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Crested Butte Terrain Gallery

photos: Ed Dujardin   Last Thursday, we decided to hike around Crested Butte Mountain Resort in order to see what our terrain looks like in the summer.  If anyone still doubts the decision not to have a competition this y...
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Atomic Team Highlights from Red Bull Linecatcher

Powder and blue skies in Les Arcs, France set the stage for the 2013 Red Bull Linecatcher. Atomic released this video of the highlights from athletes Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Tim Durtschi, Richard Permin, and Tobi Tritscher. Fren...
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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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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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Blunck Begins the Road to Sochi

Leaves for New Zealand tomorrow In just one week, Aaron Blunck begins his journey to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.  The Crested Butte community did an excellent job in supporting Emma Coburn’s London success.  It’s ...
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Parachute Snowmobiling

We don’t know what to make of this, but it is pretty damn cool. Snowmobile Speedflying? Parachute Snowmobiling?
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The Soup | Episode 3

The Soup boys and girl put down another banger webisode and this one has a 3 minute intro of old-school footage and funny quotes, and then another 4 minutes of radness.  It’s worth it. Featuring the editing and skiing sk...
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Feral Rushes – Andreu Lacondeguy

Sometimes the right rider on the right trail can be a thing of beauty.  We’ve shared Andreu Lacondeguy’s stuff before, like when he won the 2014 Red Bull Rampage, and this is a little different, but hey, we’l...
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Gunnison River Festival: Schedule of Events

The Gunnison River Festival’s 10th anniversary at the Gunnison River White Water Park is this upcoming weekend. The festival will have representatives from National Parks Service, BLM, Upper Gunnison River Water Conservan...
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Tom Runcie’s Trip to Chamonix with Glen Plake and Team Julbo

Words by Tom Runcie When I found out I had earned a trip to spend a week with skiing icon Glen Plake in his adopted winter home of Chamonix, France, I was breathless.  For nearly three decades Plake has been a true hero of the...
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