
Don’t you just love cruising the local streets of towns less traveled, enjoying the local flavor, culture, art and life itself?


That’s the feeling when we traveled multiple times through downtown Crested Butte, Colorado recently, just before the snow season. I thought I would capture a little of the quaintness of the shops and life during a normal weekday.
I’m sure snow season presents a different scenario as cold weather “sportsters” converge on this beautiful little town, as well as Mount Crested Butte just above the town of Crested Butte.






One important factor we had to work through while staying in high altitude was oxygen. I felt pretty good and didn’t have altitude sickness but at night I had to breathe deeper. I also had a slight headache a couple of days and bought a can of oxygen. I didn’t have noticeable change though.

Some of us experimented with the oxygen bar. It helped some but the next day we felt we needed another treatment.
If you travel from lower altitude and stay in some of the higher ones this is something that needs to be considered, and even adjusting the budget a little.
As we cruised through the town there were local places that seemed to stand out. The local art was noticeable as well as the bicycle shops and unique eating establishments.


Bumper art I suppose Ski art bench

Bus Depot and Theater Bus Depot corner of Elk Avenue
Let’s take a little ride along Elk Avenue, shall we?
https://youtu.be/u4u2fnJ_ZpE
All-in-all, Crested Butte is a great mountain town that I had envisioned it would be.
Blessings along the way!
Ron
Crested Butte looks like a very picturesque town. I wonder if it has ever been used in any movie.
I think it has to some degree. They hosted a film festival starting the day we left but I didn’t get a chance to research that aspect of it. I’ll need to dig a litter further. 🙂
Great pictures! I just love exploring some of those charming Colorado towns – these make me want to go back!
Thanks so much. Yes, I could spend months so I had to narrow the focus. 🙂
I like that place … it’s like going back to the past … 🙂
Thank you so much. It reminds me of the past. Just need horse and buggy. 😊
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