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Countdown to Opening Day: CBMST in 2010-2011

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 9 of 30. Check out C...
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Trials and Triumphs in Bolivia #spedgoestosouthamerica Blog Numero 3

June 18th – Bolivia didn’t really work out (at first I wrote Bolivia didn’t live up to expectations, but then I realized that having expectations while traveling in developing countries is silly). Don’...
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Cold Smoke Splitboards Backcountry Teaser

The local splitboard company in Gunnison, Cold Smoke Splitboards, has been putting out some sweet product over the last few years. Eric Swanson got out in the backcountry with his friends Tom, Elias, Reggie, and Tyler to put to...
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Another Sick Junior Edit – Berkeley Patterson

Berkeley Patterson is another hard-charging Tahoe kid looking to mix it up with the adults on the FWQ Freeride World Tour Series.  With a full bag of tricks, the dude finished 6th overall in the IFSA Junior Series this year w...
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Bob Burnquist’s “Dreamland”

There are few words to describe Bob Burnquist’s “Dreamland” other than the cliché “sickest thing ever in skateboarding”. We aren’t experts by any means, but this 8.5 minute edit showcases th...
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Passion Within: Crested Butte Trailer

CBMR is coming out with a 4-part web series featuring six locals in 4 stories.  Passion Within will tell the stories of local skier duo Rob and Sydney Dickinson, a first grader, a CBSP avy dog, and the writer and long time loc...
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Tejay Van Garderen Wins Stage 2 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge

Coming out of nowhere to win in the last 300 meters of the uphill finish in Mt. Crested Butte, Tejay Van Garderen won Stage 2 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.   The 24 year-old Boulder resident (originally from Bozeman, MT) w...
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SAM’s Best/Worst Marketing of 2011-2012

Crested Butte and Okemo win “Close But No Cigar” Awards. Ski Area Management’s (SAM) Best/Worst Marketing of 2011-2012 came out.  You can read the full article here.  You might not have even heard of SAM if...
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Bomb Snow TV S3 E1 “Checkin’ Out” at Boulder Hut in BC

Some of our favorite webisodes are back in action with Bridger Brigade and Bomb Snow dropping their first Bomb Snow TV episode of the season: “Checkin’ Out”.  You’re going to want to watch this powder-f...
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2013 Crested Butte Telemark Extremes in the Works

Last year’s dismal snow forced all big mountain competitions to be cancelled at Crested Butte.  A full slate of Junior and Adult big mountain events are scheduled to be hosted at Crested Butte again this year, forcing Cr...
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