Welcome to Crested Butte!

6/28/26 - We left Evergreen and started out on our adventure! We arrived in beautiful Almont, CO to stay at One mile State Campground tucked up the Taylor River a bit and about 30 minutes south of Crested Butte. There was definitely a haze of smoke around us due to the Ouray fire but only one of the evenings getting dense enough we decided to hang out inside

6/29/26 - On our first day we chose a hike in South Crested Butte - The Caves Trail, which was a steep climb up to more of a tunnel than a cave but it was still really picturesque and decently scary. Just the way we like our hikes. That evening Inness and Mac went for a dip in the Taylor River after the hot and dusty hike, Kelly and Kennedy are too wimpy for mountain river water temps.

Mackenzie and Inness climbing through an eroded rock on our first hike of the trip.

KK at the bottom of "the cave"

The strong ones enjoying the healing cold of the Taylor

6/30/26 - We went into Crested Butte today to ride bikes and spend some time in town. We rode 8 miles from town through wild flower hills and back along the Slate river. The river was incredibly clear with a multi-colored rock bottom. It was really something to see.

Lower Loop trail along the Slate River in Crested Butte

We rode into town after and found a cool spot for some HH and Mexican - Bonez. The best part was a "stray" dog wandering around and when folks woudl ask, "who's dog" all the staff said "Oh he just lives in the house behind us". Only in Crested Butte......

Eating at Bonez with Mount Crested Butte behind

7/1/26 - This is our pack up day but Kelly and Inness wanted to get in a ride. Kelly picked this campground (One Mile) because there was a rowdy looking 8 mile downhill trail right across from the campground - Doctor Park. To get there we had to wade through a river and then climb a pretty terrible 4x4 road. Because Kelly didnt want to go earlier in the morning (it was a tid bit cold) we ended up cutting time to close to do the shuttle we were hoping and Inness dropped back down the road liek a true gentlemen and Kelly got to do the downhill :)

Docters Park Downhill