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Shorter: Snowblade Extremes This Sunday

The 4th Annual Pain McSchlonkey goes down this weekend in Squaw Valley.  If you can’t make the big show, make sure to come to Crested Butte’s Snowblade Extremes.  It’s a damn good time.  Top of the queen at...
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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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West Elk Project goes to Aspen for the Meeting 8

In our never-ending quest to turn everyone into ski bums and mountain athletes, we went to a little place called Aspen to attend the Meeting 8.  We went armed with business cards, notepads, and our camera to battle through ski...
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Pinnacle Race Series

Every Wednesday on Mount Crested Butte the Pinnacle Race Series kicks off at 5:45pm free of charge thanks to the folks at Alpine Orthopedics. The 5 weeks of racing will be combined for an overall winner to be declared on August...
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2012 Fall Gravity Slave 9/9/2012

Photo: Trent Bona | Sunday, September 9 2012 Gravity Slave Chainless Downhill Race Alright West Elk Racers, here is what you need to know… 10-12:30 Registration on 9380 deck and Practice Race starts 1pm.  $25 includes li...
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Countdown to Opening Day: Team Crested Butte at North American Ski Mountaineering Championships

Welcome to our Countdown to Opening Day series. During the 30 days leading up to opening day at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, we will be featuring a clip or edit from winter in the West Elks. This is video 13 of 30. This video...
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Beartooth Basin Summer Skiing & Competition

Are your skiing cravings no where near fulfilled?  Then check out Beartooth Basin, Montana.  Located 23 miles outside Red Lodge, Beartooth Basin was orignally started by Austrians as a summer training area.  Today, the area ...
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WSCU Rail Jam Set for Wednesday

Western State Colorado University is throwing a rail jam this Wednesday in front of the University Center.  The competition will be a jam format, with men’s ski, men’s snowboard, and women’s combined.  It is...
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Introducing the Crested Butte Santa Ski Crawl

This is real and will be awesome.  There will be a Santa Ski Crawl, which is one part record-setting attempt to get the most Santas on a slope at once, and one part pub-crawl, on Saturday, December 14th, 2013. The Santa Ski Cr...
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USA Pro Cycling Challenge

The USA Pro Cycling Challenge will be back in Crested Butte Tuesday August 21. There are events and activites planned the day before and day of race. Check them out below. Monday August 20th New Belgium Brewing’s Tour de Fat ...
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