Week of September 21, 2020
Heather Connor | Your Local Crested Butte Realtor | 970.209.8050 | Heather@cbblackdiamond.com | HeatherConnor.com | For additional information on the information below, visit the CrestedButteNews.com.
Good morning everyone, this is Heather Connor, your Local Realtor, sharing the local news for the Crested Butte and Gunnison Community. My goal is to get you updated on the relevant local happenings, in just a few minutes.
Two locals push to help others. Pat O'Neill runs 100 miles to support Living Journeys in the Idaho Mountain Trail Ultra Festival-raising $63,000. And local Michael Blunc hopped on his townie bicycle and rode 262 miles, 99 laps total to raise $8,835 for the Adaptive Sports Center.
Gunnison Valley COVID-19 logistics chief Kyle Tibbett reports that 31,750 procedure masks have been ordered by the county and more than 44,000 have been distributed. They have distributed more than ordered as some of the masks came from the Strategic National Stockpile. Close to 50% of the masks have gone to local businesses and 50% have gone to Gunnison Valley Health.
Vinotok culminated this Saturday and with a different approach to the ceremonial, burning of the grump. There was one ceremonial box instead of many located around town, and folks were encouraged to walk through the archway and a stone pathway to the labyrinth of the Grump. There was no public burning this year, but rest assured that your grumps were changed in a way so as to help you start fresh into this new season.
And the Grand Traverse was a little different this year, as the run portion usually starts in Crested Butte and then ends in Aspen, and then the bike portion starts in Aspen and ends in Crested Butte, each way totalling 41 miles. Due to the COVID regulations in Pitkin County, which is the county in which Aspen is within, the course was modified to stay all within Gunnison County. The new course was more challenging and clocked in at 48 miles with between 7,800 - 8,500 feet of vertical gain. For the run portion, 193 runners started the race at 5:30am and 160 finished, with the final one coming in at 8:30pm. Cam Smith came in the lead for the men's run division coming at seven hours and three minutes. Nicole Mericle won the women's run race by a large margin of 38 minutes, and in 5th place total of all men and women. Russell Finsterwalk came in first place for the men's bike division clocking in at four hours and ten minutes. Jenny Smith also won the women's bike title, coming in at five hours and 30 minutes.
As well, real estate is flying fast around here folks. Don't forget to look on our site for all properties that have sold the last week and our community events calendar that is interactive and keeps you up to date on what is happening in Crested Butte. For further information on any of the topics, you can click on the links to the Crested Butte News. As always, if you are considering purchasing or selling your home in this beautiful valley give me a call. Stay safe out there folks, this is your local realtor, Heather Connor, signing off on the local news.
