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Meet Jordan Schwartz and the SoCO 14er Project

Jordan Schwartz, a former marine and 29-year-old freshman at WSCU, has set an ambitious goal this winter while starting his first year at Western.  Jordan will ski all the 14ers in the San Juans, the Sangre de Christos, and th...
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CBAC Avalanche Awareness Night Set for December 4th

The biggest fundraiser of the year for the CBAC is coming up December 4th up at the Lodge at Mountaineer Square.  The CBAC Avalanche Awareness night is not only a time to support the CBAC, but to refresh on important avalanche...
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CBMST Ready to Defend Home Turf at IFSA Regional after Good Start at Snowbird

The snow is coming just in time for Crested Butte’s first big mountain comp of the season.  Junior athletes and teams from around Colorado and New Mexico will descend on Crested Butte for the first IFSA Regional competit...
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Emma Coburn sets new American record!

Emma Coburn has set a new American record in the 3,000-meter Steeplechase event with a time of 9:11:42! Here is a highlight video of what went down. We are so pumped for Emma!
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Community Video Profile: Heights Performance

Introducing the new West Elk Project community video profiles presented by Turner Toyota of Montrose. These videos will introduce a new individual or company from the Gunnison valley every few weeks and follow a quick day in th...
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Taking it Back: Under Armour’s Campaign for Women

Check out Under Armour’s newest marketing campaign, promoting beauty through fitness rather than the latest trends.   We at the West Elk Project support this and want to see more. They are also having a competition to se...
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Kye Matlock in 1st, Jon Clay Patterson in 2nd, Holden Bradford in 3rd, Seve Petersen in 4th, Marko Alling in 5th on the 15-18 Ski Male Podium.

Local Freeride Athletes Ride Home Field Advantage to Podium Domination

Crested Butte Mountain Resort played host to an IFSA junior regional freeride competition on Saturday under a mix of cloudy skies and flat light. The classic Colorado chalky hard pack snow that we all know and love so well here...
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Taos Salomon Extreme Freeride Championships 2012

The first weekend of March I joined a large group of Crested Butte skiers to go compete at the Salomon Extreme Freeride Championships in Taos, NM.  Having never been to Taos, I was delighted to find a mountain littered with sp...
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This year's Pond Skim got 10's across the board!

2012 CBMR Slush Huck Pond Skim

The weather this Saturday was absolutely perfect for CBMR’s annual Slush Huck Pond Skim festivities. But just because the sun was out didn’t mean the water wasn’t still freezing cold! When the wakes and waves ...
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FWQ 2-Star & 4-Star Coming up this Weekend at Crested Butte

The Freeride World Qualifier series is rolling in to town this weekend with skiing and snowboarding across 3 days as riders try to qualify for the Freeride World Tour.  There are two events on tap with the 2-star going down on...
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