Stroll down Elk Avenue with the Crested Butte Museum’s staff along with a special guest. Learn about some of the first buildings built on the main street of Crested Butte, including discussions of form, function and architectural details of the late 1800 vernacular. A different special guest from the community joining each week. $10 for…
Stroll down Elk Avenue with the Crested Butte Museum’s staff along with a special guest. Learn about some of the first buildings built on the main street of Crested Butte, including discussions of form, function and architectural details of the late 1800 vernacular. A different special guest from the community joining each week. $10 for…
Stroll down Elk Avenue with the Crested Butte Museum’s staff along with a special guest. Learn about some of the first buildings built on the main street of Crested Butte, including discussions of form, function and architectural details of the late 1800 vernacular. A different special guest from the community joining each week. $10 for…
Stroll down Elk Avenue with the Crested Butte Museum’s staff along with a special guest. Learn about some of the first buildings built on the main street of Crested Butte, including discussions of form, function and architectural details of the late 1800 vernacular. A different special guest from the community joining each week. $10 for…
This tour will be centered around the history of Taylor Park – The Valley of the Gods. Topics will include Bomber Crash in Taylor Canyon, Taylor Dam & the Taylor Reservoir, Tin Cup, Tin Cup Town Hall & Cemetery, Dorchester, Star & Enterprise Mines, Rocky Brook Trail, Deadman’s Gulch and Spring Creek. Meet in Almont…
This tour will focus on the Gunnison, Parlin Pitkin and Ohio City areas. Topics include the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, the Pitkin Hotel, the Alpine Tunnel and more. We meet in Gunnison at 8am. Duane will go over his topics for the day and we will head out in the van to make stops…
This tour will be centered around the history of the Ski Areas of Crested Butte, focusing on the early days of skiing, the Pioneer Ski Area, Rozman Hill, Pershing Mine Ski Hill, Quick’s Hill CBMR, and more. We meet at the Crested Butte Museum at 8am. Duane will go over his topics for the day…
This tour will be centered around the history of The North Country focusing on O Be Joyful/Pittsburgh, Irwin, Elkton, Smith Hill, Marble, Paradise Divide, Yule Pass, Floresta, Schofield Park, Gothic, and Washington Gulch. We meet at the Crested Butte Museum at 8am. Duane will go over his topics for the day and we will head…
Explore the history and geology of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison with Geologist Steve Jenkins and Historian Duane Vandenbusche. We meet in Gunnison at 8am. Duane and Steve will go over their topics for the day and we will head out in the van to make stops along the way. A miner’s sack lunch…
Crested Butte became a registered National Historic District in 1974 to preserve our distinctive buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Join us on an Elk Avenue Walking Tour to learn about the history of the buildings, mining history, and stories from the community. We will meet at the Museum at 4th and…