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This Week in Crested Butte:
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.
This last Tuesday a snowstorm came into Crested Butte and. . . it brought a surprising foot of new powder. It's one of the earliest snowstorms in Crested Butte history and the amount of snow caught quite a few by surprise.
As far as the backcountry usage this summer, the increased number of hikers did not necessarily result in an increase in Search-and-Rescue missions around Crested Butte. At the end of July Crested Butte Mountain Rescue Team president Randy Felix said that while the number of people in the backcountry was obviously up, the team was having an average or even below average year. However, there has been a turn and there has been a recent flurry of activity. Most of these calls are for over-due hikers or bikers, some are for injuries, and one particular one was for two couples that hiked Avery Mountain and were unable to descend. With the help of CBMRT, one couple was within voice-range and from there were able to descend safely and the other couple were given a harness and belayed to a ridge where they were able to descend safely down the mountain.
And our local elections are poised for a record-breaking year of voters. Colorado has enacted mail-in voting and ballots will be mailed out of Denver on Friday, October 9th. The initial mail-out for Gunnison County will contain 11,525 ballots and they are preparing for a total of 14,000 - 15,000 voters. The local elections division is hiring 25 - 35 additional temporary staff to prepare for what many consider, will be an off-the-charts election. Gunnison
County elections director Diane Folowell encourages folks to cast ballots well in-advance and to avoid voting in-person on November 3rd. This is to avoid long lines as well as to help continue with the safety protocol of COVID-19 in general.
And town council votes to paint Elk Avenue with a BLM mural at the intersection of Elk Avenue and Third Street. After three hours of a sometimes emotional discussion, the Crested Butte Town Council agreed to move ahead with support for the Crested Butte Black Lives Matter Committee. One of the members of the CrestedButte BLM committee, Chloe Bowman, explained that the idea was for "the town to show support for a part of the community that currently feels unsafe and unwelcome."
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.
