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Crested Butte

3,709 m12,168 ft

Prominence: 789 m2,587 ft
Isolation: 7.1 km
Tonight: 29°FPartly cloudy · Wind 0–5 mph ENE

Crested Butte is a 3,709 m (12,168 ft) mountain in the Elk Mountains, Colorado, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 3,709 m · 12,168 ft
Nearest higher peak: Whetstone Mountain (3,818 m)
Range: Elk Mountains
Region: Colorado, United States
Protected area: Gunnison National Forest
Coordinates: 38.8834° N, 106.9436° W

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3D map

Crested Butte 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Crested Butte terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Crested Butte elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Crested Butte weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 29°F (-2°C) · 23% chance of precipitation · Wind 0–5 mph ENE

Crested Butte forecast for the summit, about 2,978 m.

Tonight29°23%0–5 mph ENE
Sat31°45°89%0–10 mph SE
Sun25°42°64%0–5 mph SSE
Mon24°43°7%0–5 mph WNW
Tue25°46°8%0–10 mph S
Wed26°45°3%0–5 mph W
Thu28°46°15%0–5 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:47 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Crested Butte

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Crested Butte, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
Upper Loop
2.1 km WNW · +2 more within 3.0 km
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Nearest trailhead
Red Lady Open Spce
3.7 km WSW · +2 more within 4.3 km
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Nearest campsite
Campsite BC1
3.7 km E · +2 more within 3.8 km
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Nearest caravan site
Crested Butte RV Resort
4.1 km S
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All mapped places 10

Place	Distance
Parking	1.9 km SSW
Upper LoopParking	2.1 km WNW
Main LotParking	3.0 km NW
Red Lady Open SpceTrailhead	3.7 km WSW
Campsite BC1Campsite	3.7 km E
Campsites BC 2-7Campsite	3.7 km E
Mount Crested Butte CampgroundCampsite	3.8 km NNW
Crested Butte RV ResortCaravan site	4.1 km S
Crested Butte NordicTrailhead	4.2 km WSW
Pooche's TrailheadTrailhead	4.3 km WSW

Slope

Share of the 7.2 × 7.2 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 60% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

59.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

27.7%

Steep, 30–45°

11.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.3%

Steeper than 30°: 12.8% of the 52 km² view
Relief in view: 1,016 m low point 2,688 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 53.5%Trees 35.1%Bare rock / sparse 5.2%Built-up 3.2%Moss & lichen 2.0%Cropland 0.6%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.6 km; 564 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Sulfur buckwheat91
Scarlet Gilia81
Lewis flax73
Monument plant60
Nettle-leaf giant hyssop60
Rocky Mountain beardtongue55

Where it sits

Where Crested Butte sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

Crested Butte downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGCrested Butte satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2024-09-12.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,704 m at the summit; the official height is 3,709 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 37 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,709 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	3,707 m	-2 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	3,704 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-30	3,681 m	-28 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,672 m	-37 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-09-12)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Crested Butte

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest trailhead

Nearest campsite

Nearest caravan site

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