I have spent parts of the past 3 summers in the Gunnison/Crested Butte area riding my Tiger, ST and KTM. Great area! Great eats in funky Crested Butte, plus according to the wife the best coffee/espresso, ever. Camp 4 on Elk St.
We staged one of the Moto-Marathons out of the Holiday Inn in Gunnison, right on the east side of town. They treated the 50 or so of us very well. We did 4 days rides out of there, hitting most of the paved mountain passes within the surrounding 150 miles along with the million dollar highway, Ouray, Independence Pass, Cottonwood Pass - (paved on one side dirt on the other, easy for the ST) including down to Chama, NM. Plus it is close to Taylor Park and all the neat dirt roads & trails in the area. From mild to wild! I believe I have the garmin .gdb files of the day trips we did out of Gunnison.
I have been there in July, August and Sept. All nice, but plan for afternoon rain showers, no matter what. Snow possible in June and Sept.
I'll will be in Crested Butte next Sept. If there is a gathering, I might come out early!
We staged one of the Moto-Marathons out of the Holiday Inn in Gunnison, right on the east side of town. They treated the 50 or so of us very well. We did 4 days rides out of there, hitting most of the paved mountain passes within the surrounding 150 miles along with the million dollar highway, Ouray, Independence Pass, Cottonwood Pass - (paved on one side dirt on the other, easy for the ST) including down to Chama, NM. Plus it is close to Taylor Park and all the neat dirt roads & trails in the area. From mild to wild! I believe I have the garmin .gdb files of the day trips we did out of Gunnison.
I have been there in July, August and Sept. All nice, but plan for afternoon rain showers, no matter what. Snow possible in June and Sept.
I'll will be in Crested Butte next Sept. If there is a gathering, I might come out early!