September Hiking Book Club: Rustler’s Gulch

Sep 6, 2023
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Join us on Wednesday, September 6 from 2-5 pm for September’s gathering of the hiking book club. We will meet at the Crested Butte Library and then travel to and hike the Rustler’s Gulch trail.

Read & discuss: “Gilded Mountain: A Novel” by Kate Manning.

About the book: In the early 1900s, Sylvie Pelletier leaves her family’s Colorado mountain cabin to start work at a wealthy mine-owner’s manor house and is fascinated by he luxury around her until she discovers the family’s philosophy is at odds with the unfair labor practices that built their fortune.

About the trail: Rustler’s Gulch an out-and-back trail in the Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness boasts views of waterfalls, meadows, aspens, and the 13,000 ft Precarious Peak.

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