Crested Butte Ski Resort
Colorado, USA
| Resort Statistics | | vertical drop: | 3,062 feet | | summit: | 12,162 feet | | base: | 9,375 feet | | lifts: | 14 | | trails: | 85 | | longest run: | 13,728 feet |
Snowboarding | | permitted: | Yes | | terrain park: | Yes | | half-pipe: | Yes | | | Snow and Terrain | | annual snowfall: | 298 inches | | snowmaking: | 57% | | skiable area: | 1,058 acres | | easiest: | 10% | | more difficult: | 25% | | most difficult: | 8% | | experts only: | 57% |
Other Activities | | x-country: | 70 km | | snow tubing: | No |
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Storm drops foot of snow in Colorado mountains
January 26, 2009 - CRESTED BUTTE - A storm dumped wet, heavy snow on driveways in Crested Butte, but at resorts, skiers were enjoying 14 inches of new snow Sunday.
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Sunday storm leaves snow
January 26, 2009 - CRESTED BUTTE - A storm dumped wet, heavy snow on driveways in Crested Butte, but at resorts, skiers were enjoying 14 inches of new snow Sunday. The National Weather Service in Grand Junction expects a mix of rain and snow in lower elevations in Southwest Colorado through Tuesday.
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ESPN's Winter X Games to stay in Aspen
January 22, 2009 - ESPN's Winter X Games is staying in Aspen until 2012, the longest stint in one city in X Games history. Like its summer version, Winter X originally rotated on a regular basis. The inaugural event was held in Snow Summit Mountain Resort, Calif. (1997), then it moved to Crested Butte, Colo., for two years (1998-1999) before moving east to Mount Snow, Vt. (2000-2001).
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Crested Butte: Real town, real tough
January 17, 2009 - When spring comes and that'll be any day now here in Central Texas you'll need one last blast of cold before the furnacelike heat sets in.
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Use the bumps to conquer Colorado 'steeps'
January 04, 2009 - CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. - I am not in a ski movie, but the extreme terrain suggests otherwise. It is gut-wrenchingly steep in the high-elevation bowl with cliffs, tight trees, rock-laden chutes, and bumps.
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COLUMN: Field test: Crested Butte, Colo.
December 25, 2008 - It is late December, and snow has clogged the tree runs on Crested Butte Mountain Resort's namesake peak in central Colorado.
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Alpine gear good for going up, as well as down
December 25, 2008 - It is late December, and snow has clogged the tree runs on Crested Butte Mountain Resort's namesake peak in central Colorado. I'm suited up for a gear test - helmet, goggles, boots and shell jacket ready to stand against the elements and the vertical ...
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Deals on lift tickets, lodging being offered
December 13, 2008 - Affordable Aspen? Bargains in Beaver Creek? Crested Butte on the cheap? Colorado ski towns have resorted to the unthinkable this year: holiday discounts and freebies on everything from lodging to lift tickets. Above, Elijah Teter rides the half pipe during the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix at Copper Mountain Ski Resort.
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Going downhill fast
December 10, 2008 - For the past 24 years, Joel Berman has taken a break from his job as a Texas physician to go on an annual ski trip with a group of his childhood friends. The past few years they have gone to Crested Butte for a week of great skiing and an escape from the real world.
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Snow business: Can you still afford to ski in North America?
November 15, 2008 - The United States had a remarkable ski season in 2007/8. First, there was the snowfall a huge amount of it. Snow depths broke records at Aspen Snowmass, Crested Butte, Steamboat and five other resorts in Colorado; on the West Coast snowfall was up 61 per cent on the previous season, and on the north-eastern slopes by 28 per cent.
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