Crested Butte: We Ski Rocks

[teleee]

Any word on when Kebler Pass is going to open?

Memorial Day Weekend is the plan - weather dependent.


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[Name Redacted]

Looking at coming out for some riding mid/late June. Trails melting out quick this year I assume?

[goldenboy]

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^^ Definitely ahead of schedule. By mid June I think just about everything other than 403 and 401 will probably be on the table. It might be everything by late June. CBMBA does a really good job on updates.&nbsp;<a href="https://crestedbuttemountainbike.com/trail-information/conditions/">https://crestedbuttemountainbike.com/trail-information/conditions/</a></p>

[Name Redacted]

Spent the weekend down there. Camping was busy, and competitive. Must have been the Juneteenth holiday, but midday Thursday and all easily accessible sites were full. Anyway, it was a beautiful weekend, great weather, a little wind. Dirtbiked around and hiked and stuff.

[One (+) Sentence]

Spent the weekend down there. Camping was busy, and competitive. Must have been the Juneteenth holiday, but midday Thursday and all easily accessible sites were full. Anyway, it was a beautiful weekend, great weather, a little wind. Dirtbiked around and hiked and stuff.

Weird, I was there on Thursday and Friday last week and was surprised to see the free camping across from the ski area only about one third full. The hostel definitely was not full either. It seemed like the crowds really picked up on Friday though - I had to bail mid day and gave up on trying to grab lunch first after seeing the lines at Franks and Teo Tamales.

[Name Redacted]

Weird, I was there on Thursday and Friday last week and was surprised to see the free camping across from the ski area only about one third full. The hostel definitely was not full either. It seemed like the crowds really picked up on Friday though - I had to bail mid day and gave up on trying to grab lunch first after seeing the lines at Franks and Teo Tamales.

I&#39;ve been down there on this same weekend a lot since it is my birthday. I haven&#39;t seen the camping this busy, like ever. But like I said, Juneteenth is apparently a thing now? We still got walk in tables at Stash and Bonez friday and saturday for early dinners.
We got a great campsite but needed 4x4 access, so one of my friends couldn&#39;t make it because they had a travel trailer. So that was a bummer. I&#39;d say if you&#39;re rig isn&#39;t able to go on a decent 4x4 trail, or you want to be anywhere close to town, you&#39;d want to be getting a site sometime midweek, like before Thursday. Crazy how tough it has gotten with the camping changes and other factors. Love CB, but hope it isn&#39;t getting loved to death.

[goldenboy]

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I&#39;m sad to say that MTB pioneer and HOF member Don Cook passed away yesterday. He was a founding member of the Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association, the world&#39;s oldest MTB club, and created many of the trails in the area. In some cases they were reopening trails that had long been abandoned but were on old maps, build by the CCC during the depression. Other times, he&#39;d fly an ultralight and map things out in the days before drones and Google Earth.</p>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/kp4oJnZWSrM?si=1bQQVg--g83oAbxG">https://youtu.be/kp4oJnZWSrM?si=1bQQVg--g83oAbxG</a></p>

[Shredhead]

I love the history of MTBing and reading about the Grubstake Gang.
My favorite trail opens tomorrow and I'll stop for a safety meeting with Don in mind.
Sure hope we get monsoon soon!

[Name Redacted]

I rode Pearl Pass on my dirt bike the other day. Those early mountain bikers sure were a masochistic bunch! haha
I used to ride all the jeep roads around here BITD before we had so much singletrack everywhere. To me that was just what mountain biking was. I would ride the moontezuma&#39;s revenge trails from the race. So painful. Now we are so spoiled with beatiful singletrack I skoff at the idea of pedaling up a baby-head riddled jeep road up at 13k&#39;.

[Shredhead]

Yes, it's pretty ruff. Once on a bike was enough for me.
My first date with my wife, we drove her brand new Jeep. Apparently that worked out OK.

[ENDOOO]

can confirm we are spoiled with modern trails. I was up on the poudre last week and brought the bike to ride the old stomping ground on the way home. I remember absolutely loving west ridge in horsetooth. Turned out to be a nice day to take the bike for a hike.

[goldenboy]

The truly masochistic thing when I first moved here was to do the Lunch ride- ride Pearl pass, eat lunch in Aspen (I went with Johnny McGuire's), then ride home. That was a long day. It is funny that the bikes keep getting more capable while the trails keep getting more manicured. Personally I still really like old school trails (but also new ones).

[Dantheman]

Personally I still really like old school trails

We still have plenty, thankfully. Even some new old school ones!

[HotSchmoo]

Thats crazy about Don Cook, he didn't seem that old.
Then again, it's been an age ago since i left and I'm older than i care to admit.
Anyone know how old he was?

[BFD]

66. every time some old guy drops dead on his bike my friend calls to extoll the virtues of the E bike. Don did not share that view.

[North]

I don't especially enjoy Pearl Pass, even with a motor. Those dudes were a different breed. Don's passing, at age 66 AFAIK, has caused me to dig into mtb history a bit.

https://www.theproscloset.com/blogs/...racing-cruiser

[HotSchmoo]

There's an ebike in my future but not due to general health stuff. I'm pretty ok.
My knees however and back are a different story. I just can't pedal so hard anymore.
RIP Don Cook. Guy lived a life i can look up to. Still seems crazy he passed so young.
My Mom passed at 72 a couple years ago. A favorite uncle just got diagnosed with dementia at 70. My Dad just turned 70, 5 years older than his own dad when he suffered thru metastatic lung cancer. he still can't understand why i live life the way i do.
There's been other folk's close to me that died earlier than expected.
Im finding the whole concept of quote, the golden years, unquote to be bullshit folly.

[goldenboy]

66. BFD, good point on the ebike. I'm not sure at what point a hard ride is good for your heart vs bad for it. Don and Kay were/are two of the biggest anti ebikers I know for sure.

North, cool article. I still have my first "MTB", a '87 or '88 Diamond Back Curaca with 24" wheels, 10 speeds, and V brakes were just a dream from the future. I can't believe I made it down stuff like the Peaks trail in Breck with that POS when I was 13.

[The SnowShow]

There's an ebike in my future but not due to general health stuff. I'm pretty ok.
My knees however and back are a different story. I just can't pedal so hard anymore.
RIP Don Cook. Guy lived a life i can look up to. Still seems crazy he passed so young.
My Mom passed at 72 a couple years ago. A favorite uncle just got diagnosed with dementia at 70. My Dad just turned 70, 5 years older than his own dad when he suffered thru metastatic lung cancer. he still can't understand why i live life the way i do.
There's been other folk's close to me that died earlier than expected.
Im finding the whole concept of quote, the golden years, unquote to be bullshit folly.

Yeah, so many live their whole adult professional lives working crazy hard so they can one day retire well. Fuck that. Plus, the way things are going, will anyone but the 1% be able to afford to retire?

[thommy21]

Sad to hear about Don. Saw Don and Kay randomly hiking the trails behind my house in GJ a month or so ago.

[raisingarizona13]

If you love your work why retire?

[telefreewasatch]

+vibes+
If you love your play, why work?