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Gunnison River Festival: Schedule of Events

The Gunnison River Festival’s 10th anniversary at the Gunnison River White Water Park is this upcoming weekend. The festival will have representatives from National Parks Service, BLM, Upper Gunnison River Water Conservan...
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Blunck and Chodounsky Named to Olympic Team

On an exciting day in Crested Butte Olympic hopes for Pyeongchang, both halfpipe skier, Aaron Blunck, and slalom skier, David Chodounsky, were named to the Olympic Team.   Above Photo credit: Nolan Blunck After his 15th-plac...
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HCCA Presents Backcountry Film Festival this Friday at Center for the Arts

The High Country Citizens’ Alliance is showing the 9th Annual Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts this Friday, December 13th.   Celebrating the “human-powere...
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3rd Annual Pain McShlonkey Classic: Of. Course. I. Can.

Check out this spoof of J.P. Auclair’s street skiing segment of All.I.Can. in anticipation of the 3rd Annual Pain McSchlonkey Classic.  The event features gnar snowblading at Shane McConkey’s home mountain of Squaw...
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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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AK // OUR WAY by Dubsatch Collective

Here is another awesome short film from Leo Ahrens and the guys at Dubsatch Collective.  Leo, Colter Hinchliffe, and Lexi DuPont went to Haines, AK to ski with SEABA Heli.  They raged Alaska with Reggie Crist and Will Wissman...
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Gravity Slave 2013 Results!

The 2013 Gravity Slave DH race took place yesterday in Mt Crested Butte at Evolution Bike Park. Unlike prior years, the race was not chainless and instead was open to pro racers and boasted a winnings purse of $2,000! There was...
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Skiing in July: Augusta

Words: Alex Stevenson Photos: Alex Stevenson and Julia Van Raalte So it’s summer, I get it.  But rarely a day goes by that I don’t miss skiing. Lately this website has featured mostly dirt oriented articles so I figured I ...
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Francesca Pavillard Cain: Prepping for FWT in Europe

Francesca Pavillard Cain is in Europe prepping for the first female stop of the tour at Chamonix.  We’re excited for the Western State Colorado University athlete to throw down on the biggest stage in freeskiing.  This...
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You Just Moved Here (And You are a Woman): 5 Tips for Living in Our Ski Town

While our original 5 Tips for Living in our Ski Town was a little more bro-oriented, Crested Butte’s very own Ski Bumette has come up with some awesome tips for the females who have recently moved here. 1. You may have no...
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