This is a heavy 17-minute video filmed a week before Shane’s untimely death in 2009. It shows Shane just being a normal guy, cracking jokes, talking about about his daughter and rocker skis. Take a look back at how Shane McConkey was just Shane.
Around 30 uphillers, dogs, former and current CBMR employees all met yesterday, Wednesday morning, after getting their local Camp 4 Coffee in The Lodge at Mountaineer Square to discuss the evolution of uphill travel at Crested Butte Mountain Resort and where it will be heading into 2013 as the US Forrest Service has asked CBMR […]
The Meeting 8 closed strong with Teton Gravity Research’s feature film, “The Dream Factory.” The film is a tribute to Alaska, skiing’s mecca and TGR’s most frequented destination since it first began exploring America’s last frontier sixteen years ago. Starting in Girdwood, The Dream Factory covers AK’s history, from the gold rush and the rise […]
Come out at noon on Sunday, September 16th for the inaugural “Spin the Doctor” mountain bike Enduro race on Doctor’s Park. The race will take place on the last 5.8 miles of the trail. As in traditional enduros, riders will start at given times by themselves, receiving their individual time at the bottom. The race […]
Gage Meredith, a local CBCS student and founder of Chair1Films, put together this NSMB-esque guide to how to live in Crested Butte titled, “How to Be a Crested Buttian”. After all, you’re not really local if you don’t claim to be local, right?!
The 2016 IFSA Junior season officially wrapped up this weekend up in Whistler, British Columbia, at the IFSA Junior North American Championships. Crested Butte had 6 athletes in attendance, 5 on the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team being Dagan Schwartz, Carson Hildebrandt, Kye Matlock, Turner Petersen, and Jon Clay Patterson with the local independent Brooks […]
Well, now we know who put those sweet tracks in Fredo’s! This is a great, little edit from Drew Petersen shredding after our surprise 8″ last week. Nice work, dude! Back at the Butte from Drew Petersen on Vimeo.
The Crested Butte Town Council made some big moves in the hopes of alleviating the housing crisis in town. Chad Reich of KBUT reports: “In a 6-0 vote, the Crested Butte Town Council enacted the tax on short-term rentals that will go to fund an affordable housing program in the town. The fund can be used […]
In the final episode of Salomon Freeski TV, Mike Douglas visits the legend Scot Schmidt at his home in Big Sky to see if, at the age of 51, Schmidt still has it. We will let you decide.
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 7 of 30. We decided to change the pace with a slednecking video. These guys send […]