Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Crested Butte and Gunnison Valley are recognized as one of the best places in the country to mountain bike — and for sound reason. In the heart of the Elk ...

Recognized as a mecca of mountain biking, Crested Butte is also a pioneer of fat biking. Fat bikes use oversized tires to boost stability and traction while you’re riding on packed snow or slick roads ...

Few places exude bicycling culture as much as Crested Butte, a quirky mountain hamlet tucked into the southern Rockies at close to 9,000 feet above sea level. The Western Slope town (population 1,500) ...

The Carbondale-to-Crested Butte Trail would be part of an ambitious trail-building effort spearheaded by a state government outfit called Colorado the Beautiful, established by Gov. John Hickenlooper ...

To read Ferdinand Hayden’s report on his team’s 1873 exploration of the Elk Mountains, go to https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70038931. Pages 675 and 677 ...

While a bitter debate is underway over the Carbondale to Crested Butte Trail section in the Crystal River Valley, planning for a route on the other side of McClure Pass is inching ahead mostly with a ...

Don’t stop exploring: Hiking guru Kim Fenske lives the unorthodox life of a bus driver by weekday and solo adventurer by weekend. The Raggeds Wilderness Area is 65,393-acres of national forest lands ...

The Carbondale to Crested Butte Trail is part of an ambitious trail-building effort spearheaded by a state government outfit called Colorado the Beautiful, established by Gov. John Hickenlooper in ...

To read Ferdinand Hayden’s report on his team’s 1873 exploration of the Elk Mountains, go to https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70038931. Pages 675 and 677 ...

While a bitter debate is underway over the Carbondale to Crested Butte Trail section in the Crystal River Valley, planning for a route on the other side of McClure Pass is inching ahead mostly with a ...