Andy Eflin was born in Crested Butte the same year the ski area started- 1961. His dad, Dick Eflin, started the resort, along with Fred Rice. Class sizes were just a bit smaller back then- Andy had only one other kid in his class and eventually he attended school in Gunnison, as Crested Butte students did through the 1990’s.
Wilderness Streams is a gated subdivision in the upper Ohio Creek valley, approximately 20 miles north of Gunnison. Home owners in the area love the quiet, secluded feeling of this special subdivision.
Taking a year-to-date perspective, unit sales are down slightly (2%), while dollar volume is down slightly more, at 6.3%. As I’ve mentioned before, many buyers have turned to vacant land which has dropped the dollar volume (and if you look around today, you’ll see cranes everywhere, since many of those land buyers are now building homes).
Karen Hoskin can be described as a serial entrepreneur, having started a number of businesses over the years. She is perhaps best known for Montanya Distillers, however, which produces craft rum right here in Crested Butte. The tasting room, located in the heart of Crested Butte across the street from the post office, has become one of Crested Butte’s go-to visits for small plates and a delicious rum cocktail.
Johnny Biggers moved to Gunnison to attend Western State College in 1979. (The college has since been renamed Western Colorado