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Julien Lopez Tries to Outrun Avalanche

This is chilling to watch. You don’t need to speak French to understand the gravity of the situation. Last April, our “Flying Frenchman” friend, Julien Lopez, who recently took 3rd overall on the Freeride Wo...

by 2. Will Dujardin

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Red Lady 12-24 Avalanche Analysis

Check out Zach Guy’s video analysis of the wind slab avalanche on Red Lady on Christmas Eve for the Crested Butte Avalanche Center. It’s a SE slope above treeline. Read the current avy report here.

by 2. Will Dujardin

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Crested Butte Big Mountain Enduro Series Highlights

Five days of Enduro racing took place while the town took a weekend out with Bud Light. In the words of Ali Fuchs of Big Al’s Bike Shop, “It got us out into really awesome spaces around our whole valley,” and ...

by 2. Will Dujardin

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Bridger Brigade Skis Sickle Couloir in Sawtooths

Axel Peterson went up to the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho with Dylan Crossman and Karl Fostvedt. They stayed at the Fishhook Hut and skied the Sickle Couloir, one of the 50 Classic Ski Descents in North America. This couloir is ...

by 2. Will Dujardin

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Xander Guldman – Tahoe Ice Blastin

Supposedly the Tahoe area just got snow, and man, do they need it. But hey, at least when you don’t have snow you still have tons of fun, right?! Example A: Xander Guldman. This IFSA Junior athlete from Sugar Bowl Freeri...

by 2. Will Dujardin

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TGR “Tight Loose” Opens up Trailer Season

Teton Gravity Research dropped the first trailer for this year’s TGR film, “Tight Loose”. It celebrates what you’ve come to expect from TGR, full of sick skiing/riding and goofy antics. 120 days till...

by 2. Will Dujardin

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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...

by Edward Dujardin 2.0

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Community Profile: Zach Guy

Photo: Trent Bona | Community, meet Zach Guy. Zach moved from Bozeman, Montana to Crested Butte in November 2011 after finishing his graduate degree in Snow Science with a thesis on spatial variability within snow packs. His sn...

by 4. Seth Tucker

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Countdown to Opening Day: CBMST in 2010-2011

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 9 of 30. Check out C...

by 2. Will Dujardin

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