Crested Butte
An army of teen employees is helping fight a Colorado tourist town’s worker shortage
About 75% of the freshman class is at work this summer, and still, shops and restaurants close early or open late due to affordable-housing sparked worker shortage
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The fastest kids in America are running hills and chilling in creeks around Crested Butte
By Dale Strode Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
In Colorado mountain towns, the U.S. Post Office no longer delivers like it used to
By Nancy Lofholm Business Primary category in which blog post is published
Snowy winter boosts Colorado ski towns to record-breaking sales tax revenues
By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s avalanche season claimed 8 lives. Experts say there’s much to learn from how they died.
By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
Crested Butte polar explorer Eric Larsen falls short on record-setting push to South Pole
“The cool thing about any of these adventures is that they have a lot of lessons to teach on a lot of different levels," Eric Larsen said.
Battle over Carbondale to Crested Butte trail begins and ends at the top of McClure Pass. Economics are why.
Cyclists on the Gunnison County side of the Carbondale to Crested Butte Trail welcome the pathway, but don’t expect a connection to neighbors over the mountains
A declining number of avalanche deaths in Colorado, the West in the past four seasons buoys hope
"We are seeing a success story. But the source of that success is very complicated," said Ethan Greene, director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center
A Crested Butte adventurer is skiing to the South Pole like ice is an endangered species
Eric Larsen could break the speed record for 700-plus mile journey, but he hopes the adventure will amplify discussion of climate change, melting polar ice caps
Gore Otteson had no heartbeat for 55 minutes. Rescuer, doctors led by instinct and faith saved him.
8-years later, his parents say God had a hand in their boy's survival: "Even people who don’t believe, they don’t have a clear medical explanation for how this happened.”
From “This is not Vail” to Vail Resorts ownership: Crested Butte owners bid farewell after 20-year rollercoaster ride with Colorado
“It just didn’t happen the way everyone hoped.”
