Gunnison (Colorado)

city in and county seat of Gunnison County, Colorado, United States

Gunnison is a mountain town in the state of Colorado.

Located in Southwestern Colorado, Gunnison is far from Denver and off the beaten path... unlike many of Colorado’s ski areas located along interstates or major population areas. Gunnison is a bedroom community located about a half hour drive from the Crested Butte Ski Resort.

The valley contains the Victorian towns of Gunnison and Crested Butte.

Get in

By plane

  • 🌍 Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC ). Provides frequent and convenient jet service, American Airlines, United, and United Express from Dallas, Denver, Houston. Regularly scheduled ground transportation offered by Alpine Express and Mountain Express are available as are car rentals from Dollar, Hertz, Avis, and Budget. (updated Apr 2020)

Get around

See

  • Hartman Rocks. Awesome bouldering, rock climbing, and biking 
  • Blue Mesa. 

Do

Mountain biking, skiing and rafting are great ideas when you are in the area -- one for each season except Fall, try fly-fishing

Buy

Eat

  • 🌍 Palisades Restaurant, 820 N Main St, ☏ +1 970 641-9223. 11AM-9PM daily. Family restaurant with a western theme and great food. Large kids menu and full bar with 9 TVs for sports and buzztime trivia. Plenty of parking and free Wi-Fi. moderate. 
  • 🌍 Farrell's Restaurant, 310 N Main St, ☏ +1 970 641-2655. The beautiful outdoor patio is a pleasant place to eat lunch in the spring and summer months. 
  • 🌍 Twisted Fork Bistro, 206 N Main St, ☏ +1 970 641-1488. Asian-influenced American food. Made from scratch, delicious food. 

Drink

Crested Butte and Gunnison are both good pub-crawl candidates.

Sleep

Connect

  • The Bean Coffeehouse & Eatery. 120 N Main St. ☏ +1 970 241-2408. M-F 6:30AM - 8PM, Sa Su 7AM - 8PM, closing 7PM in the heart of winter. Wireless connection is $10/hr in 15-minute increments. They also rent time on a couple workstations, same rates.

Go next

Routes through Gunnison
Grand Junction ← Curecanti N.R.A. ←  W  E  → Poncha Springs → Pueblo


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