Everyone who goes to Crested Butte loves Crested Butte. Devotees possess a strong “if you know, you know” attitude about the place that suggests it’s Colorado’s best-kept secret—and with good reason.

In the Beacon suite, a dramatic four-poster bed fills the volume created by a vaulted ceiling. Photo courtesy of Eleven Experience The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado.

Once during a visit to Crested Butte, we had pen and notebook in hand, ready to relay in this newspaper whatever locals had to say about their town. “It’s not even a postcard. It’s surreal,” one said.