Discount Ski Tickets in Your Condo & Ski Rentals at the Base!

Discount Ski Tickets & Discount Ski Rentals

Ski Tickets: Soooo worth it and 15-25% off the window price. Ready to get them ordered! They will be in your condo or townhome or house when you arrive! Call Lucinda to help with purchasing! Her phone is: 954-304-5460 and her email is: lucindacb2010@hotmail.com. Just call or email Lucinda and she will send you the appropriate price sheet. Please see our site for instructions.

Eflin Sports in Crested Butte

Ski Rentals: Peak Sports, run by CB's Eflin family, is right at the base and is supplying our discount ski rentals. See regular pricing.They give 20% off this regular pricing if you use THEIR ONLINE RENTAL FORM. Once you've filled in their form, call to make sure all is well. Please see our site for instructions. Their phone is: 970-349-6121 . Once again, Lucinda can help. Watch the movie to see their location!

X Mas and New Years Availability

Lots of Xmas Week Availability - Oh My!

Planning on coming up for New Years or Xmas? We still have quite a bit of availability left in condos, townhomes and houses. So call! My phone is 954-610-2000. Robin!

The New Film Festival in Crested Butte!

The New Film Festival in Crested Butte - Creative, Well Done!

This was the inaugural year of the new Crested Butte Film Festival! The new format includedeverything from kids' movies, to documentaries to feature films- a total of 56 films, which ran in various locations in CB from Sept. 29-Oct. 2.

One of the films I would have loved to see was "Virgin Alexander", about a young man trying to save his home during this financial crisis and pay his mortgage...by turning his home into a brothel. Yes it is a comedy.

If you dream of enjoying CB in fall (it is gorgeous) and love film, then put this on your calendar for next year. The makers of Virgin Alexander were there on hand to speak with viewers, as well as 15 other filmmakers. Too fun.

Newsletter Archives

Newsletter Archives

Or.... what was that article about Lost Lake? What's the airplane schedule for winter Robin wrote about? We have a new archives section on the website - now you can always go back and look!

www.greatcrestedbuttelodging.com/newsletters.html

Capitol Peak, Elk Mountains: 14,130 feet

Capitol Peak is west of Aspen, within the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness and is a 14,130 foot peak in the Northeastern Ridge of the Elk Mountains. Capitol Peak is one of the most difficult of the Colorado 14ers to climb, rating a Class 4 with a level 5 Exposure, meaning that it is dangerous and requires careful, technical moves to navigate the trail; a fall would likely be fatal, and there are big and sheer drops.

Capitol Peak has an elevation gain of 5,300 feet, and a final elevation of 14,130 feet. The peak can be accessed through the Capitol Creek trailhead, which is a rough 2WD road, although 4WD is needed in early summer because of the steep hills.
The ridge here is considered a "knife-edge ridge" and is mostly completed as an over-night mountaineering experience with camping at Capitol Lake!

Pyramid Peak, Elk Mt Range: 14,013 ft

Pyramid Peak is a 14,018 foot peak in the Northeast Ridge of the Elk Mountains.  The summit is called Pyramid peak because it resembles a ragged square pyramid and is visible from a valley north of Aspen along the canyon of Maroon Creek. This peak has an elevation gain of 4,500 feet and begins at the Maroon Lake trailhead.

The peak has steep slopes, loose rock, and exposed ledges, putting it in the Class 4 "technical" peak category. The round-trip length from trailhead to the summit and back is 8 miles.

The exposure of Pyramid Peak is rated as 4/6, meaning that there is a more serious exposure that could result in serious injury if you fall. Moving past many areas will require some scrambling or short technical moves.

Good Luck on your Hiking Adventures!

Maroon Bells Peaks, Elk Mountain Range: 14,156 and 14,014 feet

The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak. Their peaks are 14,156 and 14,014 feet, and they are 1/3 mile apart and 12 miles southwest of Aspen. Both peaks have an elevation gain of 4,500-4,800 feet, and both are accessed by the Maroon Lake trailhead.

The different between Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak is the difficulty of the climbs. Maroon Peak has a difficulty of Class 3 and a 4/6 exposure, meaning a pretty serious exposure that could result in serious injury if you fell,hiking past the area will require some scrambling or short technical moves.

North Maroon Peak has a difficulty of Class 4, rope is often used on Class 4 routes because falls can be fatal; the terrain is often steep and dangerous, although some routes can be done without rope because the terrain is stable. The exposure of this peak is the same as the Maroon Peak.