Colorado Road Trip Part III: Crested Butte-iful

Tally's modeling her Adventure hat

We didn't realize how unbelievably beautiful the drive from Aspen to Crested Butte would be. Kebler Pass, a 30 mile dirt road with a summit of 10,000 feet, was a breathtaking, unexpected surprise. It's covered in aspen trees and wildflowers, set against the mountains. Fun Fact: Crested Butte is the wildflower capital of Colorado. Another Fun Fact: The aspen grove on Kebler Pass is rumored to be the largest living organism on the planet.

Crested Butte is pretty much the cutest, greatest town in America. It has the charm of a quaint, small town with independently owned businesses (no sight of McD's or anything chain), boasts an array of delicious coffee shops, and is called "the last great Colorado ski town" for good reason.

We checked into our gorgeous room at Elevations and took the concierge up on his recommendation for dinner: The Notorious F.I.G pizza from the Secret Stash. O...M...G. Here is the description:
"THE NOTORIOUS F.I.G.
2007 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP PIZZA WINNER!!!
A delicious blend of mozzarella, blue + asiago cheeses, thinly sliced proscuito, fresh figs and a drizzle of truffle oil"

Um, amazing! Yeah, I think we're going to like this place. Best coffee, nicest people, most comfy, homey feeling. If I enjoyed the snow for longer than 5 minutes each winter, I would move here in a heartbeat.

Our plan for this town was to hike 13 miles from Crested Butte to Aspen. Unfortunately, the snowpack was still too high so we had to figure out Plan B. Our guide, Laura, recommended we try an 11 mile hike to Hasley Pass (~12,000 ft) via Schofield Pass. Jaw-dropping beautiful! I couldn't get enough of this town....bear with me, the pictures are plentiful but worth looking through to soak up all of the Crested Butte-ifulness.

  

 

 We were so sad to leave Crested Butte. We easily fell in love with this town...it was by far one of our favorite places we've visited. We hope to have many opportunities to return!