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Non-Native Holiday Edit

The Non-Native crew wants to wish you season’s greetings and happy holidays.  They went tree-shopping and pillow-finding with the good snow last week. Hopefully we get some more for Christmas!
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Locals Represent Across the Podiums during 2* & 4* FWQ Crested Butte

The Freeride World Qualifier series rolled into town this last weekend and the action was hot while the snow was cold and chalky through the two events.  Through the 2-star and 4-star FWQ Crested Butte, local athletes amongst...
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Crested Butte Becomes First to Tax Short-Term Rentals More Than Hotels

The Crested Butte Town Council made some big moves in the hopes of alleviating the housing crisis in town. Chad Reich of KBUT reports: “In a 6-0 vote, the Crested Butte Town Council enacted the tax on short-term rentals ...
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Ray and Will ride Rattlesnake in Hartmans. Photo: Ray Harter

Riding this weekend? CBMBA Trail Report 5-4-12

There is still some snow around, but are you ready for 5-6 months of mountain biking?   Hartman Rocks has been good to go for a while now, and is getting dustier by the day.  But up at the north end of the valley the snow...
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Randy Evans and Kyle Taylor Competition Season Highlights

Crested Butte’s Randy Evans, Montana’s Kyle Taylor, and the rest of the Bridger Brigade throw down.  You probably knew that.  We like to share everything that they put out, this edit is no different.  Covering th...
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Tom Runcie’s 2012 Season Edit

Low snow years can still be a lot of fun.  There aren’t many people I know that have as much fun day in and day out as Tom Runcie does.  This year, Tom got 3rd place at Taos, 3rd place at Snowbird, and Sickbird at Snowb...
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2012 Gravity Slave Chainless DH Race

Photo: Trent Bona | A big West Elk Project congratulations to all the winners in yesterday’s Gravity Slave Chainless race at Evolution Bike Park. At the end of the day Nicole Digate and Red Mcintosh took home the hand-mad...
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Pretty Faces: An All Female Ski Film

SheJumps.org has been blazing the way for women’s action sports for some time.  Now, partnered with some of the biggest names in the industry, the women are in the process of making a full length feature.  It looks awes...
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Gunnylove hosted a holiday party to celebrate it's sellers, buyers and to show the town who they were. Photo by Trent Bona

Loving Gunnylove! Shop + Love + Share.

Crested Butte is known for it’s steeps, it’s plethora of backcountry terrain, and it’s tight-knit community. So often a large part of the town rallies behind a cause, an individual or even an idea. It is inspiring to see ...
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Some Urban Drops From the Storm

As you know, the snow finally happened.  We received 21 inches of good base building snow. A crew of riders desperate to drop anything got after it on Tuesday.  Flat landings and fun times were had. Photos: Alex Stevenson and...
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