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crested butte

7 Porch Notes tagged “crested butte,” from counties across Colorado.

Outdoors and wildfire - Gunnison County

Near Crested Butte, forest camping has moved to designated sites

In several drainages around Crested Butte, the national forest now limits camping to designated sites or established campgrounds rather than camp-anywhere dispersed use.

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Local rules - Gunnison County

Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte are two separate towns

Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte are two distinct incorporated towns in Gunnison County, with their own governments and rules, even though their names are nearly the same.

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History and culture - Gunnison County

Crested Butte's old town is a coal-era historic district

The core of Crested Butte is a recognized historic district whose false-front wooden buildings date from its days as a coal-mining town with a large immigrant workforce.

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Home and property - Gunnison County

Near Crested Butte, fire district review can be part of building

Building inside the Crested Butte Fire Protection District means an extra fire-district review on top of the Gunnison County permit.

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Outdoors and wildfire - Gunnison County

Crested Butte, the Wildflower Capital of Colorado

The Colorado legislature named Crested Butte the state's Wildflower Capital in 1990, and the valley's summer meadows back up the title.

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History and culture - Gunnison County

Coal, ore, and rail explain the Gunnison Country map

Mining and the railroads that served it help explain why Gunnison, Crested Butte, and the smaller camps sit where they do.

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History and culture - Gunnison County

The Crested Butte heritage museum lives in an old hardware store

Crested Butte's heritage museum is housed in one of the town's oldest frame buildings, a former blacksmith shop and hardware store, and tells the area's mining and town history.

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