Stroll Elk Avenue
Your Adventure Continues in Town
Take a stroll drown the vibrant main street of Crested Butte, Elk Avenue and discover world-class shopping, dining and more. With the Victorian storefronts, painted fun colors and a small-town quirky feel, this is what makes Crested Butte like no other ski town in Colorado.
As both a designated Creative and Historic District, you can spend a full day immersed in historic buildings, art galleries, museums and local shops and restaurants
Creative Arts District
From our hand painted buses by local artists to the numerous local galleries downtown, artistic expression can be found in almost every corner of our small town. Crested Butte was officially certified as a Creative District in the summer of 2016, joining 17 other creative districts in the state of Colorado.
Love art? Hit the road and take the Colorado Creative Corridor road trip, featuring five state-certified Creative Districts nestled in the mountains: Carbondale, Paonia, Crested Butte, Ridgway and Salida.
National Historic District
The town boasts one of Colorado's largest National Historic Districts, with charm impossible to convey in words. In 1990, the Colorado Legislature designated Crested Butte as the official “Wildflower Capital of Colorado”.
In addition, the area was one of the birthplaces of mountain biking, along with Marin County, California where old Schwinn bikes were being transformed into bikes with wider tires for more rugged terrain and the pot holes that lined Elk Avenue (the town’s main street).