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Fourth annual Redstone Annual Plein Air Festival to take place in June
The Redstone Annual Plein Air Festival is back for its fourth year later this month at the Redstone Historic District. Hosted by the Redstone Gallery, the art event invites community artists to paint “En Plein Air,” meaning outdoors. Artists will have from June 18-21 to set up their...
Shrinking Colorado River faces another water-sapping threat — from underground, new study says
DENVER – Warming temperatures will sap more water out of the Colorado River – and many other waterways fed by mountain streams – as groundwater is depleted over the long term, new research shows. The depletion will be enough to render sections of one important tributary river in Colorado completely dry in arid years, according to a study published last week in the journal Nature that examined data from the East River outside Crested Butte. ...
CB agrees to start Paradise Park housing
While acknowledging there was not an infinite amount of money to be spent on affordable housing projects, the Crested Butte town council agreed on May 29 to proceed with the Paradise Park Phase 1 housing project to be built by contractor High Mountain Concepts (HMC). The nine-unit first phase development will cost about $5.1 million and construction will begin in mid-June. John Stock of HMC told the council he was confident the units would be ready for a temporary certificate of occupancy by next March. The second phase will include five more units. Both phases will be financed by a so-called certificate of participation (COP) bond of approximately $8.1 million.
Oh Be Joyful Steep Creek kayak race this Saturday
Oh Be Joyful creek comes pouring down off the backside of Mt. Emmons and into the Slate River and is on the “to do” list of steep creek kayakers this time of year as the melting snow provides optimal flows for the class V creek descent. The creek...
CBMR opens Saturday for summer operations
This weekend, Crested Butte Mountain Resort will once again be open for hiking, mountain biking, lift rides and summer activities. Starting Saturday, June 8, the mountain will welcome guests for the summer season with DJ Red playing tunes at Butte 66 from 2 to 4 p.m. The Red Lady Express will be open for scenic rides and bike hauls, and trails that will be open for opening day include Hotdogger, Luge, Awakening, Downtime, Teaser, Lower Avery and Tower 4. Depending on conditions, the Silver Queen Express will open on June 22 for scenic lift rides and access to the peak summit.
CB council split on how to restrict winter parking
Slow it down with local registration — or go all in. The Crested Butte town council appears split on whether they should allow people driving vehicles registered in Gunnison County to park on the streets near the Mountain Express bus stops along Sixth Street for more than two hours at a time next ski season. The split is between council members who want to slowly implement more parking management regulations that give some slack to locals using town streets as a park-and-ride to catch the Mountain Express to the ski hill in that Sixth Street area, while others on the council are ready to move faster and implement more stringent action that limits parking to two hours during certain daytime hours on those streets for everyone who doesn’t live nearby.
Snowmass Village considers funding for wildlife crossing studies along Highway 82
The Town of Snowmass Village is poised to join other local governments in funding a wildlife crossing study on the Colorado Highway 82 corridor in an attempt to minimize the leading cause of vehicle crashes in the Roaring Fork Valley. Roaring Fork Safe Passages, a local nonprofit aimed at reducing...
Town and fire district reach agreement for sewer service
District will be out of current building six months after C.O. is issued. With little debate, the Crested Butte town council unanimously passed a resolution on May 29 approving a utility extension agreement to provide sewer services to the Crested Butte Fire Protection District (CBFPD) as part of its new safety campus. That project is slated for summer construction just north of the town boundary by the cemetery along Gothic Road.
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