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Calling all pow chasers: Now’s your time to make the journey to Crested Butte. Ullr is about to unleash winter in full drive on this beloved mountain city, with a promising storm system approaching this Thursday and Friday. Forecasts are calling for a formidable 12-20 inches of snowfall in simply 12 hours, with the storm anticipated to persist into subsequent week.
With 90% of the mountain open for the season, Crested Butte’s legendary terrain is primed for a much-needed refresh. The incoming storm will blanket the resort and the encompassing Elk Mountains with blower pow, that means bottomless turns and excellent circumstances for getting sendy.
Keep updated on rental and ticket information, terrain and raise operations, snow circumstances and extra at Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s web site (CBMR).
What To Know Earlier than You Go
The majority of the storm is projected to fall on Thursday evening, so we extremely advocate arriving in Crested Butte throughout or earlier than Thursday’s daytime. In the event you plan to reach after Thursday, keep updated on street circumstances with CDOT or comply with alongside on their Instagram channel for reside updates from the street.
One of many quirks of planning a ski journey to such a distant space is that there’s just one street between Gunnison and Crested Butte through the winter months by way of CO-135. Though it doesn’t occur typically, the potential for street closures throughout closely concentrated snow storms do exist, so planning forward and preserving a Plan B in your pocket is very suggested.
If you’re searching for a last-minute place to remain, we advocate utilizing Go to Gunnison and Crested Butte’s tourism web site for his or her full record of obtainable lodging. Gunnison and Crested Butte are roughly 30 miles aside making both city an excellent dwelling base on your go to to CBMR. The Gunnison Valley RTD system affords a flawless journey expertise to and from the resort with their free bus service. The primary bus leaves the Gunnison Recreation Middle at 5:21am and operates each half hour with the final bus departing the Mt. CB Transit Middle at 11:30pm—leaving loads of time to get a full day of snowboarding in plus ample time for après.
Between Valentine’s Day falling on Friday and President’s Day rounding out the three-day weekend by means of Monday, there is no such thing as a scarcity of occasions to maintain you occupied as soon as the lifts cease spinning. Shake your ski legs off with The Motet on the Middle for the Arts on Friday evening or cozy up along with your sweetheart for a exhibiting of Oscar Nominated Quick Movies on the Majestic Theater on Saturday. No matter strikes your fancy—the choices are infinite this weekend in CB.
Want extra assist planning your journey at a second’s discover? Take a look at our full Skiers Information to Crested Butte, which options every thing that you must know on your journey this weekend. From journey logistics and lodging choices to insider tips about scoring recent tracks, we’ve received you lined.
*Be aware for Epic Go Holders: Whereas Full Epic Go and Epic Native Go holders have limitless entry to ski Crested Butte with out blackout dates, Epic Day, Epic Keystone Plus and Keystone Crested Butte 4-Pack Go holders have some restrictions with Presidents Day Weekend. You should definitely overview your particular go’ restrictions at epicpass.com previous to hitting the street.
