East River Trail

Cappie’s Scoop: Coming soon! Don’t hesitate to add YOUR scoop in the comments below! Tips: The trail ends at a river crossing. Do not cross the river into private property. Turn around and hike back. Directions: From the town of Crested Butte, turn right…

Snodgrass Trail

Cappie’s Scoop: Coming soon! Don’t hesitate to add YOUR scoop in the comments below! Tips: If you have two cars, you can do this hike as a point-to-point or roundtrip from one of the two different trailheads. We started at the Gothic Road trailhead…

Bighorn Creek Trail

Cappie’s Scoop: Coming soon! Don’t hesitate to add YOUR scoop in the comments below! Tips: The parking lot next to the trail is very very small. If there are no spots available, you’ll need to park down the road a bit (towards the direction…

Stag Gulch Trail

Cappie’s Scoop: Coming soon! Don’t hesitate to add YOUR scoop in the comments below! Tips: The gem of this hidden hike is the huge fields and meadows of wildflowers, mostly the mule-ears, an iconic native sunflower. Directions: If you’re coming from Grand Junction (western…

Trail 403

Cappie’s Scoop: This trail was covered in wildflowers and there was water to dip my paws in too. It started to rain on our way back so mom and I hurried to the car to avoid getting really muddy. I hope we go back to…

Green Lake

Cappie’s Scoop: It’s really green! I didn’t believe it until I got there and started swimming around in it. Green is mine and my mom’s favorite color so we had fun in this spot. Don’t hesitate to add YOUR scoop in the comments below! Tips: This…

Crested Butte Dispersed Camping

Cappie’s Scoop: This was the best spot for camping because there were no bugs! I was in the car for a bit while mom kept looking for a non-buggy spot to sleep. Finally, we found this area just in time for bed. There wasn’t a…