Guidebook for Crested Butte
Restaurants
Some of our favorite restaurants in Crested Butte!
Great restaurant / bar with a great front patio for daytime beer drinking and lounging! Highly recommend the patio after a long hike or bike ride. Fantastic beer selection too!
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Brick Oven Pizzeria & Pub
223 Elk AveGreat restaurant / bar with a great front patio for daytime beer drinking and lounging! Highly recommend the patio after a long hike or bike ride. Fantastic beer selection too!
Best place for a post hike or bike ride beer on the outside deck. Great spot to watch the sun go down and play a game of pool or hear some live music on a Friday/Saturday night!
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Eldo
215 Elk AvenueBest place for a post hike or bike ride beer on the outside deck. Great spot to watch the sun go down and play a game of pool or hear some live music on a Friday/Saturday night!
THE BEST CRAFT COCKTAILS IN CB! I mean it! This place has really delicious cocktails and yummy small plates. Low light, good music, awesome atmosphere.
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The Eldo
215 Elk AveTHE BEST CRAFT COCKTAILS IN CB! I mean it! This place has really delicious cocktails and yummy small plates. Low light, good music, awesome atmosphere.
Public House is the newest Bar, Restaurant, and concert venue in Crested Butte. It is tastefully done with an old timey feeling, but with a polished upscale feel as well. The menu is great and cocktails and beer selection are on point as well. Be sure to check their calendar of events for a concert downstairs!
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Public House
202 Elk AvePublic House is the newest Bar, Restaurant, and concert venue in Crested Butte. It is tastefully done with an old timey feeling, but with a polished upscale feel as well. The menu is great and cocktails and beer selection are on point as well. Be sure to check their calendar of events for a concert downstairs!
We love this spot! It's right next to our house and the food is great! Good for families, affordable, and delicious. Try sitting on the patio in the Warm months.
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Coal Creek Grill
129 Elk AveWe love this spot! It's right next to our house and the food is great! Good for families, affordable, and delicious. Try sitting on the patio in the Warm months.
Our favorite Pizza in Crested Butte! With creative pizzas ranging from Thai & Barbecue, to truffle oil and fig - this place certainly doesn't lack imagination. Be sure to check it out! Wings and Salad bar are also tremendous.
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The Secret Stash
303 Elk AveOur favorite Pizza in Crested Butte! With creative pizzas ranging from Thai & Barbecue, to truffle oil and fig - this place certainly doesn't lack imagination. Be sure to check it out! Wings and Salad bar are also tremendous.
Parks & Nature
This is a great trail to do with the family. Only 10 minute drive from town. it's a beautiful trail filled with wildflowers, aspen trees, and views of the town below. It's an out and back hike OR can be done as a big loop. I would personally recommend doing it as an out and back OR shuttling the trip with a car parked at the end.
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Snodgrass Trailhead station
This is a great trail to do with the family. Only 10 minute drive from town. it's a beautiful trail filled with wildflowers, aspen trees, and views of the town below. It's an out and back hike OR can be done as a big loop. I would personally recommend doing it as an out and back OR shuttling the trip with a car parked at the end.
One of the best hiking / biking / running trails right in town!
Your first option is to follow Butte Avenue out of town. Youll see a trail on your left, just after the last house on Butte. Follow this singletrack, staying right at any intersections. Curve left past a large house and up and over a small hill. Youll end up paralleling the road to Peanut Mine, up on the hillside in the wildflowers. Follow this to its end at Peanut Mine to join up with the "official" Lower Loop trail.
Lower Loop
Lower LoopOne of the best hiking / biking / running trails right in town!
Your first option is to follow Butte Avenue out of town. Youll see a trail on your left, just after the last house on Butte. Follow this singletrack, staying right at any intersections. Curve left past a large house and up and over a small hill. Youll end up paralleling the road to Peanut Mine, up on the hillside in the wildflowers. Follow this to its end at Peanut Mine to join up with the "official" Lower Loop trail.
One of the most iconic alpine lakes you'll ever see! drive all the way up gothic road, passed the Ski Resort, and 7 miles further to park at Emerald Lake. 4 wheel drive is helpful, but not necessary.
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Emerald Lake
One of the most iconic alpine lakes you'll ever see! drive all the way up gothic road, passed the Ski Resort, and 7 miles further to park at Emerald Lake. 4 wheel drive is helpful, but not necessary.
Really great place to go enjoy a nice Spring, Summer, or Fall day. Awesome hiking trails around a gorgeous lake with mountain views all around. Be sure to do the easy 1 mile hike up to Dollar Lake!
Lost Lake Campground-Paonia RD
Really great place to go enjoy a nice Spring, Summer, or Fall day. Awesome hiking trails around a gorgeous lake with mountain views all around. Be sure to do the easy 1 mile hike up to Dollar Lake!
Judd Falls Trail is a 2.2 mile (or as short as .5 mile out and back if you park all the way at the top of the fire road) moderately trafficked out and back trail located near Crested Butte, Colorado that features a lake and is good for all skill levels. The trail is primarily used for hiking, walking, nature trips, and birding and is best used from June until October. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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Judd Falls/Copper Creek Trailhead
8000 Co Rd 317Judd Falls Trail is a 2.2 mile (or as short as .5 mile out and back if you park all the way at the top of the fire road) moderately trafficked out and back trail located near Crested Butte, Colorado that features a lake and is good for all skill levels. The trail is primarily used for hiking, walking, nature trips, and birding and is best used from June until October. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
Crested Butte Nordic maintains 55 kilometers of immaculately groomed trails around the Town of Crested Butte and offers complete ski and snowshoe rental packages, private lessons, clinics, and tours, as well as fine yurt dining!
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Crested Butte Ice Rink
620 2nd StCrested Butte Nordic maintains 55 kilometers of immaculately groomed trails around the Town of Crested Butte and offers complete ski and snowshoe rental packages, private lessons, clinics, and tours, as well as fine yurt dining!
Arts & Culture
Center for the Arts Crested Butte is home to popular signature events and a wide variety of indoor and outdoor attractions. Visitors young and old enjoy a year-round schedule of live music, dance and theater performances as well as art exhibits, speakers and much more. For more than 20 years, Center for the Arts has been committed to providing arts and cultural experiences that inspire and entertain all audiences, whether they call Crested Butte home everyday or just for the weekend.
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Center for the Arts Crested Butte
606 6th StCenter for the Arts Crested Butte is home to popular signature events and a wide variety of indoor and outdoor attractions. Visitors young and old enjoy a year-round schedule of live music, dance and theater performances as well as art exhibits, speakers and much more. For more than 20 years, Center for the Arts has been committed to providing arts and cultural experiences that inspire and entertain all audiences, whether they call Crested Butte home everyday or just for the weekend.
Essentials
Clark's Market is the largest of 2 grocery stores in Crested Butte. It has everything you'll need to stock the fridge for a family visiting town. The organic selection is a bit better at the other grocery, Mountain Earth Whole Foods.
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Clark's Market
500 Belleview AveClark's Market is the largest of 2 grocery stores in Crested Butte. It has everything you'll need to stock the fridge for a family visiting town. The organic selection is a bit better at the other grocery, Mountain Earth Whole Foods.
The best place to buy organic produce in Crested Butte (aside from the Farmers Market all Summer long on Sundays)
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Mountain Earth Whole Foods
405 4th StThe best place to buy organic produce in Crested Butte (aside from the Farmers Market all Summer long on Sundays)
Sightseeing
The most photographed place in all of Colorado! It's a 3 hour drive to get here OR just a 4 mile hike down from Schofield Pass! I recommend the 8 mile roundtrip hike for this scenic beauty!
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Crystal Mill
11520 Co Rd 3The most photographed place in all of Colorado! It's a 3 hour drive to get here OR just a 4 mile hike down from Schofield Pass! I recommend the 8 mile roundtrip hike for this scenic beauty!
It's a bit out of the way, but if you find yourself driving to Marble, Aspen, or Glenwood Springs, be sure to stop at the cutest natural hot springs on the side of the road!
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Penny Hot Springs
It's a bit out of the way, but if you find yourself driving to Marble, Aspen, or Glenwood Springs, be sure to stop at the cutest natural hot springs on the side of the road!
Entertainment & Activities
Majestic Theater
507 Red Lady Avebecause it's the only movie theatre in town!
Shopping
Great little CB store that has home goods, apparel, and CB themed gifts. It's very cute!
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Favor the Kind
322 Elk AveGreat little CB store that has home goods, apparel, and CB themed gifts. It's very cute!