Crested butte North Face Outlet:http://www.lovelyfilms.co.uk/ countryside resort Sale Crested butte mountain resort opened in 1960 when two men fred rice and dick eflin got a new ranch on mt.Crested butte.[1] An operating permit enabling the resort to be built was approved by the United States Forest Service a year later.The resort struggled on for its first many years.A lot of first lifts included a t bar at the base area. Found when it comes to 1963,Crested butte constructed a top to bottom gondola from the base area to near where the foot of the High Lift is today.The resort was the second resort to open a gondola co, after vail ski resort opened their own in 1962.Engineered by carlevaro savio, the three person silver queen gondola was notorious for being cramped and the cabins were known to have frequent crashes.[ ... Read more »