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Utah Sledneck Survives – Watch and Learn

Wear you beacon and remember to always go through your gear check list when traveling in the backcountry.
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Lexi DuPont recaps her trip to Haines, Alaska

Clear weather and an awesome crew make for perfect trip. If you haven’t heard of Lexi DuPont, it’s about time.  Lexi, a former Crested Butte resident now living in the front range to attend CU Boulder, has been making enor...
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Bike Week: Schedule of Events

Crested Butte’s very own celebration of the bicycle known as Bike Week is back. There are the usual suspects of fun with Friday’s World Championship chainless down Kebler Pass and Sunday’s Bridges of the Butte...
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Master Plan for Teocalli Expansion Close to Submission

Resort Looks to Expand both Intermediate and Expert Terrain   While trolling the outer boundary of Teocalli bowl for some fresh snow this meager winter, I came across a large (drool inducing) triple pillow line that looked...
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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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2013 Chainless Race

Once again, the Chainless World Championships was incredible.  Crested Butte and visitors for Bike Week came out in force, in an event that sold out with over two hundred fifty participants.  Crested Butte is home to the olde...
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Swatch Skiers Cup 2014 Teaser and Rosters Released

The Swatch Skiers Cup is coming back January 4-10, 2014 in Zermatt, Switzerland.  The teaser and the teams were just released.  JP Auclair is the Team Americas captain and Julien Regnier is Team Europe’s captain. Check ...
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Local FWT Athletes Fundraiser at Butte 66 on Friday, Dec 5th

Hey Gunnison Valley! We have 2 amazing women representing our little part of Colorado on the Freeride World Tour this year.  Frequent visitors to our site are no strangers to Francesca Pavillard-Cain and Mary Boddington̵...
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Sunday Cruise

Andrew Arnold and Matt Montsdeoca ripped through the Evolution Bike park yesterday and we were lucky enough to get it on film. Check out this latest edit: Sunday Cruise. Sun
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Western MTB Wins Nationals

The Western State Colorado University Mountain Bike Team took home 1st place and are the DII Varsity Collegiate Mountain Bike Champions. Story by Peter Noon. Photos by Finn Beidleman and Taylor Cull.  Western’s Mountain ...
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