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Billy Fiske

Added by yongli on 06/28/2021 - 17:20, last changed on 10/25/2022 - 22:51
Billy Fiske (1911–40) was a two-time Olympian who drove the US bobsled team to gold medals in the 1928 and 1932 Winter Olympics. A founder of Colorado’s ski industry , Fiske saw the potential for the state to rival the great winter resorts of Europe and helped lay the groundwork for Aspen to become...

Crested Butte

Added by yongli on 05/19/2017 - 16:36, last changed on 02/16/2023 - 20:42

Crested Butte

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Founded in 1878, Crested Butte is a former coal-mining town turned ski resort nestled in the Elk Mountains of northern Gunnison County . The town lies about twenty-eight miles north of the county seat of Gunnison and about the same distance south of Aspen . At nearly 9,000 feet of elevation and...
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