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Community Profile: Francesca Pavillard-Cain
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Ranch Style Pro Slopestyle Event
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Upper Loop and Lupine trails are OPEN!
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Summiting Mt. Elbert: Colorado’s Highest Peak
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Pip Hunt and the K2 Alliance in Switzerland
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Community Profile: Francesca Pavillard-Cain
photo: Mike Schirf Next winter, Francesca Pavillard-Cain is set to represent Crested Butte on the biggest stage in competitive freeskiing. The 22 year old Crested Butte native took first overall in the Freeride World Qualifier series for the Americas, winning events in Taos and Crested Butte while taking second at Snowbird. We recently got a [...]
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Ranch Style Pro Slopestyle Event
The West Elk Project headed to Grand Junction last weekend to catch the pro slopestyle competition at the 2013 Ranch Style event sponsored by Grassroots Cycles. Everyone was throwing down and the vibe around the venue was super laid back and fun. If you haven’t seen this event, we highly recommend you go next spring! [...]
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Upper Loop and Lupine trails are OPEN!
I just got back from a dreamy, dry ride on the Upper Loop this evening. The Upper Loop, Divine Trail (connector to golf course), Tony’s, 435 1a (connector to Upper Upper), and Whetstone Vista are all dry with only a few micro snow plugs. Upper Upper still has too much snow to ride and is [...]
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Summiting Mt. Elbert: Colorado’s Highest Peak
After a very sketchy spring, the snowpack has finally settled enough to get on top of Colorado’s highest peaks. So Alex Stevenson, Patrick Sullivan, Haley Tamberi, and Zach Vaughter made their way to Mt. Elbert, which at 14,440 feet is Colorado’s highest peak, and the second highest in the continental United States. They found conditions [...]
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Pip Hunt and the K2 Alliance in Switzerland
Crested Butte native Pip Hunt, Mckenna Peterson, and Amie Engerbretson recently returned from a trip to Murren, Switzerland, where they were filming for K2 Skis and Pretty Faces, an all female ski film spearheaded by Lynsey Dyer. Obviously they had a great time. Words and photos by Pip Hunt: “This is backcountry, not freeride. Don’t show [...]
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Community Profile: Ashley Bembenek
Posted September 24, 2012 by 1. Ed Dujardin
Ashley Bembenek is poised to make a big splash in the world of women’s freeskiing this coming winter. The 27 year-old from Eden, Utah has lived in a variety of places before finally landing in Crested Butte in 2010, when she began a job with the National Park Service at Blue Mesa and Black Canyon. [...]
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You Just Moved Here: 5 Tips for Living in Our Ski Town
Posted November 5, 2012 by 1. Ed Dujardin
Photo: Trent Bona | Welcome to the coolest place in Colorado. The mountains are incredible. The weather is amazing. The town rocks. Here are a few guidelines to living and riding here. 1. You don’t always have to talk about skiing and riding. I’m glad you had an epic day. If today’s powder made for [...]
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Adaptive Athlete Sitskis the Pondskim
Posted April 10, 2012 by 3. Trent Bona
Grand Junction based athlete and Crested Butte Adaptive Sports Center participant Chris Jefferson successfully crossed the Slush Huck Pond Skim on a monoski last Saturday in front of an ecstatic crowd. The biggest cheers of the afternoon came for Jefferson. Below is a composite photograph and his POV of the skim. Hell yeah from the West Elk Project crew Chris, [...]
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You Just Moved Here (And You are a Woman): 5 Tips for Living in Our Ski Town
Posted November 9, 2012 by 6. Ski Bumette
While our original 5 Tips for Living in our Ski Town was a little more bro-oriented, Crested Butte’s very own Ski Bumette has come up with some awesome tips for the females who have recently moved here. 1. You may have noticed there are a lot of dudes. For some this discovery may be a [...]
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Countdown to Opening Day: Tom Runcie in the Backcountry
Posted November 13, 2012 by 2. Will Dujardin
Welcome to our Countdown to Opening Day series. During the 30 days leading up to opening day at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, we will be featuring a clip or edit from winter in the West Elks. This is video 23 of 30. Tom Runcie gets the goods in the Crested Butte backcountry during the 2010-2011 [...]
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CBMR Drops Season Pass Price to $599 for 2013-2014
Posted April 30, 2013 by 2. Will Dujardin
This is not a joke. The 2013-2014 Season pass will be available from May 1st – September 27 at $599. Crested Butte Mountain Resort has just unveiled it’s new Peak Pass and Peak Pass+. The below is from CBMR’s website: “Crested Butte Mountain Resort is now offering the Peak Pass with prices for adult passes starting [...]
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USFS Determines Mt. Emmons Mine Plan Sufficient to Initiate NEPA Review
Posted April 23, 2013 by 1. Ed Dujardin
Photo: High Country Citizens Alliance The first steps towards a Molybdenum Mine on Mt. Emmons (Red Lady) have begun. The U.S. Forest Service recently notified U.S. Energy Corp. that it’s Mine Plan of Operations is sufficient to begin the NEPA Review. See the press release below for more information. One look at U.S. Energy Corp’s [...]
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WSCU Defends Home Turf at Pagan Pedal
Posted September 26, 2012 by 2. Will Dujardin
On Saturday and Sunday last weekend, college teams from around Colorado and the Rocky Mountains gathered at Crested Butte Mountain Resort to race XC, Short-track XC, Dual Slalom, and Downhill. When a collegiate race coincides with the infamous harvest festival of Vinotok, you might as well name it the Pagan Pedal. Western, a Division 2 [...]
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Gus Kenworthy lands switch Triple Rodeo 1440
Posted April 7, 2012 by 2. Will Dujardin
The Jon Olsson Invitational Big Air is happening now. This happened in qualifiers. Check more out at the JOI at www.joinvitational.com
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Action Sports Facility to be Constructed in Crested Butte
Posted August 22, 2012 by 1. Ed Dujardin
Plans are in the works for the construction of an action sports facility in Crested Butte South. We caught up with Doug Hudson, the man spearheading the project to hear more. West Elk Project: What’s the plan for the facility? What features will you include? Doug Hudson: The Crested Butte Air Port will be a [...]
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