Crested Butte Vacation Travel Blog

The Snodgrass Trail is a wonderful local trail that crosses some private land use for herding cattle part of the year. Everyone waits for it to open early June and usually it is open until late August. It offers a great view of Mount Crested Butte and the mountain town, not to mention a lot of wildflower. This trail is open to Hikers, Bikers, and horseback riders.

Today I went up to watch one of the many races that go on up at the ski resort during the summer. This race was a downhill race that was part of the Pinnacle Race Series. Although I don’t downhill race this was quite fun to watch. You get to hike around the mountain to find your favorite spot on the race course to watch from. I the picture riders where dropping 10 plus feet.

One of my favorite parts about summers in Crested Butte is all the free music. On Monday evenings there is a free concert in Town Park. You are allowed to bring picnics and they sell beer, wine and alcohol. The type of music changes up week to week and the concerts end at sunset. They offer more free music with a similar setup on the mountain at the base of the ski slopes on Wednesdays. With the free bus shuttle running from town to the mountain every 20 minutes it is always easy to get there and back.

A shot from the new Lupine Trail. Early this summer the Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association had a trail work day where they completed this new trail. It is a connector trail allowing riders to go from Gothic Rd (near Washington Gulch) to Slate River Rd (near Gun Sight Pass and Lower Loop). Not only is it a great way to connect some great trails but it offers some wonderful views and nice riding. While exploring it my first day, I came across an old half buried snowmobile in what sometimes runs as a creek. Currently it is surrounded by flowers.

Over the years we have ridden a large number of the trails here. (Truth is that even though riding all the trails is a goal of mine, there are just a lot of trails that I love riding over and over.) Over time I have taken my GPS with me which allows me to map the trails and give better description to my guests on what to expect while you are out playing.

A great early season hiking and biking trail is our Lower Loop/ Peanut Lake Trail. Today while I was out playing around I came across some of our early blooming flowers (Glacier Lilies). They tend to be the first of many phases of wild flowers here.