The Nordic Center will open for the 2024/2025 winter season. Come pick up your season pass and browse our retail collection.

Jumpstart your nordic ski season with CB Nordic instructors and visiting coaches. We want to get you on your feet, test your balance, and help you glide with confidence. This year's offerings include adult beginner sessions, adult technique clinics, U20 training camp, and para camp clinics.

Test your end of season endurance, Crested Butte Style! Grab 3 friends for a 4-person relay. Or take on the ultimate challenge of Solo Racer We will be serving hot dogs and other snacks at the yurt, with additional beer available for purchase. Competitors will receive a drink ticket for an extra post-race beer.

The Elk Mountains Grand Traverse was conceived by Jan Runge in the 1990s. The race's genesis was partially based on the historical mail routes that connected the Colorado mining towns of Crested Butte and Aspen in the 1880s. It also drew inspiration from the Patrouille des Glaciers, a point-to-point ski race in Switzerland which Runge […]

Everybody's favorite Bistro returns to Magic Meadows this season, serving up organic and gluten-free pastries, treats, teas, chai, fruit and soup, plus local coffee, delicious pie and festive, refreshing libations with a warm fire, sunny deck and weekly specials.

Test your skills in this ski race circumnavigating Gothic Mountain. Join the competitive or recreational races with a finish line party at the Magic Meadows Yurt.

The Alley Loop is not your typical Nordic Marathon. It stands both as a premier American Birkebeiner Qualifying event, in addition to being Crested Butte's most outrageous costume party of the year! The course winds its way through snowy streets, alleyways and narrow bridges through the heart of downtown Crested Butte. You'll find yourself cheered […]