Crested Butte Stories…Through My Lens
by Sandra Cortner
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sandra Cortner’s photojournalistic career spans close to four decades. An accomplished photographer, she founded the Crested Butte Pilot newspaper, which she ran single-handedly during the 1970s. She also worked for the Gunnison Country Times, Mountain Sun, and Crested Butte Chronicle, and received multiple awards from the Colorado Press Association and the Colorado Press Women’s Association.
Dating from 1968, a gallery of her hand-printed black and white photographs of the local “old-timers” in these stories commands a place of honor in the Crested Butte Mountain Heritage Museum.
Today Sandra edits the Gunnison Country Magazine and writes and photographs for the Crested Butte Magazine. She and her husband, Greg Payne, also publish the Extreme Limits Ski Guide map, which is available in shops throughout Gunnison Country, and by e-mailing us.