Lately, CBMG has been busy with lots and lots of Wildflower Hiking & Peak Tours around the surrounding backcountry.

As the flowers have hit their peak bloom the local trails, alpine meadows, and peaks have been awash in a sea of pastel colors…making the Crested Butte Backcountry a spectacle of natural beauty.

Daily afternoon thunderstorms are contributing to keeping everything fluorishing and in full bloom.

No where have the flowers been in all their glory, then on the West Maroon Pass hike between Crested Butte and Aspen.

CBMG Guides took a special group on this hike between the two towns last week, and despite the difficulty of the hike (11 miles and ascending 12,500′ West Maroon Pass) the group was rewarded with incredible views of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area and the peak of the high country wildflowers.

Many more hikes await your participation, but it is almost August, so the flowers will begin their colorful decline soon, so make sure and get out there with us soon.

-CBMG Staff

A family reunion held in Crested Butte was livened up with 3 days of fun-filled rock climbing.

Nora Longthorne and crew joined Crested Butte Mountain Guides for 3 days of fun-filled vertical adventures with ascents of local favorite the ‘Guides Ridge’ on Mount Crested Butte, and rockclimbing in local Taylor Canyon.

CBMG Guides Kyle Mattingly & Laura Chase had a lot of fun taking various family members on these technical outings over 3 days, and the guests had this to say about their experience:

“Just want to let you know what a great experience the entire family had on our Crested Butte Mountain Guides Adventures! Kyle and Laura were FANTASTIC. The kids all really enjoyed both days with them, and Matt (my husband), Brian (brother) and I all had an amazing experience with them. They are wonderful guides and dealt with the many personalities with good grace and humor! ” – Nora Longthorne

All of our guides have been busy, with CBMG Owner/Guide, JSJ, taking 2 folks up the challenging and exposed ‘Sunset Ridge’ on Mt Crested Butte.

and, along with CBMG Guide, Ian Hatchett, continuing to cover miles of local trails and peaks hiking with return guest, David Maniatis.

Other days have been filled with daily rockclimbing trips in Taylor Canyon and Cement Creek, Mountain Biking Tours, and some very successful and beautiful remote Backpacking Trips.

Stay tuned as more photos and stories roll in from our daily mountain adventures with our guests.

—CBMG Staff

 It never fails that this time of year CBMG stays extremely busy, and it is not hard to understand why.  Beautiful weather, green, luscious mountains and wildflowers are too enticing to even think about staying indoors! 

Our guides are busy taking kids’ camps out climbing and mountain biking, hiking infamous local peaks such as Gothic Mountain, and leading wildflower tours for the 24th annual Wildflower Festival! 

The owner, Jayson Simons-Jones, has also been out leading trips in the Crestones and the Black Canyon – nothing is off-limits!

We have also started are weekly Peak of the Week climbs for all of you who would like to join us for a cheap, fun climb to our local peaks. Please visit our website to check out the schedule or to sign up!

Sometimes we can get a little carried away with the BLOG postings for all the technical activities we do…but truth be told, alot of times these are not the norm, they just tend to be the longer trips we do, and thus they produce more photos.

In fact we spend a good majority of our time in the summer months guiding non-technical activities such as: hiking, wildflower tours, backpacking, and even car camping trips…

AS guides, we love to do these trips as well as the challenging technical ones, as it allows us to relax a little bit and spend some time out in our beautifuul backyard chatting it up with folks, instead of being focused on all the ropes, knots, gear, and worrying about the weather.

Even our 4-legged friends have been known to come along and join us…..as ‘tail guides’…..

—CBMG Staff