Summer Trails

Note: Summer operations begin on June 15, 2013.

Hiking Trails 

Summit Trail
The first section of the Summit Trail climbs fairly steep terrain and ends at the picnic shelter (0.25 miles).  From the picnic area to 12,162' peak of Crested Butte Mountain, the trail is steep and crosses loose and broken rock.  Follow trail signage to the summit (0.25 miles).
1 mile round-trip

Silver Queen Trail
This trail follows a road which winds down toward the top of the Red lady Express Lift.  Trail can be done in reverse starting at the top of the Red Lady Express Lift, ending at the top of the Silver Queen Lift.
2 miles / 4.3 miles from base area to top of Silver Queen Lift

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Multi-use Trails
Open to biking and hiking 

Warming House (Easiest) - Closed
Start your day here and follow this trail out of the base area to gain access to the network of singletrack trails.

Painter Boy (Easiest) - Closed
This longtime Crested Butte favorite takes you through fields of wildflowers and beautiful stands of aspen trees. 

Primer (Easiest) - Closed
Rolling singletrack trail that is a great warm up from the top of the Red Lady and will lead riders to Painterboy, Awakening, Meander, Columbine and Woods trail.  For uphill travel this trail provides access to the top of the Bike Park and Upper Westside, Luge, Frequency, Timeline, Avery and Psycho Rocks.

Meander (Intermediate) - Closed
The name says it all.  Meander your way through a beautiful mountain landscape on excellent single track that overlooks the East River valley.  Follow Gothic Road back to the base or climb up Prospector to the top of Painter Boy.

Prospector (Intermediate) - Closed
Enjoy over two miles of awesome singletrack that winds through alpine meadows and pine forest. This intermediate singletrack takes you to Gothic Rd where you can pedal back to the base area or use it to link with Meander or Snodgrass.

Columbine (Intermediate) - Closed
Wind your way up Columbine Hill through grassy meadows and Aspen forest.  From the top of Columbine trail connect Painterboy to Primer, finishing on Westside for a longer loop, or explore one of the many other great options back to the base area.

Upper Westside – Westside – Lower Westside (Advanced) - Closed
This trail is classic Rocky Mountain singletrack.  From the top of the Red Lady chair this trail is a great descent that still involves some pedaling.  The upper portions of this trail are rocky and move through beautiful conifer forest.  The landscape transitions to Aspen forest as the trail begins to smooth out.  Lower Westside moves through open meadows on smooth fast trail.  Climbing this trail from the base area will test your fitness and technical skills.  This is also a great hiking trail that will get you away from most of the traffic on the mountain and provide beautiful scenery.

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