Veteran district ranger retires

Sitting at a nearly empty desk in the last week of his career, Jim Dawson wastes no time dwelling on the past. His mood is already mellowed to suit his future as an artist. Read More »

A tale of a cannon and a sniper…..

Local skiers Travis Scheefer and Bryan Wickenhauser took second and third place respectively at the U.S. Ski Mountaineering National Championships in Jackson Hole, Wyo. on Saturday, March 21.  Read More »

Staff can now borrow from retirement funds
On Tuesday, March 17 the Mt. Crested Butte town council passed a resolution allowing town employees to obtain a loan from their respective retirement account funds. According to town finance officer Karl Trujillo the loans will be paid back as a payroll deduction after tax.  The interest on the loans, which is quite low, goes back into the employee’s retirement fund Trujillo said. He said employees will be able to borrow a minimum of $2,500 and a maximum of $50,000.  
“Can you think of any reason why not to do it?” council member Mike Kube asked of the program.  
“It’s the employee’s money. I don’t see why not,” Trujillo said.  
The rest of the council agreed that the loan program was a good tool for employees to have in the current economy and approved the resolution unanimously. Council members Bill Babbitt and Wendy Fisher were absent.    Read More »

A new version of Snodgrass, a long-term vision for the future

It’s been four years since Tim and Diane Mueller took the helm of Crested Butte Mountain Resort, bringing with them a determination to create a successful ski area and a vision of what the resort needs to do to get there.

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What’s in store for potential hydropower

Two hundred feet beneath a wall of solid rock and concrete, the sound of water funneling through the Taylor Dam is so loud it is almost hard to shout over. The air is humid and smells of dirt and hydraulic fluid. It’s mid-winter and ice has formed on the metal grating that serves as a walkway from dry land to the bottom of a lake. Read More »

50-kilometer race ends with photo finish

Gunnison Valley resident Rebecca Dussault bided her time for 50 kilometers, waiting for just the right moment to make her move in the final 400 meters, sprinting out in front of one other woman to take the 2009 Birkebeiner women’s title by a ski tip on Saturday, February 21. Read More »

CBMR hopes to enter NEPA by this spring

After nine months of waiting, the final report on the geological safety of Snodgrass Mountain has been released. With the advice of the report in hand, Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) officials expect to give the U.S. Forest Service an official proposal to expand the ski area by the end of February. Read More »

Five projects put up for consideration

The town of Crested Butte is getting an early jump on the federal economic stimulus bandwagon. Town manager Susan Parker has written a letter to several state and national politicians asking to be considered as a recipient of federal funds that may be part of president-elect Obama’s “infrastructure-based” stimulus package. Read More »

Five projects put up for consideration

The town of Crested Butte is getting an early jump on the federal economic stimulus bandwagon. Town manager Susan Parker has written a letter to several state and national politicians asking to be considered as a recipient of federal funds that may be part of president-elect Obama’s “infrastructure-based” stimulus package. Read More »

The Crested Butte Land Trust and Peanut Mine, Inc., were honored on October 27 in Durango when the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety received the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement National Award of Excellence for the Peanut Mine Reclamation Project. Read More »