Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “Don’t you dare cry! You’re going to finish this day with a smile on your face!” No, I wasn’t talking to a 4-year-old about to have a meltdown in the middle ...

I warmed up for tomorrow’s big hike from Crested Butte to Aspen by climbing to the top of Scarp Ridge today. The trailhead lies just above Irwin Lake, about 20 minutes outside of Crested Butte. Park ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This is an experience rather than a place, and the bonus is, you get to check out two lodgings and two towns — not to mention a helicopter or Cessna ride, to ...

After the to-be-expected last-minute shuffling of our group, debates about bringing dogs, shuttling of cars and passing off forgotten keys to a High Mountain Taxi driver to take back to Aspen ...

It’s 100 miles by car between Aspen and Crested Butte. But if you’re fit and would rather hike between these two famed Colorado ski towns this summer, the trek is only 11 miles and takes just six ...

Traversing from Aspen to Crested Butte via the 11-mile West Maroon Pass had been on my bucket list for years, but I was beginning to doubt that I could make it through the final downhill section. My ...

The “Wildflower Capital of Colorado” is now in their 30th year of their wildflower festival. I went on a guided hike with one of their groups to learn a little more from local wildflower guru, Gary ...

CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. — 9NEWS reporter (and friend) Katie Eastman and I love Crested Butte--mostly because of its people and its beauty. That stuff is great. But we are also pigs, and love eating after ...

CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. (KDVR) — If you are looking for some last-minute plans this weekend, Living Journeys is inviting people from all over Colorado to come and join them on a hike to the summit of Mt.