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Community Profile: Michael (Hansee) Hans

By now, regardless of how long you have lived in the Gunnison Valley, there is a very good chance you have heard of Matchstick Productions or MSP. MSP is one of the godfathers of the ski movie industry and they are celebrating ...
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2013 Crested Butte Songwriters Festival

The 2013 Crested Butte Songwriters Festival will feature performances by a collection of the best performing songwriters in the world. Slated for January 16-19, 2013, the festival will revolve around performances staged at Cres...
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Lift-Served Downhill One Month Away – CBMR to Open Summer Operations Early

Low Snowpack and Warm Temperatures Allows CBMR to Open Lifts on June 9th. Photo: Trent Bona, Rider: Eliot Rosenberg  It snowed yesterday as if nature was celebrating town putting the bike racks out on Elk Avenue.  However, it...
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CBMR Joins the Powder Alliance

After their highly-touted slash in pass prices earlier this spring, CBMR is adding even more value to your pass in the 2013-14 season by joining the Powder Alliance. What is the Powder Alliance? Well, twelve ski resorts around ...
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CB Avalanche Center Christmas Forecast POEM

The CB Avy Center forecasters have been doing more than an awesome job this year, and this morning you might have read the best forecast yet.  We’ve had Jay-Z references and witty comments, but now we have a poem à la &...
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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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Conundrum Couloir Skiing

Packy Westfeldt and TJ David over in Aspen get after it. This little POV from last week out in the Elks on Conundrum should give you just a little taste of what it takes to get up on top of a 14er and ski a sick couloir on the ...
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Wildflower Rush DH Results and Photos

photos: Sierra Halverson The Wildflower Rush Downhill Race went down at Crested Butte Mountain Resort yesterday. The race was stop 3 of 5 of the Mountain States Cup Rocky Mountain Regional Championship Series. It was awesome to...
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Street League Stop 2

Make sure you check out the 2nd stop of this year Street League DC Pro Tour tonight live at 7:30 MST on ESPN 2.  Tonight’s event is happening in Ontario, California. Stop 1 in Kansas City was won by 17 year old phenom N...
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Crested Butte Subaru Freeride Series and JFT Recap

Amidst a banner year, Crested Butte delivered one of the most action-packed series of competitions over the last four days.  The Big Hourglass venue was used for the finals of the 4-star FWQ event for just the 5th time in the ...
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