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Avalanche Awareness Videos: Ode to Avalanche

Avalanche Awareness Videos: Ode to Avalanche This is an amazing avalanche video from British Columbia with the 18th Overture as the soundtrack. These videos are to remind you to come on out for the Crested Butte Avalanche Cente...
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USA Pro Cycling Challenge “NBC Sports Preview” of West Elk Stages

  image: http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/ Mark your calenders.  The Pro Cycling Tour is coming back to town.  After the opening stage from Durango to Telluride, Stage 2 has the bikers traveling from Montrose to Mt...
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Sunset Lightning Gallery from Sam Evans

Local social media blew up with some ridiculous photos of a lightning storm over Crested Butte at sunset on Sunday night (6-28-15). There was even a rainbow in there for good measure.  Sam Evans took some beautiful photos of ...
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Gunnylove hosted a holiday party to celebrate it's sellers, buyers and to show the town who they were. Photo by Trent Bona

Loving Gunnylove! Shop + Love + Share.

Crested Butte is known for it’s steeps, it’s plethora of backcountry terrain, and it’s tight-knit community. So often a large part of the town rallies behind a cause, an individual or even an idea. It is inspiring to see ...
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Community Profile: Sydney Dickinson

photo: 14erskiers.com | When I first met Sydney, I was snowmobile skiing out Axtel when my group ran into Tom Runcie, Rob Dickinson and his then girlfriend, Sydney Fuller.  Throughout the day she ripped lines with the boys (on...
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CBMR’s Mountain Sports Team the Biggest, and Youngest, Yet

It’s only natural that a mountain known for its steeps would find a calling among the area’s youngest athletes. Crested Butte Mountain Resort (CBMR) is in its fifth season of providing a school, of sorts, for young...
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Crested Butte FWQ Postponed

We’re having déjà vu. The CB Extremes have been postponed.  You can read the official press release below.  Basically, we need this high-pressure sitting over the western United States to get the F outta here and for ...
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West Elk Project Vision Quest Fan Vote, Stand Out Athlete Winners Announced – HIGHLIGHTS

Well, you can officially put the 2014 West Elk Project Vision Quest in the books.  We held a fan vote over on our Facebook page and the athletes voted together for the “Stand Out Athlete” award.  Congratulations g...
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Alpine Odyssey 2012 Results

The 2nd annual Alpine Odyssey 100K, a 64-mile cross country race, brought the return of Lance Armstrong and 274 challengers. Cameron Chambers won the event with a time of 3:58:58, setting a new race record, while Amy Beisel too...
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CBMST Freeride Looks to Focus after Snowbird

The Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team opened up it’s freeride season at the Snowbird IFSA National Series event in Utah over January 16-19, 2015.  The CBMST sent Carson Hildebrandt in the 12-14 male ski division, Britta...
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