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Crested Butte, the nearest town, 17 km away. Photo: Teddy Kelley teddykelley, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Pearl Pass Road

Mountain bike area · United States

Is it worth the trip?

47Fair out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Mon 9: Slick: wet roots and rocks, Air 4 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 47 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
22.1 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
1°C

Wed 4 · 46 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
3.8 mm
Rain
1.8 mm
Air
0°C

Thu 5 · 47 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
3.7 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
1°C

Fri 6 · 46 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
3.7 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
-1°C

Sat 7 · 46 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
-1°C

Sun 8 · 46 out of 100

Trail
Slick
Rain 2 days
0 mm
Rain
0 mm
Air
-1°C

Mon 9 · 52 out of 100

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

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

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Mon 241, poor
  2. Tue 347, fair
  3. Wed 446, fair
  4. Thu 547, fair
  5. Fri 646, fair
  6. Sat 746, fair
  7. Sun 846, fair
  8. Mon 952, fair
  9. Tue 1088, good
  10. Wed 1186, good

The spot in one fact

  • 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 Pearl Pass Road
DayScoreTrailRain 2 daysRainAir
Mon 2Nov*41, poorUnknown18.3 mm3.8 mm-3°C
Tue 3Nov47, fairSlick22.1 mm0 mm1°C
Wed 4Nov46, fairSlick3.8 mm1.8 mm0°C
Thu 5Nov47, fairSlick3.7 mm0 mm1°C
Fri 6Nov46, fairSlick3.7 mm0 mm-1°C
Sat 7Nov46, fairSlick0 mm0 mm-1°C
Sun 8Nov46, fairSlick0 mm0 mm-1°C
Mon 9Nov52, fairSlick0 mm0 mm4°C
Tue 10Nov*88, goodUnknown0 mm0 mm3°C
Wed 11Nov86, goodTacky0 mm0 mm1°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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More mountain biking near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Pearl Pass Road

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.

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$1,240–US$2,280 each

about US$1,240–US$2,280 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, bike hire.

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$67–US$107
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
Totalabout US$1,240–US$2,280

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Crested Butte

Closest

Crested Butte

about 30 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 35m

About 5h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → ASE, direct, then 50 min by road

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