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West Elk Project Finds Snow in the Tetons

With Colorado going through (another) dry early season, the West Elk Project boys were getting antsy. Grand Targhee Resort, Wyoming, on the other hand, had received two feet in late November and were forecasted to receive two m...
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Jet Stream Shift to Benefit Colorado

Is it here yet??  You have been probably been trying to wait patiently.  Well, your patience will start to pay off (hopefully!). Photo: Opensnow.com The jet stream, storm track, or as I like to call it, the hyperconductor of...
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Opening Day Photo Gallery

The lifts are spinning!  The crowds have come out for the Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s opening day.  Ullr opened the skiing with his Snow Maidens leading the people’s prayer for snow.  The champagne was popped...
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The crowd was buzzing with energy from beginning to end at the opening party for the Sweet Spot

The Sweet Spot

Photo: Trent Bona | The Sweet Spot is Mount Crested Butte’s newest business and will be opening this Friday, November 16th. Last night a few Crested Butte locals were invited to experience all the new shop had to offer Â...
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Will Dujardin making the best of low-angle blue bird in the Anthracites on Tuesday. Photo: Trent Bona

Photo Gallery: November Snow Brings Powder and Sketchiness

The storm last weekend was a welcome mental relief.  Check out this photo gallery of the new snow. As for snow conditions, they were sketchy, to say the least.  Skiers triggered an avalanche in College bowl on the NW side of ...
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The Gravity Ranch: Charter Membership Offer Expires Sunday

Check out this press release from the Gravity Ranch, the action sports facility to be constructed across Highway 135 from CB South.  We covered the first announcement of the facility here on West Elk Project, when it was orig...
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Dual Premiere of “Further” and “Dream Factory” goes down at Western

A dual premiere of “Further” and “Dream Factory” was put on at the Taylor Auditorium on the Western campus to benefit the WSCU Freeride Team, the CB Avalanche Center, and the SoCO 14er Expedition.  If y...
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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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Tom Runcie rails one of the bottom corners on the Doctors Park decent during our ride this past Saturday. Photo: Trent Bona

West Elk Ride Report: Doctors Park 11/03/12

When I got the call from Ed Carley to go ride Doctors Park this past weekend, I was a bit caught off guard. I have been slowly transitioning into a winter mindset, more due to the calendar than the weather outside. Not only was...
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You Just Moved Here: 5 Tips for Living in Our Ski Town

Photo: Trent Bona | Welcome to the coolest place in Colorado.  The mountains are incredible.  The weather is amazing.  The town rocks.  Here are a few guidelines to living and riding here.   1. You don’t always have...
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