Area Profile
Crested Butte Mountain Resort plenty of snow dumps all season long spread out over 1,160 acres. There's a "go-for-it, wahoo..." attitude that prevails among friendly, loose skiers who favor its terrain. There's plenty of space for all abilities, but hot skiers and riders will want to know there are more double-black diamond ski trails than any other resort in Colorado.
Gunnison/Crested Butte Airport is convenient to get to, particularly from Denver International.
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Lodging Profile
Three hotels on the resort. About 50 hotels, inns, bed and breakfasts, up to four bedroom homes, and condominiums offering approximately 6,000 rooms within a 3-mile radius of the slopes. Some ski in/out and some within walking distance.
Services Profile
Airport 28 miles away, bus service, and car rentals along with a free downtown shuttle. United Airlines offers seasonal daily Airbus jet service from Denver to the Gunnison/Crested Butte Airport. Snowshoe tours at all times of the day, free mountain tours, and special North Face tours. More than 40 restaurants and bars. Nearly 300 acres of snowmaking.
Area Recreation Profile
Chairlift rides, hiking trails, mountain biking, horseback riding, golf, river rafting, fly fishing. Music festivals, concerts, mountain bike competitions, balloon festivals.
Snowboarding Profile
All 88 trails and bowls are open along with a kid's terrain park, an expansive new terrain park with 10 jump features and over a dozen rail features, halfpipe, bumps and berms. A new 500 foot superpipe named "Pipedream" is located on the Forest Queen run off the Paradise Lift. Lessons and complete rental facilities are located slopeside.
Common Misspellings
Cressted butte
Important Dates
- Projected Days Open: 131
- Days Open Last Year: 145
- Years Open: 47
- Average Snowfall: 762 cm
Terrain Type
Beginner Runs:  15% |
Intermediate Runs:  44% |
Advanced Runs:  10% |
Expert Runs:  31% |
Lifts
- Total # Of Lifts:
16 - Gondolas & Trams:
N/A
- High Speed Sixes:
N/A - High Speed Quads:
4
- Quad Chairs:
2 - Triple Chairs:
2
- Double Chairs:
3 - Surface Lifts:
5
Elevation
- Top: 3707 m
- Vertical Drop: 933 m
- Bottom: 2858 m
- Longest Run: 3.4 km
- Skiable Terrain: 472 hectares
- Snow Making: 121 hectares
Crested Butte Contact Information
Crested Butte Mountain
P.O. Box 5700
Mt. Crested Butte, CO 81225 
Phone: 800-544-8448
Location
Nearby Resorts
- Snowmass (30.9 km)
- Aspen Highlands (34.2 km)
- Aspen Mountain (35.3 km)
- Buttermilk (36.0 km)
- Sunlight Mountain (65.5 km)
- Monarch (69.7 km)
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