Crested Butte Winter Elopement
I was so stoked when Emma and Michael reached out to be for their crested butte winter elopement. Growing up on the western slope of Colorado it had been ages since I had been to Crested Butte, especially in the snow! (I am one of those weird Colorado locals who doesn’t ski or snowboard. Weird I know!) The mountains in the area are our of this world, there are a ton of things to do and the laid back vibes makes it one of my favorite small mountain towns!
I was so excited that my first 2021 wedding would be a laid back elopement in such a beautiful place! Michael and Emma love the outdoors and are such amazing relaxed and down to earth people I knew an elopement was so perfect for the two of them to have an intimate and quiet experience celebrating their love for one another. Even more special that they were able to elope on their March anniversary date!
Now Colorado can be quite vicious when it comes to the amount of snow that falls in the winter, especially in March in a mountain town like Crested Butte. When I started scouting the area for the perfect location two months before, I was baffled to the amount of snow compared to my home town in Colorado. I will even admit I may have gotten my vehicle stuck in the snow for a good 40 minutes. I thought we might get lucky and have a bit less snow in March. But to my surprise it snowed two hours right before we started taking pictures!
When researching locations and trying to find the perfect scenic spot for their elopement I was shocked to learn that most all locations were inaccessible to anything but a snowmobile, and we didn’t have that option. So after some looking around I stumbled across a lake with a stunning view of Mount Crested Butte called Peanut Lake. After contacting the Crested Butte land trust and getting a permit we were set for their big day, snow and all!
We might not have been able to feel our toes and fingers, but the love between Emma and Michael warmed us all up! I love that these two wrote intimate vows to each other. It made for such a sweet and special moment, and even a few tears. Another one of my favorite moments was popping the bubbly after their first look! With in the last year I have fallen so in love with elopements. They are so intimate, special and sweet and I hope I get to do more like this one and my summer elopement I had in telluride last year.
I am going to have to come back to Crested Butte this summer to check out a few destinations I didn’t have access to in march. Plus I am such a sucker for pretty mountain hikes and wild flowers, which Crested butte is known for in the summer!
