As part of Monday’s Crested Butte Mountain Resort presentation to the Crested Butte Town Council on its proposed ski area expansion, …
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Changes
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said, “The only thing that is constant is change.” There is plenty of change happening right now. …
Read More »The final flings of the summer
Crested Butte doesn’t have what we would call a “Festival Season” like, say, Telluride. We do have events (think Vinotok and …
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Fall colors It was a bit of a surprise to see a dusting of white on the high peaks Tuesday morning. …
Read More »Disturbing
Motorcycles: It wasn’t just the number of emergency vehicles responding to an accident by Crested Butte South Saturday night that foretold …
Read More »The time
This valley obviously isn’t the only nice place in the country being inundated with more and a different kind of visitor. …
Read More »Taking one backcountry bite at a time…
“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on …
Read More »We can’t say no, but we can say how…
As schools have started up in other places, we can all feel the pressure release. There are fewer campers, bikers and …
Read More »Colorful Colorado – The good, the bad and the ugly…
The good: Taking a meandering and relaxed “Anti-Strava” bike ride Sunday it was great to appreciate the deep blue sky, the …
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I can’t keep writing about the increasing people numbers and the impacts of more people coming here. But I will once …
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