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“West Elk Fall Colors” Photo Contest

We are giving away two tickets to this weekend’s Mt. Crested Butte Chili and Beer Festival to the winner of our West Elk Fall Colors photo contest! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and post a throwback of your favorite...
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Tom Runcie rails one of the bottom corners on the Doctors Park decent during our ride this past Saturday. Photo: Trent Bona

West Elk Ride Report: Doctors Park 11/03/12

When I got the call from Ed Carley to go ride Doctors Park this past weekend, I was a bit caught off guard. I have been slowly transitioning into a winter mindset, more due to the calendar than the weather outside. Not only was...
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CB Santa Ski Sets World Record at 765 – VIDEO

This past Saturday over 765 locals and visitors got together at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, dressed like Santa, to set a new world record. The crew boogied at a dance party on the Ice Bar deck before bombarding down the slo...
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Paradise Jib Camp Edit

My brother Trevor and I headed up to Paradise divide last Saturday to kick it with a crew of friends that had set up camp next to a snowfield for the weekend. Here is how it went down…   Athletes: Jimbo Webb , Alex ...
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Aaron Blunck takes 3rd at TNF Park and Pipe Open Series at Copper

Photo: Trent Bona | Sunday was a cold and breezy day at Copper Mountain, Colorado, but that didn’t stop some of the top pros and amateurs in the world of superpipe skiing from duking it out in the finals of stop #1 on the...
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Community Video Profile: CB Nordic Center

Introducing the new West Elk Project community video profiles presented by Turner Toyota of Montrose. These videos will introduce a new individual or company from the Gunnison valley every few weeks and follow a quick day in th...
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West Elk ripper Chris Jefferson makes it across on a monoski at the 2012 Pond Skim.

Adaptive Athlete Sitskis the Pondskim

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 ...
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2012 Ski & Snowboard Movie Trailers

All your mid-summer ski porn needs fulfilled in one rad location: The West Elk Project… “BECAUSE” Trailer by Two Plank Productions – twoplank.com from Two Plank on Vimeo.      
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Riders: TJ Prieur and Jesse Blumenthal
Trail: Upper Loop

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 m...
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Testing out my new Drift HD Ghost on Lupine

Thanks to the crew at Drift Innovation I just received a brand new HD Ghost camera for my Canada assignment this month. I took it out for a quick ride on Lupine as soon as it arrived to test out the settings and the assortment ...
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