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Cross Your Fingers! Teo 2 Opening at CBMR With Good Snow

Holy Schnikeys!!! CBMR dropped some awesome news this afternoon. With good snow this year, the Teo 2 expansion will begin and be open to the public! Check out the press release from CBMR below: Photo: Trent Bona MT. CRESTED BUT...
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Community Profile: Ashley Bembenek

Ashley Bembenek is poised to make a big splash in the world of women’s freeskiing this coming winter.   The 27 year-old from Eden, Utah has lived in a variety of places before finally landing in Crested Butte in 2010, when ...
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FWQ Series Concludes at Kicking Horse: Durtschi Wins Overall Ski Title

The final stop of the Freeride World Qualifier series wrapped up this weekend at Wrangle the Chute up on Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in British Colombia. Western State Colorado University freshman Max Durtschi secured the ove...
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HD Downhill Highlights: Wildflower Rush

The Wildflower Rush is two weeks behind us, but this awesome little edit just surfaced over the weekend.  I haven’t seen anyone capture our mountain in a mountain bike edit like this before.  Make sure you full screen i...
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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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Bluergrass In Paradise.

The third installment Bluegrass in Paradise comes the the Crested Butte Mountain Resort base area July 14th. Drew Emmit hosts the following bands. Saturday July 14th Spring Creek Harpeth Rising The Greencards Blue Highway Dave ...
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Chili and Beer Preview: Team Dogwood

How excited are you for this weekend’s Chili and Beer festival at the CBMR base area? One of Crested Butte’s lesser-known “holidays” that combines beer, chili, and downhilling, this is one of our favorit...
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Randy Evans Earns Sickbird and 5th Place at Moonlight Basin

Crested Butte Takes the Coveted Backcountry.com Sickbird Belt Buckle at Back-to-Back FWT Events In it’s first time at Moonlight Basin, the Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier went off March 23-24.  Moonlight Basin pulled out...
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CBMR Revising Uphill Use Policy

See the message below from CBMR.  They are giving uphillers the chance to make their voice heard in the revision of the uphill use policy on the resort. Calling all Uphillers!  CBMR is in the process of revising the current ...
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First Day of Spring 3/21/2012

I’ll admit it, it’s the end of March and I’m thinking about fishing, boating, sand and river beers watching pretty girls in sundresses. Sure, there’s still spring skiing to be had, but with recent events, the consensus ...
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