Woods Walk is one of my favorite wedding venues in Crested Butte, and a great option for couples who want a wedding in nature without feeling like you’re at a venue, while also respecting public lands and not bringing a large group out onto regular trails. This ceremony site is managed by the Crested Butte Land Trust—a local non-profit organization that works on conserving land, and so they’re well equipped to offer weddings at a few select sites that can handle the extra visitors.
Now there are a few immediate selling points to having your wedding at Woods Walk, but the biggest is pretty obvious from any photos—the massive view of Mount Crested Butte in the background of the aspen grove. It’s also close enough to town that your whole wedding can walk the half mile down to a restaurant on Elk Avenue for your reception. (Looking for options? I’ve photographed receptions at both Breadery and Bonez, and thought both were great!)
While I’ve only photographed weddings here in summer, I imagine it would be particularly beautiful the last two weeks of September when the aspens are changing colors. And while June through October are “wedding season” in Colorado, Woods Walk is actually available for ceremonies year-round. In winter, your guests will all need to either snowshoe or cross-country ski up to the venue, which sounds like a pretty great time if you ask me!
Reserving Woods Walk for your wedding costs $2,000. $500 of that is a refundable deposit to make sure that you leave the place in a clean and natural condition, and you will also get a tax donation receipt for $1,000. The CB Land Trust only books one event per site per day, and there are few places in Colorado where you can get ceremony views this good for only $1,500! Learn more about how to reserve Woods Walk directly from the CB Land Trust.
It’s super important to respect the environment, and think about leaving no trace at a venue like this. While you can bring in furniture like benches or chairs, and use floral decorations, rugs, and other temporary decor for the ceremony, you cannot set up tents or anything more permanent, and please make sure you don’t leave flower petals or any other trash behind.
You can use the site for up to three hours, and can have up to 100 guests here. Receptions have to happen elsewhere, and you can’t serve food or alcohol at Woods Walk. Photography is of course allowed, but drones are not. There’s not much parking at the trailhead, so you might want to book a shuttle or bus to bring your guests up here.
Looking for bigger mountain views than what Woods Walk offers? Crested Butte has plenty of those! There are hundreds of miles of trails in the area where you can get epic elopement photos—but I highly recommend that you reserve a ceremony site for any larger groups. You can read more about Crested Butte weddings here, and see photos from many of the weddings and elopements I’ve photographed in town since my first one in 2018. And if you’re looking for a photographer, check out my pricing and contact me so we can schedule a call to see if I’m right for you.
