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Skier Death at CBMR

It is with heavy hearts that we report a death at Crested Butte Mountain Resort yesterday.  Early reports indicate it was a teenage male from the Western Slope.  The incident is currently under investigation.  Thanks to Ski ...
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Sydney Dickinson Getting Some. Photo: Alex Fenlon

Snow hits the West Elks April 16 POW

That snow we talked about before the weekend delivered.  The Irwin Media House reported 2.5′ on their deck.  The snow was heavy and deep, a lot of in the valleys was on bare ground.  However, the Anthracites were skiin...
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Jon Clay Patterson and Carson Hildebrandt 1-2 at the Squaw Valley National in 15-18 Ski Men

CBMST Freeride Starts IFSA Season Firing

The Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team started firing right out of the gate this competition season in the IFSA Junior Series with victories and strong results at Jackson Hole, Aspen, Winter Park, and Squaw Valley. Above Photo:...
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Freeride World Tour Qualifier Wraps Up At CBMR

We are not going to sugar coat this one.  The Freeride World Tour Qualifier took place at CBMR this weekend, on some of the worst snow conditions for a freeride event ever.  Warm temperatures and minimal snowfall prevented CB...
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Jon Clay Patterson sending his bottom air on Silver Fox. Photo: Kim Bromley / IFSA

CBMST Wraps up Freeride Season at IFSA NORAM Champs at Snowbird

After a busy competition season, the IFSA Junior North American Freeride Championships went down at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort in Utah last week with U12, 12-14, and 15-18 year old divisions represented in skiing and snowbo...
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Nemesis Mountain Avalanche Burial Video

This video was send to us by CB native Randy Evans, who now resides in Montana. This slide occurred January 29th. The victim is buried nearly 10 minutes. Though the video ends before he is actually pulled out, you can hear the ...
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Pinnacle Race Series

Every Wednesday on Mount Crested Butte the Pinnacle Race Series kicks off at 5:45pm free of charge thanks to the folks at Alpine Orthopedics. The 5 weeks of racing will be combined for an overall winner to be declared on August...
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CB Mountain Guides in Bolivia – Photo Gallery

WARNING: Beautiful photos attached.  Jayson Simons-Jones led 3 clients on a mountaineering trip to the Cordillera Real in Bolivia during June, 2013.  The trip culminated with the 19,985-foot Huayna Potosi. Here’s his tr...
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Oz Scott sent the diving board out of Angle Gully in the finals.

Limited High Lift Opening at CBMR Saturday

Do the recent high pressure and over-forecasts have you down?! Well you can turn that frown around and celebrate by getting tons of core-shots and practicing survival skiing with a limited High Lift opening on Saturday!! Ok, b...
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Passion Within: Crested Butte Trailer

CBMR is coming out with a 4-part web series featuring six locals in 4 stories.  Passion Within will tell the stories of local skier duo Rob and Sydney Dickinson, a first grader, a CBSP avy dog, and the writer and long time loc...
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