Why Crested Butte is Colorado’s most serious ski resort

Crested Butte is Colorado’s most serious ski resort.

Seriously challenging, seriously scary — and seriously fun.

The mountain’s almost-vertical, double black diamond runs, most of them accessible from a T-bar lift, are in a class by themselves. (A T-bar? Haven’t seen one of those in years.) These slopes will put the fear of God in you even if you’re a lifelong skier.