All Pictures: Nolan Blunck
“Winter is again,” – a chorus heard over and over in Crested Butte this weekend. Whether or not it was the child within the Excessive Chair carry line, the group of out-of-towners excitedly boarding the Mountain Specific city bus or the dad towing his child by sled on Maroon Ave—all of them mentioned it. The factor is, none of them needed to say a factor, you possibly can see it of their eyes, of their smile and throughout their faces.
The stoke was excessive on the streets and slopes of Crested Butte as 33 inches of chilly smoke powder fell over the course of 48 hours. After a comparatively dry first month-and-a-half of 2025, winter returned with a vengeance this weekend.
Whether or not you consider Ullr delivered the products, it was a groundhog in Pennsylvania seeing his shadow or another idea, it doesn’t matter to these of us within the Gunnison Valley proper now. All that issues within the Southern Elk Mountains is that the high-alpine Spellbound, Teocalli Bowl and Headwall are firing on all cylinders once more. Shoot—even decrease elevation zones like Horseshoe Springs and Bakery Timber supplied face pictures and bottomless refills.
The storm rolled in initially of the vacation weekend with the snow beginning a bit heavier than standard for this area. Then temps cooled and a number of ft of sunshine and dry fluff fell on prime. Whereas all this snow was a welcome sight to Crested Butte locals, the very best information is there’s extra within the forecast for this upcoming week. Winter is again certainly—proceed scrolling to feast your eyes on images from the previous few days to get you hyped for extra storms to return as you dream up plans to your subsequent journey.
