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Become A Member Shop 2021 Events Page Schedule Pre-Festival 4 Festival Daily July 9 - July 18 5 Post-Festival 10 Descriptions Workshops Art 14 Birding & Butterfies 19 Botany 22 Culinary & Medicinal 23 Photo Contest Geology & Geobotany 25 Photography 26 First Place Tie Hikes & Tours Garden Tours 32 ← Beginner Hikes & Walks 33 Jake Welsh Intermediate Hikes 38 ← Jon Reynolds Advanced & Expert Hikes 43 Hiking Key • Beginner level, rolling terrain ■ Intermediate mostly rolling with some steep, rocky terrain ◆ Advanced steep, rocky, uneven terrain ◆◆ Expert very steep, rocky, uneven and exposed 2 3 Pre-Festival Events Festival Events Page Page Thursday, June 17 Friday, July 9 9 - 10:30 am Nature Journaling: Springtime A12 16 6:30 - 11:30 am Backcountry 4x4 Photo Tour P01 26 in the Rockies - Virtual Class 8 am - 12:30 pm Trail 403 to Viewpoint •■ H08 41 Monday, June 21 8:30 am - 2:30 pm Three Lakes Hike ■ H07 41 9 - 11 am Historic Alleyways & Enchant- P02 27 9 am - 12 pm Follow the Bloom • H01 35 ing Gardens 9 am - 1 pm Simple Sketch Flora & Fauna A08 17 Thursday, June 24 9 am - 1 pm Geology of Paradise •■ R01 25 9 am - 1 pm Lily Lake Wildfowers H09 39 9 - 10:30 am Nature Journaling: Springtime A12 16 •■ in the Rockies - Virtual Class 10 am - 2 pm Butterfies of Cement Creek •■ F01 20 10 am - 12:30 pm Historic Garden Tour G01 32 • 1 - 3 pm Wildfower ID Walk • H10 36 Friday, June 25 3 - 5:30 pm Historic Garden Tour • G04 32 Flora & History of Cement 9 am - 12 pm Mountain • H02 34 4 - 5:30 pm Gardens to Glass C01 23 Monday, June 28 Saturday, July 10 9 am - 12 pm Follow the Bloom • H03 35 6 am- 10 pm Hike to Aspen ◆◆ H11 43 7 - 11 am Wildfower Close-Ups P03 28 Tuesday, June 29 7:30 am - 3:30 pm Rustler's Gulch ◆◆ H15 44 10 am - 12 pm Geobotany of Crested Butte R05 25 • 8 am - 2 pm Wildfowers & Waterfalls of H13 42 Lake Irwin ■ Thursday, July 1 9 am - 12 pm Geobotany of Crested Butte • R02 25 10 am - 12:30 pm Historic Garden Tour • G02 32 9 am - 2 pm Medicinal Plants of the Moun- C07 23 tains •■ Monday, July 5 9:30 - 11:30 am Wild Food Feasting & Foraging • C02 24 9 am - 12 pm Follow the Bloom H04 35 9:30 am - 12:30 • pm Gothic Wildfowers • H14 36 Tuesday, July 6 10 am - 2 pm Butterfies of Brush Creek • F02 19 10 am - 12 pm Geobotany of Crested Butte • R06 25 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Wildfower ID Walk • H12 36 Thursday, July 8 1 - 3 pm Tour of Crested Butte Gardens • G11 32 10 am - 12:30 pm Historic Garden Tour G03 32 • 1 - 3:30 pm Linoleum Block Carving & A07 15 Printing 4 - 8 pm Evening of Wildfower Photog- P04 26 raphy 4 5 Festival Events continued Festival Events continued Page Page Sunday, July 11 Tuesday, July 13 7:30 am - 1:30 pm Scarp Ridge ◆◆ H18 44 7:30 - 11:30 am Birding Among the Upper •■ F05 19 Wildfowers & Yoga in the Loop Wildfowers 8- 11 am • H16 37 8:30 am - 12:30 Morning Light Amble at the Top of the Gulch • H29 33 8 am - 12 pm Explore Judd Falls • H17 34 pm 8:30 am - 12 pm Long Lake Blooms & Views •■ H20 39 8:30 am - 1:30 pm Carnivorous Plants of Colorado ■ B03 22 9 am - 12 pm Geobotany of Crested Butte R03 25 9 - 11 am Historic Alleyways & Enchant- P08 27 • ing Gardens 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Gothic Wildfowers • H26 36 9 am - 1 pm Splendor on Snodgrass •■ H30 41 10 am - 2 pm Butterfies of Deer Creek F03 20 9 am - 1 pm Beaver Ponds & Wetlands of H31 33 •■ Ohio Pass • 10:30 am - 1 pm Historic Garden Tour • G05 32 9:30 am - 12:30 Wonderful Wildfower Connec- H32 37 1 - 3:30 pm Hummingbird Hand Printed A01 15 pm tions • Silhouettes 10 am - 12 pm Gifts From the Herb Garden A06 15 3:30 - 6 pm Wildfower Watercolor & Wine A11 18 10 am - 2 pm Butterfies of Kebler Pass & Lake F06 20 Irwin •■ Monday, July 12 10:30 am - 12:30 7 - 11 am Wildfower Landscapes P05 29 pm Tour of Crested Butte Gardens • G13 32 7 am - 4 pm Red Lady Summit ◆◆ H28 44 1 - 3:30 pm Simple Shapes on Swedish A04 16 Dish Towels 7:30 - 11:30 am Birding Among the Woods • F04 19 Walk 4:30 - 7 pm Member Appreciation Party C04 24 8 am - 12 pm Explore Emerald Lake Basin • H23 34 8:30 am - 12 pm Wildfowers & Folklore • H24 37 Wednesday, July 14 8:30 am - 2 pm Beckwith Pass Amble H21 38 •■ 7 - 11 am Wildfower Master Class P09 29 9 - 11 am Composition & Close-Ups P07 26 8 am - 12:30 pm Trail 403 to Viewpoint •■ H55 41 9 am - 12:30 pm Lower Deer Creek Trail H27 39 9 am - 12 pm Plant Defenses & Survival Strat- B01 22 ■ egies • 9 am - 1 pm Lily Lake Wildfowers •■ H25 39 9 am - 1 pm Lily Lake Wildfowers •■ H33 39 9:30 am - 12:30 H34 36 9:30 am - 12:30 Wonderful Wildfower Connec- H19 37 pm Gothic Wildfowers • pm tions • 10 am - 2 pm Butterfies of Lily Lake •■ F07 21 10 am - 12 pm The Chef’s Pantry - Preserving C03 24 Summer’s Bounty 10:30 am - 1 pm Historic Garden Tour • G06 32 1 - 3 pm A05 14 10 am - 12 pm Tour of Crested Butte Gardens • G12 32 Flower Pressing Arts 1 - 3 pm Wildfower ID Walk • H56 36 1 - 3 pm Wildfower ID Walk • H22 36 6 - 8 pm Rivers, Waterfalls, & Wildfowers P10 28 3 - 8 pm Private Evening of Wildfower P06 27 Photography 6 7 Festival Events continued Festival Events continued Page Page Thursday, July 15 Saturday, July 17 7 - 11 am Wildfower Close-Ups P11 28 7 - 11 am Wildfower Master Class P14 29 7:30 - 11:30 am Birding Among the Woods F08 19 7:30 am - 2 pm Wildfowers & Waterfalls in the H47 42 Walk • Oh-be-joyful Valley ■◆ 8 am- 12 pm Explore Emerald Lake Basin • H36 34 8 am - 2 pm Three Lakes Hike ■ H43 41 8:30 am - 12:30 8 am - 3 pm Wetlands and Wildfowers of H37 45 Splendor on Snodgrass H45 41 Swampy Pass ◆◆ pm •■ 8:30 am - 12:30 9 am - 2 pm Medicinal Plants of the Moun- C08 23 pm Amble at the Top of the Gulch • H35 33 tains •■ 9:30 am - 12:30 9 am - 1 pm Geology of Paradise •■ R04 25 Gothic Wildfowers • H46 36 9:30 am - 1:30 pm What's in a Name •■ B02 22 pm 10 am - 12 pm Tour of Crested Butte Gardens G14 32 10 am - 12 pm Herbal Home Medicine Chest C06 23 • Workshop 3 - 5 pm Felted Wool Wildfowers A02 14 10 am - 12 pm Tour of Crested Butte Gardens • G15 32 10:30 am - 12:30 4 - 8 pm Evening of Wildfower Photog- P12 26 Wildfower ID Walk H44 36 raphy pm • 1 - 3 pm Felted Wool Wildfowers A03 14 Friday, July 16 3 - 8 pm Private Evening of Wildfower P15 27 6:30 - 11:30 am Backcountry 4x4 Photo Tour P13 26 Photography 7:30 - 11:30 am Birding Among the Upper F09 19 Loop Wildfowers •■ 3:30 - 6 pm Wildfower Painting & Prosecco A10 18 8 - 11 am Wildfowers & Yoga in the H38 37 Morning Light • Sunday, July 18 8 am - 2 pm Scarp Ridge ◆◆ H40 44 7:30 am - 3:30 pm Rustler's Gulch ◆◆ H54 44 8:30 am - 1:30 pm Carnivorous Plants of Colorado ■ B04 22 8 am - 12 pm Meditations with Wildfowers •■ H50 40 9 am - 1 pm Simple Sketch Iconic Images of A09 17 8 am - 12:30 pm Trail 403 to Viewpoint H53 41 CB •■ 8:30 am - 2:30 pm Wildfowers & Waterfalls of H51 42 9 am - 1 pm Lily Lake Wildfowers •■ H41 39 Lake Irwin ■ 9:30 am -12:30 Wonderful Wildfower Connec- H42 37 9 am - 1 pm Lily Lake Wildfowers H48 39 pm tions • •■ 9:30 am - 12:30 H52 36 1 - 3 pm Wildfower ID Walk • H39 36 pm Gothic Wildfowers • 3 - 5:30 pm Historic Garden Tour • G07 32 10 am - 12:30 pm Historic Garden Tour • G08 32 10:30 am - 12:30 4 - 5:30 pm Gardens to Glass C05 23 pm Wildfower ID Walk • H49 36 8 9 Post-Festival Events Page Monday, July 19 9 am - 12 pm Follow the Bloom • H05 35 Tuesday, July 20 10 am - 12 pm Geobotany of Crested Butte • R07 25 Thursday, July 22 Nature Journaling: Summer- 9 - 10:30 am time - Virtual Class A13 16 10 am - 12:30 pm Historic Garden Tour • G09 32 Friday, July 23 Simple Sketch Sky Dance: Sun- 9 am - 1 pm rises, Sunsets, & Clouds A14 17 Monday, July 26 9 am - 12 pm Follow the Bloom • H06 35 Tuesday, July 27 ELEVATION HOTEL & SPA BIKE RENTALS // SPA // SLOPE-SIDE DINING 10 am - 12 pm Geobotany of Crested Butte • R08 25 Elevation Hotel and Spa is the only full service slopes-side resort in Crested Butte. After a long day of hiking or biking Thursday, July 29 through Crested Butte’s beautiful wildflowers beautiful wildflowers, enjoy an array of spa treatments and scenic dining Nature Journaling: Summer- just steps away from the chairlifts.