Caregiver and nurturer By Dawne Belloise Chloe Nicole Bowman stands on the outdoor stage at the Crested Butte Center for the …

Digging into the Crested Butte roots He sits in the garden, looking as natural as the flowers he’s surrounded by. Alex …

Finding her way home By Dawne Belloise Emma Vosburg’s parents, MJ and Joel, showed up in town around 1990 intending to …

Helping the people who help people By Dawne Belloise Sean Caffrey’s office walls are lined with historic photos and maps, fire …

Artful influencer By Dawne Belloise Forrest Smith has the distinction of being the first and only offspring of two Red Ladies, …

There’s a distinctively pungent aroma that permeates the senses when you’re walking through Rob Carney’s jungle of cannabis. It smells green. …

Riding the wave of life By Dawne Belloise Once inside the door of Mountain Tails, you’re greeted by a lively black …

Finding home by Dawne Belloise Paul Mack’s walls reflect the culture of the generation of love and peace, represented by an …

By Dawne Belloise Nala, Marcia Hegeman’s goldendoodle, sits in a cushy chair that faces large windows that look out over Paradise …

Coming back to the mountains By Dawne Belloise Upstairs in the gabled offices and archives of the Crested Butte Heritage Museum, …

A Northwoods man in the West Elk mountains By Dawne Belloise John Polzin’s Facebook pages are filled with photos of high …

A king among ski instructors By Dawne Belloise Dave McGuire’s Crested Butte Mountain Resort name tag says he’s “David” and tourists …

By Dawne Belloise Jeff Dautrich presides over the opals and lapis, the labradorite and the turquoise, a structured amalgamate of stones, …

Fashioning a rich life in the mountains By Dawne Belloise Missy Ochs was rather British until her second birthday, when her …

Huntress and bartender By Dawne Belloise Andrea Rybarz proudly claims that she grew up in a trailer next to the dunes—the …