Things To Do
Guided Fly Fishing with Harmels on the Taylor
Harmel's on-site guided fly fishing! Or you can fly-fish without one, please make sure you don't use barbed hooks!
Crested Butte
Our favorite mountain town in Colorado! Hope you love it as much as we do! A few of our favorite places to eat are Secret Stash (duh) for pizza and margs, Bonez for Mexican, Slogar for their famous fried chicken, and a whole lot more. Walk around downtown, rent a bike or paddleboard at Wheelies & Waves, check out 'All Trails' app for a hike, you can't go wrong!
Colorado Adventure Rentals ATV & Snowmobile
Rent ATVs right down the road from Harmels. There's over 2,000 miles of ATV, Jeep, & 4WD trails in the Gunnison Valley!! They have a location in Almont and Crested Butte to rent. Here is a list of trails that Colorado Adventure Rentals recommends: Easy / Moderate: Union Park, Slaughterhouse Gulch, Tincup, Mirror Lake, Cumberland Pass, Alpine Tunnel, Pitkin, Pieplant Mill, Texas Creek & Texas Lakes, Lily Pond Moderate: Tincup Pass, Hancock Pass, Italian Creek, American Flag, Cross Mountain
Irwin Guides
Ask for Tim Mahan to be your guide! Rock Climbing, paddle-boarding, fly fishing, hiking, etc.
White Water Rafting
The tiny town of Almont is where the Taylor River and the East River come together to form the Gunnison River. AKA, lots of rafting. We recommend Scenic River Tours or Three Rivers Outfitting.
Hikes near Harmels
Plenty of easy and moderate hikes around Harmels!
Crested Butte Mountain Resort
Scenic lift rides, disc golf, downhill mountain biking, activities for kids, hiking, etc!
Telluride
Telluride is 3hrs away, worth a visit if you've never been!
1098 Fsr 826
A great hike Erin did a couple years ago! May need 4WD to get to the trail head. A ton of wildflowers!
Horse Back Riding
Right across the street from Harmels!
Alpine Loop Scenic Byway Lake City Entrance
Rent an ATV in Lake City and do the Alpine loop! Expect a full day trip to do the loop, stop and have lunch in Silverton, CO- start bright & early! An hour from Gunnison. Lake City is a tiny town, where Erin's parents live in the summer.
Wine Tour through Dolly's Mountain Shuttles
Book a wine tour with Dolly's Mountain Shuttles. An hour and a half trip takes you through the largest Aspen Grove in the country.