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Red Lady Update – US Energy Seeking Landswap

For 35 years, several companies have unsuccessfully tried to mine one of the world’s richest deposits of molybdenum.  It is located on Mt. Emmons, locally known as The Red Lady, just above and upstream from the town of C...
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Countdown to Opening Day: Tom Runcie in the Backcountry

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...
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Speedflying Near Paradise Divide

Derek Johnson, Matt Evans, and Peter Smith took off near sunset near the top of Paradise divide recently. This is a sweet little video that shows how much fun these guys are having speedflying.  Enjoy.
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NHL Players Take the Ice With Sledge Team

Here’s a feel good story put on by Gatorade last summer.  NHL stars Sydney Crosby, Claude Giroux, and others joined up with a sledge hockey team to get to know how these athletes adapt to their disability and strive to p...
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CBMR Joins the Powder Alliance

After their highly-touted slash in pass prices earlier this spring, CBMR is adding even more value to your pass in the 2013-14 season by joining the Powder Alliance. What is the Powder Alliance? Well, twelve ski resorts around ...
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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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Big Mountain Enduro Series Angel Fire Highlights and Results

The Big Mountain Enduro Series is rolling in to town this week coinciding with Crested Butte Bike Week.  Let’s take a look back at what happened at the Angel Fire/Taos stop a couple weeks ago. Big Mountain Enduro: Angel ...
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Non-Native Formal Highlights: Jibs and Speedflying

Non-Native is out with another rad summer edit.  They hosted the first annual Non-Native Formal and went camping up Slate River valley and found some snow.  They threw down a bunch of sweet jibs and Derek Johnson went for a s...
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Drew Petersen #pushpeaks Edit

Summer time for skiers in Colorado is glorious.  There are still big lines you can tackle and you always get those amusing looks at trailheads.  For Drew Petersen, who released this banger at CBMR this winter, balancing work ...
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Run Around: 2013 Webisode 1

Austin Gibney, Corey Felton, and Taylor Felton have taken the Run Around Blog into it’s 3rd year.  Despite this season’s lack of snow (am I really saying that, AGAIN), these boys have been having fun up in the Jack...
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