Nestled just a mile up the road from Crested Butte, Mount Crested Butte offers a charming escape. This picturesque town is surrounded by the stunning Elk Mountains sits at an …
At 14,274 feet, Castle Peak rises up as the tallest 14er in the Elk Mountains. It's a class 2 approach once you reach the upper rockier sections, so don't plan …
Scarp Ridge Trail is an awesome, low-trafficked, high alpine trail that spends its entire time above treeline. This isn't the best trail to run on windy and stormy days, but …
This high point on the Continental Divide is exposed and incredibly scenic. Stone cairns help mark the trail, and it is often wide up here with a little bit of …
Perched atop the Continental Divide, Monarch Ski Area has 54 trails and two terrain parks in winter, and in summer, CDT/CT hikers pass through it, hiking under lifts and down winter cat tracks.