GUNNISON

Although visitors poured into town to celebrate the Fourth of July, the Crested Butte Wildflower Festival and enjoy the Gunnison Valley’s public lands, summer visitor numbers across the county have fallen compared with 2021. A similar trend is occurring across the Mountain West — lodging rates are up, but occupancy is down, said Andrew Sandstrom, marketing director for the Tourism and Prosperity Partnership, the organization that monitors lodging revenues and visitation within the va...