Crested Butte - Part 1 of 4

Tara and I were able to get away for an amazing anniversary trip to Crested Butte!  It is only about a four hour drive away from Broomfield, but is remote enough that I've never been and it had been years since Tara had visited there with her mom.  After much questioning of various locals, this is a picture of the Crested Butte for which the town is named.  It also is the edge of the ski area that basically extends from the point of the butte back toward the left of the picture.

When we first arrived into town, we quickly started looking for a place to eat as it was pushing close to 2 pm.  However, we were greeted with a torrential downpour of rain.  We were so hungry but couldn't leave the safety of our car for probably another 20 minutes.  It let up slightly enough for us to make a mad dash to a great pizza place called The Secret Stash.  It was a packed house in there, and the pizza was hot and very tasty.

After a long lunch we headed over to the house that we rented which turned out to be amazing and was located about halfway up the hill to the ski area from the town below.  A short walk around the neighborhoods and up to the ski area led us here.  During the summer months the ski area transforms into a downhill mountain bike paradise.  Here are some trails ending at the ski lifts which people ride back up with their bikes to do loops.  Tara certainly was in awe that people could do this!  (Tara here, and I truthfully still think that the green runs look like something I would really enjoy!)