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CB Local Caught in Mt. Ruby Avalanche – CBAC Photos

Preliminary reports are not good regarding an avalanche that took place around 2:00 PM today, January 21st, 2016.  A snowmobiler was caught in a large slide in the Lake Irwin area under Mt. Ruby.  A local man, known as B-Rad,...
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1994 Extremes Video

photo: www.skicb.com The Crested Butte Extreme’s, known by many names over the years, is the granddaddy of all freeskiing competitions. You hear a lot of whining about how we have too many trees and rocks. But if you can ...
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The Sheepshead Trip Report

I was stoked when I got the call inviting Tom Runcie, Sydney Dickinson, and myself to meet TJ David and Gavin Nator from Skiing Magazine and go to Sheepshead Cabin in the Southern San Juans. Words: Rob Dickinson | Photos: Trent...
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David Chodounsky Named to US Olympic Alpine Team

Crested Butte will have another Olympian representing our little mountain town and our country at the Sochi Olympics after Aaron Blunck was named to the US Olympic Freeskiing team last week.  David Chodounsky was named to the ...
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Matt Evans Snowbird Comp Runs and POW

Last weekend, Matt Evans and the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team went to Snowbird to compete in the Junior Freeskiing Nationals.  Day one of the 15-18 boys was postponed because it snowed 15 inches overnight!  Matt made an...
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Community Profile: Tom Runcie

Photo: Trent Bona | Born and raised in Vermont, Tom Runcie moved to Crested Butte from Las Vegas in 2008. Runcie attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire where, working ski patrol (yes Dartmouth has it’s own ski hill)...
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A Season Recap from the King of Soul

Its spring and everybody is churning out their end of season edits.  Well, this ski bum doesn’t have video equipment, so I’m offering a hand-written, somewhat jovial account of my season (in picturebook form!).  In true b...
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Crested Butte Subaru Freeride Series and JFT Recap

Amidst a banner year, Crested Butte delivered one of the most action-packed series of competitions over the last four days.  The Big Hourglass venue was used for the finals of the 4-star FWQ event for just the 5th time in the ...
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CB Takes Top 2 Spots at Rahlves’ Banzai at Squaw

Lucas Demlow and Rob Vandervoort take 1st and 2nd in Men’s Snowboarding at a weather-shortened Rahlves’ Banzai held on the legendary KT-22 at Squaw Valley. Words and Photos: Rob Vandervoort The Daron Rahlves Banzai ...
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Women's 15-18 Podium: 1st) Jess Sterrett, 2nd) Andrea Byrne, 3) Edie Mason, 4) Brittany Barefield, 5) Josie Byron

CBMST Closes Season out with Success at IFSA Finals at Snowbird

The Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team finished their season at the 2014 IFSA North American Championships at Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort in Utah this past weekend.  Ten team members out of 12 qualified and 9 attended, sa...
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