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Jamie Salter Season Edit ’12-’14

Jamie Salter’s edit from the last two years chronicles his highlights in the Crested Butte backcountry.  This guy is always getting after it and probably loves pow more than you, but that’s obviously debatable. Way...
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3 Crashes to help you get through your week.

HUMPDAY CRASHDAY He does not make the tranny. Courtesy of Newschoolers.com Drop in fail. Skills. Courtesy of Newschoolers.com PHYSC! What a save.
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Pre-Thanksgiving Backcountry Storm Gallery

The resort opens this week, but the November snow has had locals getting after it all month.  We visited the Anthracites and went back to Purple Ridge for another installment in our impromptu early-season gallery series.  Bry...
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CBMST Defends Home Turf at IFSA Junior Regional Series

Crested Butte Mountain Resort held a one day big mountain competition last Saturday that served as part of the IFSA Junior Regional series.  Fifty-four skiers and snowboarders attacked Big Chute and Paradise Cliffs for a fast ...
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TGR Releases Fieberbrunn “Way of Life” POW Segment

This segment from Fieberbrunn, Austria has won “best powder” at the Powder Awards and Coldsmoke Awards, so TGR decided to post it online in celebration. Featuring Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Dylan Hood, and Colter Hinchl...
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Tom Runcie and Friends’ First Turns of the Season VIDEO

After a couple weeks of a solid winter weather pattern that brought light snow to the high peaks around Crested Butte, winter arrived in a hurry when a big system left us with a few inches in town and several feet in the Irwin ...
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Thank You Veterans: 10th Mtn Division in WWII

photo: Wikipedia We at the West Elk Project would like to say thank you to anyone who has served our country in the past, present, and future.  Whether or not you agree with our foreign policy, you should acknowledge the sacri...
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Mt. Owen Avalanche POV

Our friend Chris Miller had a pretty scary moment about a month ago.  Dropping in off the top Mt. Owen, Chris triggered an avalanche.  We’ll just go ahead and say that Chris was super-lucky and we are super-happy he liv...
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Giro Snow in Japan Pt. 1

The folks over at Giro made a great little edit from Japan last year.  Guess what? It’s Japan, so it’s POW.  Here’s an excerpt from their YouTube: “Few things get you away from your daily grind. For pr...
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Countdown to Opening Day: Max Mancini, Wendy Fisher, and some Aussies

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 25 of 30. Only five ...
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