THE STORY OF RED LADY One of the most common questions we get is “Why are you called Red Lady Realty?” Another favorite question is “Who is the Red Lady?” Red Lady is the unofficial name of Mt. Emmons, the mountain with the open bowl that overlooks town at the west end of Elk Avenue. Because of its prominent location you will find that there are a lot of things that carry the name “Red Lady” here. There are two streets, there was a Red Lady Ale and you can even attend a very Crested Butte-style ball involving costumes and the annual crowning of an actual Red Lady. How the mountain got the name isn’t clear. It has been said that the lights from the red light district of town used to create a red glow on Mt. Emmons at night, but given that it would take a lot of power and many red lights to get that far, it seems unlikely. Anyone who has witnessed a Crested Butte sunset might be more likely to believe another theory told by old-timer Tony Mihelich when he was 93 years old. “Sometimes when the sun set just right in the summer, it looked like a picture of a red lady up there.” As the mountain Red Lady stands proudly over the town of Crested Butte, Red Lady Realty is proud to be an integral part of our community with money & time contributed to many local organizations. While we haven’t been around quite as long as the mountain, Red Lady Realty is the Oldest Real Estate Company in Crested Butte and we plan to be here for a long time to come.
CRESTED BUTTE EVENTS Monday Evenings June 20 – August 15 Alpenglow at the Center for the Arts Outdoor Stage Wednesday Evenings June 29 – August 17 Live! From Mt. CB Summer Concert Series at the base of Red Lady Lift Wednesday Evenings June 22 – August 10 Public Policy Forum at Crested Butte Community School Sunday Mornings June 5 – October 2 Farmers Market on Elk Avenue June 25 - Aug. 19 June 23-26 July 4 July 8-9 July 11-23 July 23 July 28-31
Crested Butte Music Festival Fat Tire Bike Week Gothic 1/3 Marathon, Fire Department Pancake Breakfast, Parade & more Caddis Cup Fly Fishing Tournament Wildflower Festival Living Journeys Summit hike & ½ Marathon Crested Butte Food & Wine Festival
August 5-7 August 19-21 September 10 September 18-24 Sept. 29-Oct. 2 October 31 November 12 November 24 November 25-27 December 24 December 31 February 4 February 23-26 March 3-5 March 20 March 26 April 8 April 9 April 15-16 May 27-29
Crested Butte Arts Festival Gunnison Car Show Mt. Crested Butte Chili and Beer Festival Vinotok Fall Harvest Festival Crested Butte Film Festival Halloween Parade Nordic Center opens for the Season Crested Butte Mountain Resort opens Nordic Center’s 12th Annual Thanksgiving Training Camp Torchlight Parade Torchlight Parade & Fireworks Alley Loop Prater Cup Freeskiing Comps/World Qualifiers Al Johnson Uphill Downhill Race Elk Mountains Grand Traverse Slush Huck Closing Day for CBMR & Nordic Center The Ultimate Snowmobile Event Memorial Day Sidewalk Sales