Gunnison, Crested Butte / COME TO LIFE the fields of purple, gold and fuchsia. Or stick around town for July’s Wildflower Festival — complete with garden tours, photography workshops and hikes. White-knuckle adventures await you on granite-topped Crested Butte Mountain Resort . Take the chairlift to access a web of mountain-biking trails or see how you fare ziplining, disc golfing and rock climbing at Adventure Park at the base of the mountain. Continue the adventure with a raft trip down the Taylor River . Fishing, wildflower hikes and stand-up paddleboarding are top activities at Lake Irwin . These are also Gold Medal fishing waters. Download the CBGTrails App to find free maps of all the hiking, biking and 4-wheeling throughout Gunnison County. Ready for some downtime? Crested Butte’s blocks of THE BRICK OVEN PIZZERIA IN CRESTED BUTTE, MILES/LISA SEAMAN. Victorian-era buildings form one of the country’s most distinctive towns (5) . Nearly every summer weekend features a gathering of some sort — the Wildflower Festival, Tour de Forks cu-linary festival and Crested Butte Music Festival are a few. Head to the Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum to see how the area’s past residents lived. Vintage bikes and photos lend a snapshot of this mountain-bike-loving community. Finally, return to Mount Crested Butte for a free Wednesday-night concert or relax and take in a play, dance exhibition or concert at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts (1) , one of the reasons the town was recently named a Certified Colorado Creative District . And there’s always the op-tion of sipping wine or beer at one of the top-notch restaurants in town. 5 Plan your getaway to some of Colorado’s far-off places. Dozens of itineraries steer you to special places to eat, see, do and stay, as well as ideas for supporting our state’s natural beauty. COLORADO.COM/COLOROADTRIPS COLORADO.COM / 151
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