September-1-30 - September Splendor in the Rockies, valleywide

September is an ideal time for people who love the sights, smells, sounds and feel of fall. A few highlights include the Fall Festival of Beers & Chili Cook-off, Vinotok fall harvest festival, Gunnison Western Heritage Festival, running and biking events, art walks and plays, farmers' markets, stargazing at the Gunnison Valley Observatory, a golf tournament and more. 

September 2,3-- Gunnison Valley Observatory Open for Public Viewing, Gunnison

The gates will open at 8:00 pm and no reservations are required. It's still chilly, so dress warmly. A "Summer Nights Program" will be held on Friday and Saturday nights starting on July 2nd. Viewers are invited to come and enjoy a mini-lecture on a variety of interesting astronomy topics and then view the night sky through the 30" telescope and several amateur telescopes. Gates for the Summer Nights Programs will open at 8:00 pm. Suggested donation for the Summer Series is $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children.



September-3-4 - The People's Fair (Arts, Crafts and More ), Elk Ave., Crested Butte- Labor Day Weekend

September 4,- Crested Butte Farmers' market, Elk Ave. and First St.

September 7th: Labor Day Rubber Duck Races Taylor Lake Marina
Search the lake for rubber duckies. If you find one, bring it in for great prizes. $5 per duck to enter.

September 9.10-- Gunnison Valley Observatory Open for Public Viewing, Gunnison

The gates will open at 8:00 pm and no reservations are required. It's still chilly, so dress warmly. A "Summer Nights Program" will be held on Friday and Saturday nights starting on July 2nd. Viewers are invited to come and enjoy a mini-lecture on a variety of interesting astronomy topics and then view the night sky through the 30" telescope and several amateur telescopes. Gates for the Summer Nights Programs will open at 8:00 pm. Suggested donation for the Summer Series is $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children.

September 10 - Fall Festival of Beers and Chili Cook-Off, Crested Butte Mountain Resort

12:00 Gates Open, Band #1 Starts
12:00-4:00 Unlimited Beer Tasting
12:00 -2:00 Chili Served 
12:30-3:00 Voting for Best Beers & Chilis by Festival Participants
2:00 Band Otis Taylor Band Starts
3:45 Awards

 

September 10-11 - 35^th Annual Pearl Pass Mountain Bike Tour, Crested Butte

In 2011 it will be the 35th Annual Pearl Pass Tour...SAVE THE DATES! The oldest mountain bike event in the world is repeated year after year on a September weekend. The first tour happened in 1976 when a group of Crested Butte rowdies pedaled and pushed their one-speed klunkers over the 12,705 ft. pass and on into Aspen. They didn't know what they were creating.

September 11,- Crested Butte Farmers' market, Elk Ave. and First St.

September 11-12 - Wooden Nickel Fall Golf classic, Club at Crested Butte



September 16,17-- Gunnison Valley Observatory Open for Public Viewing, Gunnison

The gates will open at 8:00 pm and no reservations are required. It's still chilly, so dress warmly. A "Summer Nights Program" will be held on Friday and Saturday nights starting on July 2nd. Viewers are invited to come and enjoy a mini-lecture on a variety of interesting astronomy topics and then view the night sky through the 30" telescope and several amateur telescopes. Gates for the Summer Nights Programs will open at 8:00 pm. Suggested donation for the Summer Series is $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for children.

September 18- Crested Butte Farmers' market, Elk Ave. and First St.

September 19-24 - Vinotok Fall harvest Festival, Crested Butte

Vinotok... Crested Butte's harvest festival. It is a passageway to help us with the transition from summer to fall and eventually winter. It is a way to bond together as a community, to forget our grievances against ourselves and one another. We come together at Vinotok to celebrate this wild place we live in, so close to the rhythms of nature. We come together to celebrate ourselves as a community, the bounty of an incredible summer with its harvests of wildflowers and warmth as well as a harvest of food. We gather to be thankful of all that we have been given. We dance around the fire to abandon, to let go, to begin anew in the ever-cycling circle of life and the seasons.

September 23-25 - Oktoberfest at the Crested Butte Brewing Company, Gunnison

September 25 - Crested Butte Farmers' market, Elk Ave. and First St.

September 25 - Crested Butte Fall Colors classic (1/2 marathon) Presented by Gunnison Valley health Foundation

Thanks to Trailsource.com of Crested Butte for creating our map web page with a printable, zoomable, dynamic map of the half marathon course. Get map!

September 29 - ArtWalk Evening, Studios and Galleries in Crested Butte

September 30-Oct. 2 Crested Butte Film Festival

We picked late September because that's when the aspens are turning; when the hills and river valleys turn to gold. So bring your bike, your hiking shoes, and your love of documentary and feature films and join us for a weekend of film, fun, and thrills.   

October

October 3 --Crested Butte Farmers' market, Elk Ave. and First St.