Posted by: Becca
It’s early February, which means we headed down to Crested Butte for the Alley Loop cross-country race. Last year there was so much snow the pass was closed and we had a hard time getting there. This year, they didn’t have enough snow to fill the alleys, and they had to significantly modify the course.

The start:

Kyle on the one alley they did fill with snow:

Despite the lack of snow, it was a beautiful day and a fun race.

Now, on to the important part of this post. The food highlights.

We stayed at the Purple Mountain Lodge. It was a nice bed and breakfast in downtown Crested Butte. The upside to a B&B? Yummy breakfast made by someone else. Saturday morning we had stuffed french toast:

and Sunday morning Italian sausage frittata and biscuits.

The downside to a B&B? Eating breakfast with strangers. Having to explain why I was photographing my food was a little bit uncomfortable! Such is so.

After the race we tried to maximize our exposure to Crested Butte’s delicious restaurants. We stopped at Montanya’s for drinks

and appetizers. We had ‘seared scallops with horseradish sauce atop homemade potato latkes’

and ‘devils on horseback - gorgonzola stuffed dates wrapped in bacon’.

After that it was on to Ryce for drunken noodles.

All in all it was a delicious trip and the skiing wasn’t bad either! Totally unrelated, but incredibly cute, the fox who sat on the cabin porch watching us the other night.