Our first time at Crested Butte, and I feel as if we hit the lottery, with over three feet of snow during the five days we visited. This rental property has a terrific location, and is accurately depicted on the website. The rental process was smooth, and the owners were helpful, with complete directions. The highs: comfortable king size mattress in the master, twins for our young men; indoor heated parking; elevator to condo; nice master shower; well-stocked (with the possible exception of a non-stick omelet pan) and I enjoyed the automatic ice maker in the fridge. Lows: the heating is a little wonky, and the upstairs neighbors were early risers, whose footsteps creaked through the ceiling; communal hot tub was down for repairs; sauna required a key that we didn't seem to have; would have been nice to have a ski locker on the ground floor or outdoors. Hence the title: property is good, location is great. This worked well for our party of four.
On the mountain: Definitely stop in at Uley's for lunch - expensive, yes, delicious, yes. Avoid Butte 66 like the plague that it is - overpriced, nearly as expensive as Uley's and way slower. Loved the Secret Stash pizza place in town. The Elk Street steak house was priced like Del Frisco's, but it was no Del Frisco's. Oh, and if this is your first trip from Denver (and you are driving), the last suburban stop is Conifer, CO. Be prepared for a long, beautiful drive. Final comment: would repeat!