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Ed Dujardin Spring Shred

Check out this shredit of Ed Dujardin getting after during the 2019 spring in the CB backcountry.  When the goods are good you should probably keep skiing them, right?!  And the CAST system rules. PS. Check his 2019 mini golf edit here. Ed Dujardin Spring 2019 from West Elk Project on Vimeo.

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CBMST Takes Tops Spots at Freeride NORAMs – Finals Video

The competitive junior freeride season wrapped up in Kicking Horse, British Columbia last week at the IFSA North American Junior Freeride Championships. Ten percent of the overall field is invited to crown the finals’ winners and overall champions. After a hard-fought season earning points to get invited, the CBMST sent 11 athletes up to champs, […]

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Ed Dujardin Tees Up Local Mini Golf Lines

If you haven’t yet seen the videos of West Elk Project co-founder Ed Dujardin teeing up some awesome lines this season on the @shredwardstomps Instagram, you should check out his mid-season POV edit.  It features a hot soundtrack from A Shadow of Jaguar and a bunch of lines from the Crested Butte backcountry, CBMR, and […]

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Local Freeride Athletes Ride Home Field Advantage to Podium Domination

Crested Butte Mountain Resort played host to an IFSA junior regional freeride competition on Saturday under a mix of cloudy skies and flat light. The classic Colorado chalky hard pack snow that we all know and love so well here in the Elk Mountains was ripping and skiers ranging from 12-18 showcased their skills on […]

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Fall Flow: MTB Edit from Mikey Curran

Mikey Curran has been putting together some awesome local content, not to mention his job for MSP Films, for more than the last few years.  He got after it with local all-around great guy, Ryan Sullivan, to make this cool, woodsy-feel edit of mountain biking in CB. Check it out! FALL FLOW from Mikey Curran on Vimeo.


 
 

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You Just Moved Here: 5 Tips for Living in Our Ski Town

Posted  November 5, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

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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Community Profile: Ashley Bembenek

Posted  September 24, 2012  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

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 (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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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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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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West Elk ripper Chris Jefferson makes it across on a monoski at the 2012 Pond Skim.
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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, a paratrooper veteran.  Left is a composite photograph and below is his POV of the skim. Hell yeah from the […]

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An American Ski Story

Posted  July 25, 2013  by  2. Will Dujardin

In the wake of Bill Johnson’s decision to take himself off of life support, John Norton reflects on the American skiing icon and his time spent in Crested Butte. This column was printed in the Crested Butte News and reprinted here with John’s permission. Update: Bill Johnson passed away Thursday, January 21, 2016.   News […]

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Broncos Country

Posted  January 27, 2014  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

Telluride Ski Resort made a ridiculously awesome video in support of the Denver Broncos Super Bowl run.  Big props to skier Walter Max Kvale for throwing down in the park with a Broncos flag in hand.  Well played, Telluride.  GO BRONCOS! Denver Broncos Country • Telluride, Colorado • Super Bowl XLVIII from Telluride Ski Resort […]

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Applying #yesallwomen to Action Sports in our Little Mountain Town

Posted  May 26, 2014  by  2. Will Dujardin

In our little mountain town sometimes it takes a few days for big news to be spread around, despite the advent of the Internet and 24-hour news networks. A stabbing-shooting spree at UCSB in Santa Barbara, CA on Friday has become more than your typical shooting (saying that feels disgusting) because the killer posted videos […]

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USFS Determines Mt. Emmons Mine Plan Sufficient to Initiate NEPA Review

Posted  April 23, 2013  by  Edward Dujardin 2.0

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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