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CRESTED BUTTE
MOUNTAIN

CRESTED BUTTE MOUNTAIN,COLORADO 81225
Area Telephone:(888) 463-6750
FAX:(970) 349-2397
Snow Condition: Local:(970) 349-2323
Out of State: (888) 426-2733

Internet Address:  www.skicb.com
E-mail:  info@crestedbutteresort.com

AREA'S SKIING STATISTICS

Crested Butte Mountain Resort Map (click to enlarge)

Elevation: Top: 11,875 feet (chairlift); Base Lift: 9,100 feet

Vertical Drop: 2,775 feet–lift served 3,062–requires hike

Skiing Terrain:88 trails, 1,073 acres of varied terrain; 448 acres of expert including "Extreme Limits"

Longest run: 2.6 miles (Peak to Treasury)

Slope Difficulty:  Beginner:15%; Intermediate:44%; Advanced:10%; Expert: 31%

Lift Capacity Per Hour: 19,160

Average Annual Snowfall: 260 inches

Snowmaking: 300 acres or 50% of terrain (not including the "Extreme Limits")

Lifts:  Magic Carpet: 2;Tows: 0; Bars: 3 (2-T, 1 poma-platter); Chairs: 10 (3 dbl, 3 trpl, 1 fixed grip quad,3 h-s qd); Trams: 0; Gondolas: 0

Average Area Temperature: 35°

Sunshine: 85% of Season

EQUIPMENT AND SCHOOLING

Ski Rental and Repair: Crested Butte Ski and Snowboard Rentals (888) 280-5728 or email: rentals@cbmr.com. Plus several ski/snowboard rental and repair shops at the base area and in the town of Crested Butte.

X-Country Rental/Repair: Nordic Center (town of Crested Butte)–touring lessons, telemark (970) 349-1707

Ski School Instructors: 200 full & part-time instructors

Ski Patrol: Professional Ski Patrol

Ski School Method: ATM

Special Instruction:Turning Skills (Green to Blue skiers/boarders), Advanced Parallel Workshop, All Terrain Workshop, Snowboard Workshop, Telemark Workshop, Ski Racing Workshop, “Never-Ever” Beginner Shortcut. The Kids World offers Park and Pipe Sessions, Rip Session, Beginner Jump Starts, Tag-Along Lessons and Family Adventure Clinics. The Adaptive Sport Center offers PSIA certified instruction and adaptive equipment for alpine, snowboard and Nordic instruction for people with disabilities. (970) 349-2296 or toll free (866) 349-2296.

Ski Class Rates:Ski and Snowboard Clinics $73, Beginners shortcut $99, includes lift ticket, lesson and ski rentals; Private lessons, 2 hours/1person $215; ($45 for each addition person); 6 hours (all day) /1-5 people $499. Family Adventure Clinic $275 for parents and kides. Kids World Group lessons (ages 3-16years) half-day $92, full-day $102.

Ski School Telephone: (800) 444-9236

ADDITIONAL RECREATION

Photo courtesy of Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Cross Country: Crested Butte Nordic Center (970) 349-1707

Touring: 35 km groomed for classic skate skiing and hundreds of miles of backcountry trails. Guides available.

Dog Sledding: Lucky Cat Dog Farm (970) 641-1636 or Cosmic Cruisers (970) 641-0529

Helicopter Service: No

Ice Fishing: Nearby

Ice Skating: Crested Butte Nordic Center (970) 349-1707

Indoor Tennis: Club at Crested Butte (970) 349-6127

Mountaineering:  Yes

Movie Theater: Crested Butte

Ski Jumping: No

Sledding: Crested Butte Nordic Center (970) 349-1707

Sleigh Riding: o horse drawn with dinner (970) 349-9822 or on-mountain, pulled by snowcat (970) 349-2221or (888) 954-6487 .

Snowboarding: Crested Butte Mountain (888) 954-6487

Snowcat Riding: with dinner (970) 349-2211 or (888) 954-6487

Snowmobiling:Action Adventures (970) 349-5909

Snowshoeing:Moonlight Atlas Snowshoe Tours (2 daily on-mountain and moonlight tours in January, February and March) (970) 349-2211 or (888) 954-6487

Swimming: Yes

Tubing:On-mountain 4:30p.m. -6:30p.m. (Lit for evening use) or Nordic Center

Other:Dinner @ 10,000 Feet (970) 349-2211 or (888) 954-6487; Last Tracks Dinner at the Ice Bar & Restaurant (with a torchlight parade), (970) 349-2211 or (888) 954-6487; Moonlight Atlas Snowshoe Tours (970) 349-2211 or (888) 954-6487; Shopping, Nightlife, winter horseback riding with Fantasy Ranch (970) 349-9822, ice fishing and ice climbing.

NASTAR:$6.00/3 runs daily; $1.00 each additional run

LODGING FACILITIES

Lodging Within Walking Distance of Slope:CBMR properties offers a variety of fully furnished lodging properties, including condominiums, Inns and B&B’s, with the ultimate in comfort and convinces. The Grand Lodge at Crested Butte Resort is the finest full-service hotel in Crested Butte. Club Med Crested Butte, an all-inclusive resort, located slope side, is the only ski village in North America which is a dedicated family village.

Slope Transportation: Free shuttle bus service every fifteen minutes to lodging and downtown Crested Butte.

Hotel/Lodges: 5,000 pillow at or near the ski area; call (800) 634-6646 to arrange lodging, lift tickets, rentals, ski/snowboard lessons, air travel, and ground transfers .

Lodging Telephone: (970) 349-2390; (800) 634-6646

Condominium Telephone: (970) 349-2390; (800) 634-6646

Average Room Cost Per Day:$100 per room per night (hotel)

RESTAURANTS AND APRES-SKI

Restaurants: Base: 8; On-Mountain: 5; Other: 28

Photo courtesy of Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Bars/Lounges: 8 bars/lounges at the ski area, 23 in Crested Butte

SERVICES

Shops:Full service –ski/snowboard shops, boutiques, liquor, bank, and ATM at the resort and many others shops in the town of Crested Butte (Mt. Crested Butte and the town of Crested Butte are three miles apart) .

Credit Cards Accepted: AE, MC, VISA, Discover

Nursery and Child Care:6 months 18 months $14 per hour or $90 all day, 19 months and up $12 per hour or $80 all day. Children 3 to 12 years group or private lessons available. Reservations recommended (800) 600-7379. .

Medical:Two Clinics at base, 2 in Crested Butte, Gunnison Valley Hospital 28 miles

TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION

30 miles/ 48 km north of Gunnison
230 miles/ 368 km southwest of Denver
90 miles/ 144 km northeast of Montrose
197 miles/ 315 km west of Colorado Springs
17 air miles/ 27 km (and one very big mountain range) from Aspen. Two and ½ hour drive in the summer, approximately four to five hour drive in the winter. Continental Airlines offers non-stop daily jet service from Houston Intercontinental Airport, and non-stop Saturday service from Newark to Gunnison/Crested Butte. United Airlines offers weekend Airbus jet service from Denver International Airport (DIA) to Gunnison/Crested Butte. United Express provides up to 5 daily connections with United Airlines through Denver to Gunnison/Crested Butte. Delta will offer daily non-stop jet service from Dallas/Ft. Worth, Gunnison/Crested Butte.

SKIING SEASON AND RATES

November 20, 2004 to April 10, 2005

Days Open & Hours of Operation:
Days Open: Daily
Hours:9:00 am–4:00 pm
Halfday pass begins:12:30 pm
Night Skiing: None

Special Promotion

6 out of 7-day lift ticket as low as $35 p/d with lodging packages--call for details 1-800-544-8448

Rates (all lifts)
Regular Season:

Multi-day Rates:

NEW THIS SEASON

MUELLER PURCHASE OPENS UP A WORLD OF CHANGES FOR CRESTED BUTTE

Under the new ownership of Tim and Diane Mueller, Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) will be touched by change in almost every facet — except its heart and soul.

In their initial round of improvements, the Muellers will spend millions on a resort-wide facelift. Work began this summer on projects such as remodeling base area buildings and signage, expanding snowmaking and slope grooming capabilities, and installing a new ski lift. In May, CBMR officials began meeting with architects and land planners to shape two longer-term visions: a new Mt. Crested Butte Town Center and expansion of skiing to neighboring Snodgrass Mountain.

The best things about Crested Butte won’t change: hospitality, community, the charm of the town, the great ski mountain. However, people will start seeing noticeable upgrades around the resort almost immediately and dramatic changes within a few years. We’ve always been a special place; now we’ll just get better.

The headlines for 2004-05 include:

• The biggest news in 33 years. Tim and Diane Mueller purchased CBMR from the Callaway and Walton families on March 1, 2004. Well respected throughout the ski industry, the Muellers elevated Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont from a struggling unknown to one of the top ski resorts in the East. Their success has been attributed to their hands-on style and emphasis on guest service and uncompromised quality. The Muellers’ son, Ethan, has relocated to Crested Butte to oversee many aspects of ski resort operation. For more information on the Muellers, see the accompanying biographical release.

• What goes up. CBMR’s new Prospect lift, being installed this summer, will add three new trails and 15 intermediate acres to the mountain’s terrain. This lift will access the new ski-in/ski-out Prospect real estate development and carry skiers from Prospect to the top of the Goldlink and Painter Boy lifts. The Prospect development, on the edge of national forest, not only gives homeowners extraordinary solitude and beauty, but also convenient access to the ski slopes via the new lift.

  In other lift news, the North Face Poma platter lift, accessing Crested Butte’s double black-diamond Extreme Limits terrain, will be replaced this year with a more user-friendly t-bar lift. And the former Keystone lift has been renamed the Red Lady Express.

  The Extreme Limits are also undergoing extensive brush cutting this summer to clear out the saplings that have sprung up in the absence of avalanches. Crews have also been working to clear small trees around some of the steep areas and traverses which will make the skiing in these areas much cleaner.

  On the other end of the skiing spectrum, beginners will see some improvements as well. The Magic Carpet lift will be lengthened to expand the first-time teaching area. This will increase the capacity for beginner ski lessons and improve the first-timer experience.

• Facelifts, big and small. Improvements throughout the resort will vary from obvious to subtle. Skiers next winter will be greeted by welcoming signage at the base area. All quad lift terminals will have a new look with paint and vertical cedar siding. Once on the mountain, riders will kick back in a completely remodeled Paradise Warming House, including Rustica Ristorante and can finish off the day with après ski at the refurbished Coors Light Butte 66 BBQ Roadhouse. Kid’s World renovations will improve appeal, efficiency and flow, with all new rental gear for young guests. The younger set will also benefit from expanded hours at the Kids’ Tubing Hill. Adult skiers will choose from a larger selection of high-performance demo skis and two new lines of telemark and snowboard demos. The resort’s larger, updated retail shop will also broaden its product lines, adding local merchandise, gourmet coffee and ice cream. Other touches, from coats of paint to new uniforms, will spruce up almost every corner of the resort.

• Laying out the corduroy. Crested Butte’s commitment to serving “Colorado’s best corduroy” to skiers each day has prompted several upgrades this year. Four new Bombardier snowcats will be added to the current fleet. Crews will increase snowmaking efforts (pending Forest Service approval) and extended snowmaking will cover the popular International area, which will be groomed nightly during the winter. The resort has also purchased a new Zaugg superpipe cutter to create and groom a superpipe for playful skiers and boarders next season.

• Parks and pipes. The superpipe will be one of several new attractions for riders of all ages this year. CBMR will also expand the Painter Boy terrain park, which invites younger, beginner and intermediate riders to pull off maneuvers on “kinder, gentler” features. The advanced park on Canaan, already a heel-kicking course of tabletops, jumps and rails will get even better with a jib park and 10-12 new rails.

  “Okemo is known for having the best parks and pipes in the East, and Crested Butte is slated to follow in those footsteps,” said Ethan Mueller.

• The Grand Lodge Crested Butte. In June 2004, Gart Properties and East West Partners of Beaver Creek purchased the 247-room Sheraton Hotel at the base of the ski slopes. This summer and fall, the partners are investing $5 million into improvements, converting half the hotel into condominium units and renovating the remaining hotel rooms. Most of the suites and rooms will be available for vacation rental.

• The WestWall. The WestWall Lodge signals the arrival of five- star, slope side luxury. Its rustic yet refined design, exquisite custom finishes, natural, historic beauty and amenities make it the finest residential offering in the history of Crested Butte Mountain Resort. The WestWall Lodge is named after the famous WestWall of the 12,162-foot Crested Butte Mountain, home to some of the longest, steepest ski and snowboarding terrain in North America. The first two phases are scheduled for completion by the fall of 2006.

• Long-range visions: redesigned village center and new ski mountain. CBMR has initiated the planning and discussion process for expanding skiing onto nearby Snodgrass Mountain (send your suggestions for a name change!). The expansion could add about 400 acres of intermediate skiing within a few years.

  According to CBMR consultant John Norton, “We expect to propose a master plan to the Forest Service in the fall, but will ensure that everyone interested will have the opportunity to comment before we get too far down the road.”

  Closer to home, preliminary plans for CBMR’s base area land parcels include a complete redevelopment of the village core, known as the Town Center in Mt. Crested Butte. Much of the existing base area village probably will be torn down and replaced with an innovative, attractive, pedestrian-friendly community core, with underground parking and service facilities. Norton noted that “the opportunity to virtually re-create the ski village allows CBMR to explore all that encompasses the notion of the New West.”

  “We’ve met with architects and land planners to begin the task of building the best Town Center in the known world,” he said. “We want to see an architectural style that is uniquely Crested Butte, authentic, and sustainable energy and water efficient.”

  To support its varied community and visitor mix, the resort is also studying options for seasonal employee housing, affordable community cottages, diverse condominiums and luxury homes.

  What a great time for Crested Butte! We’ve got so many wonderful qualities already in place, with our great ski town, laid-back, friendly attitude, unspoiled setting and first-class ski mountain. Now we have the resources to build on all that. The Muellers are the right people to take Crested Butte to a new level of excellence.

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