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Upper Loop and Lupine trails are OPEN!

I just got back from a dreamy, dry ride on the Upper Loop this evening. The Upper Loop, Divine Trail (connector to golf course), Tony’s, 435 1a (connector to Upper Upper), and Whetstone Vista are all dry with only a few m...
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USFS Determines Mt. Emmons Mine Plan Sufficient to Initiate NEPA Review

Photo: High Country Citizens Alliance The first steps towards a Molybdenum Mine on Mt. Emmons (Red Lady) have begun.  The U.S. Forest Service recently notified U.S. Energy Corp. that it’s Mine Plan of Operations is sufficien...
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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...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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CB Mountain Guides in Bolivia – Photo Gallery

WARNING: Beautiful photos attached.  Jayson Simons-Jones led 3 clients on a mountaineering trip to the Cordillera Real in Bolivia during June, 2013.  The trip culminated with the 19,985-foot Huayna Potosi. Here’s his tr...
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Alpine Orthopaedics’ Ski Conditioning Classes Start Monday October 7th

Your favorite butt-kicking time of the year is back, and it means we are just that much closer to ski season.  Alpine Orthopaedics’ ski conditioning classes start Monday at the Crested Butte Community School Middle Schoo...
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Western MTB Wins Nationals

The Western State Colorado University Mountain Bike Team took home 1st place and are the DII Varsity Collegiate Mountain Bike Champions. Story by Peter Noon. Photos by Finn Beidleman and Taylor Cull.  Western’s Mountain ...
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Avalanches Hit Hard in Europe and Tahoe

While there have been no deaths in the state of Colorado this winter, separate avalanches claimed the lives of 3 skiers in Alps last week and  2 skiers in California just three days ago.  Both areas recently received large am...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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Gravity Groms Central States Cup Practice

The local kids have been shredding all over Crested Butte Mt Resort this season! Today they competed in their first race of the season and killed it! Here is some footage of what went down in practice this weekend! Brrapp! Cent...
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Subaru Freeride Series Crested Butte LIVE FEED

The action kicks off in Big Hourglass at 9:30 AM MST.  We’ve embedded the code here, so if it isn’t working, don’t blame us and go try it on subarufreerideseries.com.  We have a lot of local heavy hitters in...
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Balancing Goals and Survival in the Backcountry with Donny Roth

Donny Roth is an experienced mountain athlete and ski guide. We are lucky enough to have him and many other professionals here in our valley.  He gave a similar version of this talk to the CB community back in December at the ...
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