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Crested Butte is a home rule municipality located in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. [ 1] The town population was 1,639 at the 2020 United States Census. [ 4] A former coal mining town nestled in the Slate River Valley, Crested Butte is now known as a destination for skiing, mountain biking, and outdoor activities.
Crested Butte Mountain Resort, is considered an adventure ski destination. [citation needed] It has abundant green and blue groomed trails to more advanced longer trails and the famous extreme limits of the North Face and Headwall. The mountain also features three slope-side restaurants accessible via lift.
Crested Butte is a prominent mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,168-foot (3,709 m) peak is in Gunnison National Forest, 2.1 miles (3.4 km) northeast by east ( bearing 59°) of the Town of Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Ski lifts and runs of the ...
Location in Colorado. The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (also known by its acronym RMBL — pronounced 'rumble') is a high-altitude biological field station located near Crested Butte, in the abandoned mining town of Gothic, Colorado in the West Elk Mountains. The laboratory was founded in 1928. Research areas include the ecology of the ...
Rocky Mountains. The Western Slope is a colloquial term generally understood to describe the part of the state of Colorado west of the Continental Divide. [ 1] Bodies of water west of the Divide flow toward the Pacific Ocean; water that falls and flows east of the Divide heads east toward the Gulf of Mexico. [ 2]
The 12,401-foot (3,780 m) peak is located within the Gunnison National Forest, 4.2 miles (6.7 km) west-northwest (bearing 288°) of the Town of Crested Butte. The mountain was named in honor of geologist Samuel Franklin Emmons (as was another peak in Utah). Historical names. Mount Emmons ; Red Lady; See also. Colorado portal
Slate River is a 23.7-mile-long (38.1 km) [ 2] tributary of the East River in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. It flows south from a source near Yule Pass in the Raggeds Wilderness to a confluence with the East River southeast of Crested Butte, Colorado . A BLM -managed campground named Oh Be Joyful lies along the river.
Elk Mountains. The West Elk Mountains are a high mountain range in the west-central part of the U.S. state of Colorado. They lie primarily within the Gunnison National Forest, and part of the range is protected as the West Elk Wilderness. The range is primarily located in Gunnison County, with small parts in eastern Delta and Montrose counties.