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HCCA Presents Backcountry Film Festival this Friday at Center for the Arts

The High Country Citizens’ Alliance is showing the 9th Annual Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts this Friday, December 13th.   Celebrating the “human-powere...
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Hildebrandt and Schwartz Lead CBMST at IFSA Junior NORAM Champs at Whistler

The 2016 IFSA Junior season officially wrapped up this weekend up in Whistler, British Columbia, at the IFSA Junior North American Championships.  Crested Butte had 6 athletes in attendance, 5 on the Crested Butte Mountain Spo...
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The Gravity Ranch: Charter Membership Offer Expires Sunday

Check out this press release from the Gravity Ranch, the action sports facility to be constructed across Highway 135 from CB South.  We covered the first announcement of the facility here on West Elk Project, when it was orig...
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Spin the Doctor Enduro Results

The inaugural “Spin the Doctor” race was held this Sunday on the Doctors Park Trail.  The event, put on by Flow Farm Dirt Productions, brought a new level of intensity to the mind-blowing 5.8 mile downhill singletr...
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Press Release from Rafter Fatality on Gunnison River

A fatality occurred yesterday on the Gunnison River.  Below is the press release from the Gunnison County Sherriff’s Office.  Exercise caution around the water.  The rivers are very high.  Our thoughts go out to the f...
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Blunck and Chodounsky Named to Olympic Team

On an exciting day in Crested Butte Olympic hopes for Pyeongchang, both halfpipe skier, Aaron Blunck, and slalom skier, David Chodounsky, were named to the Olympic Team.   Above Photo credit: Nolan Blunck After his 15th-plac...
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Fall Flow: MTB Edit from Mikey Curran

Mikey Curran has been putting together some awesome local content, not to mention his job for MSP Films, for more than the last few years.  He got after it with local all-around great guy, Ryan Sullivan, to make this cool, ...
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CBMST Snowboard Team 2011-2012 Highlights

This is the long-awaited CBMST Snowboard Team season edit.  It’s lengthy at 9 minutes, has an awesome soundtrack, and showcases the local shredders who are so much better than you!  Thanks to head coach Brett Conover fo...
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Chris Miller Mt Owen Pyramid Face

Chris Miller and fellow locals Drew Parker Holbrook and Owen Tracy took to a sick line off of Mt. Owen at sunrise with thoughts of recently departed Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland on the mind.  Owen is likely the c...
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CBAC 10th Avalanche Awareness Night

Avalanche Awareness Videos: From Russia

Avalanche Awareness Videos: From Russia Here is a great edit on how the Russians enjoy avalanche control. These videos are to remind you to come on out for the Crested Butte Avalanche Center’s 10th Anniversary Avalanche A...
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