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Community Profile: Tom Runcie

Photo: Trent Bona | Born and raised in Vermont, Tom Runcie moved to Crested Butte from Las Vegas in 2008. Runcie attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire where, working ski patrol (yes Dartmouth has it’s own ski hill)...
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Community Profile: Ashley Bembenek

Ashley Bembenek is poised to make a big splash in the world of women’s freeskiing this coming winter.   The 27 year-old from Eden, Utah has lived in a variety of places before finally landing in Crested Butte in 2010, when ...
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Randy Evans Earns Sickbird and 5th Place at Moonlight Basin

Crested Butte Takes the Coveted Backcountry.com Sickbird Belt Buckle at Back-to-Back FWT Events In it’s first time at Moonlight Basin, the Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier went off March 23-24.  Moonlight Basin pulled out...
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West Elk Project goes to Aspen for the Meeting 8

In our never-ending quest to turn everyone into ski bums and mountain athletes, we went to a little place called Aspen to attend the Meeting 8.  We went armed with business cards, notepads, and our camera to battle through ski...
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Share the Slate Public Meeting February 3

Share the Slate is holding its first public meeting at the Brick Oven at 5 PM this Wednesday, February 3rd.  Here is some info from Share the Slate: Learn what’s happening in our valley, how winter access is being threa...
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Bridger Brigade “Africa”

Here is the final edit of the season from the Bridger Brigade crew! Check out CB locals, Matt and Randy Evans, shredding with all the other Bridger rippers! The crew returned home from europe, and crushed the final days of the ...
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WSCU Actions Sports Home Video Night

Last week, a the inaugural Action Sports Home Video Night was held down at the University Center Ballrom at Western.  A handful of swag prizes were given out to the winners.  Congratulations to Matt Clarke of Sour Steezle f...
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Hartmans Rocks are Open for Slaying!

Announced earlier this week that some of the Hartmans Rocks Recreational Area are now open. Here is the scoop for Gunnison Trails! Conditions: March 26th, Yes it feels like Spring and mtn bike riding is soon to be the sport of ...
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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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TGR and The I.A.N. Fund Present: Higher

Skiing the backcountry is a passion for  lots of us. It is extremely important for those who do venture into the backcountry to know what they are doing. But, unfortunately even the most experienced of us fall victim to ...
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