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9th Annual Crested Butte Classic Results

The 9th Annual Crested Butte Classic took place this past Saturday, coinciding with the local festival, Vinotok.  A week earlier than usual, riders gathered at 7 AM in town for the “group ride.” The course of 100 m...
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WSCU’s Dave Sugnet Named to US Collegiate Freeskiing Team for 2013 World University Games

Western State Colorado University will have a representative at the World University Games Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy this coming December.  Dave Sugnet, 23, originally of Durango, Colorado, was recently asked to jo...
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The Lifts Are Spinning at Evolution Bike Park in Crested Butte

Yesterday at Crested Butte Mountain Resort the lifts were spinning and the boys ‘n girls were pinning! It was a great turnout of men, women, boys and girls all embracing lift-access mountain biking in their National Forre...
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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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Beans and Rice Freeride: Higher Attitude

Beans and Rice Freeride finished off their two part season recap with a trip to our Elk Mountain neighbors to Aspen.  They ski big Colorado lines and have a lot of fun doing it.   Episode 2/2 (2014) – High Attitude from...
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ROMP Skis Reveals Berglund Artist Series

The ski craftsmen at ROMP Skis have teamed up with local photographer Matt Berglund to produce some beautiful custom ski graphics. We have featured Matt’s action-oriented photos on the site before and have often shared ...
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Robbie V TV’s FWT Telluride Edit

Crested Butte’s Rob Vandervoort joined a crowd of Buttians headed to Telluride for the Freeride World Qualifier stop.  Here is his edit and writeup.  Congrats to Rob for taking fourth, as well as Mary Boddington for top...
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Pete Smith and Derek Johnson Speedriding Around Crested Butte

Pete Smith and Derek Johnson have been seriously getting after it with our warmer-than-normal February. Ticking off big lines in the Elks, these guys have been pioneering speedriding lines everywhere.  Enjoy this quick clip pu...
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Sunny by Level 1 Productions Sets the Bar High to Open The Meeting 8

The Meeting 8 in Aspen kicked off its showcase of this year’s ski movies with the highly acclaimed Level 1 Productions film, Sunny.  Sunny cleaned up at this year’s IF3 Awards, taking home the title for Best Editing, Best ...
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Revival of the Winter Chainless Downhill

Slush, sun, and speed in Crested Butte If there is one thing the laid back Crested Butte way of life can provide during a less than mediocre winter season its the ability to make lemonade out of very slushy, warm lemons. Thats ...
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