Mount Crested Butte, Colorado, USA

Mount Crested Butte's 3,709-metre-high snow-covered peak glimmers in the dark in today's homepage image. The prominent summit is in the Elk Mountains in western Colorado in the United States, perched over the quaint 1880s mining town of Crested Butte. Known as Colorado’s last great ski town, this is a place where skiers and snowboarders come to access Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s terrain. Visitors can also take part in Nordic skiing, snowmobiling and snowshoeing.
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