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CBMST Takes Tops Spots at Freeride NORAMs – Finals Video

The competitive junior freeride season wrapped up in Kicking Horse, British Columbia last week at the IFSA North American Junior Freeride Championships. Ten percent of the overall field is invited to crown the finals’ winners...
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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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Angel Collinson Destroys Alaska in TGR’s Paradise Waits

Angel Collinson has been making waves with some standout segments for Teton Gravity Research.  This year’s effort in Paradise Waits is her best yet and you can watch the whole segment below.  Way to rip it up Angel!
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Aaron Blunck Wins USASA Nationals Halfpipe, CB Represents

Hannah Watt-Sax Earns 3rd in Open Women Skiercross, Brooks Hudson takes 2nd in 8-9 Boys Skiercross. Crested Butte athletes are at it again.  USASA Nationals just finished today at Copper, CO.  On Sunday, 15 year-old Aaron Blu...
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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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Community Profile: Tom Runcie

Photo: Trent Bona | Born and raised in Vermont, Tom Runcie moved to Crested Butte from Las Vegas in 2008. Runcie attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire where, working ski patrol (yes Dartmouth has it’s own ski hill)...
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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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Final Pinnacle Race Series Preview

Photo: Trent Bona | The 5th and Final Pinnacle Race Series is the uphill downhill combo. The combo race can be done individually or in a team of three and will be a fun fitting end to a great Summer of local racing. The race be...
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Summiting Mt. Elbert: Colorado’s Highest Peak

After a very sketchy spring, the snowpack has finally settled enough to get on top of Colorado’s highest peaks.  So Alex Stevenson, Patrick Sullivan, Haley Tamberi, and Zach Vaughter made their way to Mt. Elbert, which a...
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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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