Learn about the fascinating mining history of the Gunnison Country from the early placer gold mining in Elkton, to the countless silver mining camps of the Elk Mountains and the industrial coal mining that put Crested Butte on the map. You’ll see abandoned equipment, mine shafts and ghost towns! This half or full day tour…
Learn about the fascinating mining history of the Gunnison Country from the early placer gold mining in Elkton, to the countless silver mining camps of the Elk Mountains and the industrial coal mining that put Crested Butte on the map. You’ll see abandoned equipment, mine shafts and ghost towns! This half or full day tour…
Learn about the fascinating mining history of the Gunnison Country from the early placer gold mining in Elkton, to the countless silver mining camps of the Elk Mountains and the industrial coal mining that put Crested Butte on the map. You’ll see abandoned equipment, mine shafts and ghost towns! This half or full day tour…
Learn about the fascinating mining history of the Gunnison Country from the early placer gold mining in Elkton, to the countless silver mining camps of the Elk Mountains and the industrial coal mining that put Crested Butte on the map. You’ll see abandoned equipment, mine shafts and ghost towns! This half or full day tour…
Join JJ’s Jeeps and our resident geologist Dr. Amy Ellwein aka “Dr. Rock” as we travel back in time 1.7 billion years on our Geology Jeep Tours! Learn about continental uplifts, vulcanism, and eroding forces that shaped the Gunnison Valley as we know it and learn how to identify various types of rocks and minerals.…
Join JJ’s Jeeps and our resident geologist Dr. Amy Ellwein aka “Dr. Rock” as we travel back in time 1.7 billion years on our Geology Jeep Tours! Learn about continental uplifts, vulcanism, and eroding forces that shaped the Gunnison Valley as we know it and learn how to identify various types of rocks and minerals.…
Join JJ’s Jeeps and our resident geologist Dr. Amy Ellwein aka “Dr. Rock” as we travel back in time 1.7 billion years on our Geology Jeep Tours! Learn about continental uplifts, vulcanism, and eroding forces that shaped the Gunnison Valley as we know it and learn how to identify various types of rocks and minerals.…
July’s pick is True Biz by Sara Novic! We hope to be outside, so bring layers! Wednesday, July 19th at 6:30 pm. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A “tender, beautiful and radiantly outraged” (The New York Times Book Review) novel that follows a year of seismic romantic, political, and familial…
Come chat with Rick about all things wild and flowery on Sunday, July 2nd from 4 -6 pm on our outdoor patio. And, grab a copy of his local identification guide. Rick’s background is in horticulture, botany and agronomy. He has been exploring and identifying native and introduced plants around the Crested Butte area since…
Local favorite, author David Gessner returns to Crested Butte with his latest book, A Traveler’s Guide to the End of the World : Tales of Fire, Wind, and Water published by Torrey House Press. In A Traveler’s Guide to the End of the World, David Gessner asks what the world will be like in 2064,…