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Crested Butte, the nearest town, 7 km away. Photo: Teddy Kelley teddykelley, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Gunsite Pass Road

Mountain bike area · United States

Is it worth the trip?

60Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Mon 9: Tacky: hero dirt, Air 8 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 51 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
20.3 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
4°C

Wed 4 · 52 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
4.9 mm
Rain
4.7 mm
Air
5°C

Thu 5 · 52 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
4.9 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
5°C

Fri 6 · 49 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
4.9 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
2°C

Sat 7 · 49 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
3°C

Sun 8 · 50 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
4°C

Mon 9 · 96 out of 100

Trail
Tacky
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
8°C

Tap a day for the trail, the rain and the air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 236, poor
  2. Tue 351, fair
  3. Wed 452, fair
  4. Thu 552, fair
  5. Fri 649, fair
  6. Sat 749, fair
  7. Sun 850, fair
  8. Mon 996, good
  9. Tue 1096, good
  10. Wed 1192, good

The spot in two facts

  • Up to S6Singletrail scale
  • Best in Jun7 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know trail closures, fallen trees or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Gunsite Pass Road
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Mon 2Nov*36, poorUnknown15.4 mm4.9 mm0°C
Tue 3Nov51, fairSlick20.3 mm0 mm4°C
Wed 4Nov52, fairSlick4.9 mm4.7 mm5°C
Thu 5Nov52, fairSlick4.9 mm0 mm5°C
Fri 6Nov49, fairSlick4.9 mm0 mm2°C
Sat 7Nov49, fairSlick0 mm0 mm3°C
Sun 8Nov50, fairSlick0 mm0 mm4°C
Mon 9Nov96, goodTacky0 mm0 mm8°C
Tue 10Nov96, goodTacky0 mm0 mm8°C
Wed 11Nov92, goodTacky0 mm0 mm6°C

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Trail is the soil that morning, from the rain before; rain in mm, air in °C. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

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the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About Gunsite Pass Road

Hardest trail: S6 on the Singletrail scale. Best from Apr to Oct. The nearest town to stay in is Crested Butte.

  • Routes No mountain bike route is mapped here as a route.
  • Hardest Hardest trail: S6 on the Singletrail scale.

From OpenStreetMap: the mountain bike routes mapped within 10 km.

Bike routes and parks: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,530–US$2,770 each

about US$1,530–US$2,770 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, bike hire, bike uplift.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to ASE, estimated from distance and season, 2 airlines on the route, with a hold bagabout US$181–US$382
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$87–US$141
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$348–US$583
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Bike hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$301–US$569
Bike uplift5 days on the bike lifts; leave it out if you ride upabout US$275–US$456
Totalabout US$1,530–US$2,770

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Crested Butte

Closest

Crested Butte

about 15 min by car · 18 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 18 places to stay in Crested Butte · Booking.com

About Crested Butte its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 5h 40m

About 5h 40m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ASE, direct, then 1h by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.