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Crested Butte is a home rule municipality located in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. [1] The town population was 1,639 at the 2020 United States Census. [4] A former coal mining town nestled in the Slate River Valley, Crested Butte is now known as a destination for skiing, mountain biking, and outdoor activities.
Crested Butte is a prominent mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,168-foot (3,709 m) peak is in Gunnison National Forest , 2.1 miles (3.4 km) northeast by east ( bearing 59°) of the Town of Crested Butte in Gunnison County , Colorado , United States .
In 1972, as a student researcher from Rutgers University, he took a short-term job [4] at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory measuring water quality near Crested Butte in the West Elk Mountains, Colorado. [3] [6] [7] After some time, he featured in a local newspaper as an eccentric mountain hermit. [3] [8]
Whetstone Mountain, elevation 12,527 ft (3,818 m), is a summit in the Gunnison National Forest of western Colorado. The mountain is located 3 mi (4.8 km) south of Crested Butte in Gunnison County. Whetstone Mountain is one of several prominent laccoliths found in the West Elk Mountains.
The 12,401-foot (3,780 m) peak is located within the Gunnison National Forest, 4.2 miles (6.7 km) west-northwest (bearing 288°) of the Town of Crested Butte. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 1 ] The mountain was named in honor of geologist Samuel Franklin Emmons (as was another peak in Utah ).
The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (also known by its acronym RMBL — pronounced 'rumble') is a high-altitude biological field station located near Crested Butte, in the abandoned mining town of Gothic, Colorado in the West Elk Mountains. The laboratory was founded in 1928.
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The Castles, elevation 12,296-feet (3,748 m), are situated in the West Elk Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains.The landform is located 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Gunnison in the West Elk Wilderness on land managed by Gunnison National Forest.