Next Monday evening starts our Women’s Climbing Series, which runs for 6 consecutive weeks every Monday evening after work from 4-9ish. This clinic will be taught by CBMG & AMGA Trained and Certified Guide Laura Chase. There are still a few spots available, so contact us for more info.
Also, coming soon…..1-day skill specific Women’s Rock Clinics and a HERA Climb Against Cancer Fundraiser in mid-August…
—CBMG Staff
This past Wednesday marked the start of Fat Tire Bike Week, a Crested Butte tradition, and also saw the arrival of the Bicycle Tour of Colorado as well for 1-day, resulting in a massive start to the summer season here in CB with 2,000+ bikers, bike companies, and festival goers all in tow.
With the summer kick-off we’ve been busy guiding once again, with multiple trips going out daily….guiding rockclimbing, hiking, mountain biking and mountaineering trips this week.
Friday also marked the start of our NEW ‘Peak Of The Week’ series, in which we offer a weekly guided climb of a different and local peak every week for 6 weeks at the ridiculously low rate of $45/person.
This week, CBMG Guide Dan Escalante led our inaugural ‘Peak of the Week’ trip by successfully getting Judy & Andrew Holder to the summit of local Mount Baldy (12,610′) under tropical monsoon like rain conditions….way to go Dan.
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Despite some quite rainy and stormy spring weather in the mountains, we at Crested Butte Mountain Guides have begun daily guiding of our usual summer activity schedule. Last week was the first week of the summer season of guided rockclimbing in the Crested Butte area, as a few different brave souls gambled with the weather and ventured out with some of our guides for a day on the rock.
One of these trips involved longtime CBMG guest Karen Fontenot and her friend Amy Cansler who joined me for a few days of guided rockclimbing both in a local gym and out at Taylor Canyon for some fine afternoon climbing in the warm sun. Karen is now a seasoned climbing veteran having completed her first Black Canyon climb with me last Fall, and was able to help give Amy her first climbing experience, that I think she may now have become hooked on as well.
Looking forward to seeing you both again soon.
—Guide, Jayson Simons-Jones
