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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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North Face Lift Set To Open

Crested Butte Mountain Resort has announced that the North Face Lift will open tomorrow! Currently, CBMR is reporting a 44″ base, with 107″ of snow so far this season. With nothing but snow in the forecast, it’...
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CBMST Freeride Starts IFSA Season Firing

The Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team started firing right out of the gate this competition season in the IFSA Junior Series with victories and strong results at Jackson Hole, Aspen, Winter Park, and Squaw Valley. Above Photo:...
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CBMST Finds the Podium Often at Home at IFSA Regional

Crested Butte Mountain Resort hosted the first regional competition of the 2014 season in the IFSA Central Region this past weekend.  Freeride teams from around Colorado and New Mexico travelled to Crested Butte to take on the...
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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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#spedgoestosouthamerica – Blog 2

May 29 – Despite it being the dry season in Cusco, we woke to a rainy morning for our train to the town of Machu Picchu. The three hour train ride was pleasantly uneventful, as Amaury and I had explored Cusco a little to...
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WSCU’s Dave Sugnet Named to US Collegiate Freeskiing Team for 2013 World University Games

Western State Colorado University will have a representative at the World University Games Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy this coming December.  Dave Sugnet, 23, originally of Durango, Colorado, was recently asked to jo...
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CBMST Dominates Podium at IFSA National at CBMR

People say that home-field advantage has its merits, and there are few sports where it’s as true as it is in freeskiing. Familiarity with a venue can really boost an athlete’s confidence and aggressiveness (please r...
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Bike Week: Schedule of Events

Crested Butte’s very own celebration of the bicycle known as Bike Week is back. There are the usual suspects of fun with Friday’s World Championship chainless down Kebler Pass and Sunday’s Bridges of the Butte...
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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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