As a Wildflower Garden Member, we welcome you to register yourself and four guests for our Member and Sponsor Appreciation Party!
Come mingle with Festival leaders, staff, and Board of Directors, and enjoy appetizers and cocktails. You won’t want to miss this fun-filled event, which includes a drawing for great door prizes!
Sunday, 7/14 4:30-6pm (M05)
Reservations required – we will email a link to RSVP for the party in June.
As a Wildflower Garden Member, we welcome you to register yourself and four guests for our Evening with Wildflower Scientists!
Enjoy Happy Hour in the Kinder Padon Gallery at the Center for the Arts while learning about the latest research from wildflower scientists – ask them your questions!
Reservations required – we will email a link to RSVP for the party in June.
As a Wildflower Garden Member, we welcome you to register yourself and a guest for as many additional Members Only Events as you like. Click the dropdowns to read about the events, then click the corresponding buttons to register.
Level: Intermediate
Length: 2+ miles with rocky, steep and uneven terrain
Our Scarlet Gilia Members and above are invited to join Leanne for a wonderful opportunity to see alpine and sub-alpine wildflowers without having to hike up! You’ll ride up the Silver Queen lift and do some hiking on Mt. Crested Butte to around 11,500 ft. Leanne will show you the significant features of gorgeous alpine wildflowers while you enjoy the spectacular views of the valley, especially on the lift ride down.
Level: Beginner-Advanced
Need: Digital camera & tripod. 4WD/high-clearance vehicle recommended.
Build your understanding of digital camera settings, how to control exposure, sharpness, and speed, as well as point-and-shoot options and limitations. Understand the difference between beautiful and photogenic! You’ll learn to make the most of low, medium, and high contrast, and how to work with the direction and intensity of light.
Level: Beginner
Length: 2 miles of level, paved walking
Is Crested Butte haunted? Perhaps, but the ghosts of this town are of the Casper variety – friendly, harmless, and playful. On this tour you’ll stroll the alleys and gardens of Crested Butte while listening to stories about the antics of old timers whose spirits remain.
Level: Intermediate
Length: 3+ miles with rocky, steep terrain
Snodgrass Mountain is what makes us the “Wildflower Capital of Colorado!” This hike will take you through fields of flowers in bloom, groves of quaking aspen, stands of spruce and fir trees, with views of Crested Butte Mountain. This lower-elevation wildland and its wetlands also provide habitat for many species, even the elusive Canada lynx.
Level: Beginner
Length: 2 miles of level, paved walking
Enjoy a guided tour of our local gardens while you admire and identify both wild and tame flowers. Our stroll will move at a leisurely pace; however, plan to walk up to 2 miles.
Level: Beginner
Length: 2-3 miles on well-packed, rolling terrain
Join us for a wildflower identification walk at a leisurely pace, with time for questions and photographing the beautiful blooms! We’ll take you where the flowers are at their best!
Join local watercolor artist, Zach Bauer, for a step-by-step watercolor painting class with wildflowers as the subject. Zach will guide the group through a watercolor painting from start to finish, giving instruction on setting up to paint, wash and watercolor painting techniques, composition, and more. Wine and wine spritzers are provided to participants 21 and older, so you can relax and create! All watercolor supplies and your wine or wine spritzer are included. Absolutely no watercolor experience is necessary!
Thank you for your generous support of the Crested Butte Wildflower Festival through Membership. We appreciate you more than we can say! If you have any questions or concerns with registration or otherwise, please do not hesitate to reach out: info@cbwildflower.com We look forward to seeing you soon!