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Avalanches Hit Hard in Europe and Tahoe

While there have been no deaths in the state of Colorado this winter, separate avalanches claimed the lives of 3 skiers in Alps last week and  2 skiers in California just three days ago.  Both areas recently received large am...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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Ben Goertzen 2013 Winter Edit

Ben Goertzen is a 16 year-old from Bozeman, MT who skis out of Bridger Bowl. This kid took 2nd in the Northern IFSA Region after taking 1st at the Regional at Grand Targhee.  This edit is balls to wall, it includes a huge doub...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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Beer & Chili and Gravity Slave Set For This Weekend

The fun continues into fall.  This weekend, Crested Butte Mountain Resort is hosting both the Gravity Slave Downhill Race as well as the 14th annual Fall Festival of Beers & Chili Cookoff.   The leaves are changing and t...
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Francesca Pavillard-Cain Takes 2nd at Fieberbrunn-Kappl HIGHLIGHTS

After her first FWT competition ended with a punch front tumble, Crested Butte native Francesca Pavillard Cain rebounded with a second place at the FWT stop in Kappl, Austria.  Pavillard-Cain, who finished behind Austrian Nadi...
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Gravity Groms Central States Cup Practice

The local kids have been shredding all over Crested Butte Mt Resort this season! Today they competed in their first race of the season and killed it! Here is some footage of what went down in practice this weekend! Brrapp! Cent...
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CBMST Romps at Taos and Winter Park Freeride Events

The Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team is on the podium hunt at freeride events amidst a busy few weeks coming off of two consecutive double-event weekends in Taos, New Mexico and Winter Park, Colorado with an event here at ho...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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CBAC Natural Slab Avalanche on Baldy 11-11-15

CBAC forecaster Zach Guy went to investigate a large natural avalanche that occurred during last night’s storm. Check it out.  Keep these early layers in mind and stay smart out there!
by 2. Will Dujardin
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Another Sick Junior Edit – Berkeley Patterson

Berkeley Patterson is another hard-charging Tahoe kid looking to mix it up with the adults on the FWQ Freeride World Tour Series.  With a full bag of tricks, the dude finished 6th overall in the IFSA Junior Series this year w...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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Fall Flow: MTB Edit from Mikey Curran

Mikey Curran has been putting together some awesome local content, not to mention his job for MSP Films, for more than the last few years.  He got after it with local all-around great guy, Ryan Sullivan, to make this cool, ...
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Top 5 Do and Don’ts of a Skin Track

Winter 2011-2012 has been one to remember. Epic pow records? No. Unreal backcountry conditions? Definitely no. Instead, we’ve had a notably lamer snow year that has created a mediocre (at best) to extremely shaddy snowpack (m...
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