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Crested Butte Telemarkers Ski Comp POW at Targhee

Last week the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team’s telemarkers headed up to Grand Targhee, Wyoming for the first of the two big mountain telemark events of the 2013 season. Mountain Sports athletes Conrad Truettner and Asher ...
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Francesca Pavillard-Cain Checks in After Chamonix FWT

Our friend Francesca took an unfortunate fall in her first ever FWT at Chamonix this last weekend.  No worries, though, she’s skiing pow in Switzerland getting ready for her next competition at Fieberbrunn in Austria thi...
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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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Irwin Climbing Wall Grand Opening

As part of its expansion into a year round resort, Irwin Outfitting and Cat Skiing Company (formerly known as CS Irwin) will debut its new climbing wall next Tuesday, July 17th from 4:30 to 8:30 pm.  The climbing wall (which m...
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WSCU Defends Home Turf at Pagan Pedal

On Saturday and Sunday last weekend, college teams from around Colorado and the Rocky Mountains gathered at Crested Butte Mountain Resort to race XC, Short-track XC, Dual Slalom, and Downhill.  When a collegiate race coincides...
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Mid April Snow Coming?

We’re are supposed to get a punch of Pacific Moisture from the southwest.  Want fresh turns instead of corn? NOAA’s Winter Storm Warning: ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH ...
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CBMR Drops Season Pass Price to $599 for 2013-2014

This is not a joke.  The 2013-2014 Season pass will be available from May 1st – September 27 at $599.   Crested Butte Mountain Resort has just unveiled it’s new Peak Pass and Peak Pass+.  The below is from CBMR&#...
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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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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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Chile – Argentina Part Dos: Skiing and Backcountry Hotsprings in Chillan

The search for better snow brought us south to Nevados de Chillan, Chile.  Bound eventually for Bariloche, we found ourselves making a mid-way stop deep in volcanic mountains.  A warm welcome at the end of a poorly maintaine...
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