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Mary Boddington Never-Never Land

Gunnison – Crested Butte just put out a promotion featuring one of our favorite snowboarders, the local bad-ass bartender and Freeride World Tour athlete, Mary Boddington. Join Mary as she transitions from fall to winter ...
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Isaac Freeland Goes HUGE at Snowbird

We think Isaac Freeland just broke Silver Fox after going huge at Snowbird. We’ll just have to wait and see if this ever goes in competition.  This is ridiculous. Check out his edit from Mineral Basin if you want more s...
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Xander Guldman – Tahoe Ice Blastin

Supposedly the Tahoe area just got snow, and man, do they need it. But hey, at least when you don’t have snow you still have tons of fun, right?! Example A: Xander Guldman. This IFSA Junior athlete from Sugar Bowl Freeri...
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Introducing Project Zero And Backcountry StartsHere.com

We talk about avalanches a lot on this website.  From reposting the CBAC’s daily discussion to sharing scary/educational videos, we want you to have access to as much information as possible because we don’t want a...
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Mikaela Shiffrin Wins Aspen World Cup Slalom by 3 Seconds

Well, we knew Colorado-grown Mikaela Shiffrin is absolutely ridiculous and could be the best slalom racer of all-time.  But then she went and won the Aspen World Cup Slalom by 3 seconds, which, according to one former US Ski T...
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“The Mountain” Time Lapse

This time lapse from “El Teide”, a volcano on the Canary Islands and the highest mountain in Spain, is worth a watch.  It was filmed in 2011 by TSO Photography and a sand storm had passed over the area creating som...
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Bridger Brigade Skis Sickle Couloir in Sawtooths

Axel Peterson went up to the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho with Dylan Crossman and Karl Fostvedt. They stayed at the Fishhook Hut and skied the Sickle Couloir, one of the 50 Classic Ski Descents in North America. This couloir is ...
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Katie Ormerod Lands First Female Dub 10 on a Snowboard – Video

So this happened back in May but the edit by Red Bull has surfaced and is awesome.  Katie Ormerod, a 16-year old Brit, is the first woman to land a double cork 10 on a snowboard.  This edit is awesome because it shows her har...
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An American Ski Story

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 repri...
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David Chodounsky Named to US Olympic Alpine Team

Crested Butte will have another Olympian representing our little mountain town and our country at the Sochi Olympics after Aaron Blunck was named to the US Olympic Freeskiing team last week.  David Chodounsky was named to the ...
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