We love this little town. We have probably visited this town twenty times since our children were little. The town of Crested Butte, known as the “Gateway to the Elk Mountains” was actually founded in 1880 as a supply town for all of the miners in the area. The town is small and quaint and historic.
It is located 28 miles north of Gunnison, Colorado and the airport in Gunnison is where we fly into to ski. The town of Mount Crested Butte is a couple of miles up the mountain from the town of Crested Butte. Continue reading “Crested Butte”