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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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Randy Evans Earns Sickbird and 5th Place at Moonlight Basin

Crested Butte Takes the Coveted Backcountry.com Sickbird Belt Buckle at Back-to-Back FWT Events In it’s first time at Moonlight Basin, the Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier went off March 23-24.  Moonlight Basin pulled out...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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Rob Vandervoort 2011 Edits

Check out these edits from local boy Rob Vandervoort, tearing up the resort in 2011.  If the storm cycles keep continuing in our favor, and the snowpack holds (unlikely), we can hope to have these areas open in early January. ...
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CBMST Freeriders Shine at IFSA Regional at CBMR

What a weekend at the IFSA Regional event at Crested Butte Mountain Resort! Twenty-six CBMST members registered for the event with a handful of strong local skiers and riders as well. 93 athletes descended on the famed Headwall...
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Blunck Wins Aspen Open

Photo: Walter Wood   |    Aaron Blunck took his first career victory this past Sunday at the Aspen Freeskiing Open.  In what has become his breakout season, the 16 year old Crested Butte native has three podiums, and has ma...
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Ladies, 12-14 Boys Wrap Things up in Revelstoke

15-18 Boys Suspended By Weather  After a stormy few days in Revelstoke, the weather co-operated just enough to allow everyone but the 15-18 boys to get through the venues on North Bowl.  The storm dropped 15 centimeters for S...
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ROMP Skis Reveals Berglund Artist Series

The ski craftsmen at ROMP Skis have teamed up with local photographer Matt Berglund to produce some beautiful custom ski graphics. We have featured Matt’s action-oriented photos on the site before and have often shared ...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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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 ...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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Brooks and Gus have dominated U12 Regional competition this year.

CBMST Romps at Taos and Winter Park Freeride Events

The Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team is on the podium hunt at freeride events amidst a busy few weeks coming off of two consecutive double-event weekends in Taos, New Mexico and Winter Park, Colorado with an event here at ho...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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Wendy Fisher “Super Mom” Salomon Freeski TV S7 E09

We heard that Salomon Freeski TV won “Best Short” at this year’s Powder Awards for their episode “Super Mom” with local mom and all-star big mountain shredder, Wendy Fisher.  Well, the 9th episode...
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