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USA Pro Cycling Challenge

The USA Pro Cycling Challenge will be back in Crested Butte Tuesday August 21. There are events and activites planned the day before and day of race. Check them out below. Monday August 20th New Belgium Brewing’s Tour de Fat ...
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Sunset Lightning Gallery from Sam Evans

Local social media blew up with some ridiculous photos of a lightning storm over Crested Butte at sunset on Sunday night (6-28-15). There was even a rainbow in there for good measure.  Sam Evans took some beautiful photos of ...
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Crested Butte Avalanche Center: Beacon Brush Up Review

Crested Butte Avalanche Center, Crested Butte Mountain Guides, and The Alpineer’s Inaugural Beacon Brush-Up Day was a HUGE success with well over 100 people coming out to ‘brush-up’ on their beacon skills with...
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Nevados de Chillan Resort Promo – Pow Stoke!

Nevados de Chillan released this resort promo recently.  It seemed like they were the only resort to get consistent snow in South America this summer. We were stoked to be down there, and if you are thinking about a South Amer...
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Crested Butte Snowsports Foundation Ski Swap October 23 and 24

The Crested Butte Snowsports Foundation Ski Swap is your chance to get used gear at a sweet price and support the most important scholarship providers for snow sports athletes in the valley.  Junior Skiers, Snowboarders, and X...
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Enormous Glacial Collapse Caught on Film

Check out this glacial collapse the size of Manhattan happen on film.  Despite the remote location of the event, the repercussions for this and events like this are global. This video is awe inspiring and scary. Trailer for Ch...
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Snowmobiler Triggers Avalanche in Afton, Wyoming

Check out this huge slide triggered by a high marking snowmobiler up in Afton, Wyoming.  Good thing he was able to stay on top and his friends were able to get to him quickly. That was lucky!
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Pip Hunt and the K2 Alliance in Switzerland

Crested Butte native Pip Hunt, Mckenna Peterson, and Amie Engerbretson recently returned from a trip to Murren, Switzerland, where they were filming for K2 Skis and Pretty Faces, an all female ski film spearheaded by Lynsey Dy...
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Review: PBP’s Tracing Skylines

The Meeting 9 rolled on with the showing of Poor Boyz Prouctions’ latest effort, Tracing Skylines. The film documents six trips that encompass the different variations of the sport of freeskiing in locations around the world....
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Aaron Blunck’s Full 3rd Place Run from North Face PPOS Copper

Aaron Blunck’s full run that earned him 3rd place at last weekend’s North Face Park and Pipe Open Series at Copper Mountain, Colorado. From the top (Thanks, Elana Chase): Northface – Aaron Blunck – 3rd p...
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