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Bike Week: Schedule of Events

Crested Butte’s very own celebration of the bicycle known as Bike Week is back. There are the usual suspects of fun with Friday’s World Championship chainless down Kebler Pass and Sunday’s Bridges of the Butte...
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The Rahlves Banzai Tour

Banzai! This word has varied meanings. It is a traditional Japanese maxim meaning “ten thousand years.” A banzai attack would be a desperate military charge. The Banzai Drop is a wrestling move. Banzai skydiving is ...
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Crested Butte Mountain Bike Update

Now that spring has arrived there are more than a couple of trails open for riding. Check out Crested Butte Mountain Bike Associations Trails Report for regular updates. http://www.cbmba.org/page.cfm?pageid=10267 Having persona...
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Skiing in July: Augusta

Words: Alex Stevenson Photos: Alex Stevenson and Julia Van Raalte So it’s summer, I get it.  But rarely a day goes by that I don’t miss skiing. Lately this website has featured mostly dirt oriented articles so I figured I ...
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#spedgoestosouthamerica – Blog 2

May 29 – Despite it being the dry season in Cusco, we woke to a rainy morning for our train to the town of Machu Picchu. The three hour train ride was pleasantly uneventful, as Amaury and I had explored Cusco a little to...
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Next stop was a place called Sospel. Located about 45 minutes from nice by car and about 2 hours in the camper. Sospel is Fabian Barel's stomping ground but surprisingly there was very little info or riders to be seen. The map that you can find at the tourism office ended up being very helpful and the trails were some of the best that we got to experience. Steep and exposed would be the best terms to describe the trails in the area. The trail pictured was one of the longer tours and the descent started from a world war two camp that was littered with bullet holes and was really cool to see.

Off-Season DH Mountain Biking in France With Colin Pickett

The lifts might be spinning but we know some people are still thinking about mashing some dirt.  Colin Pickett and Johnny Warren took a trip to France last spring to check out the stomping grounds of the French DH World Cup ch...
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Tom Runcie takes 3rd Place and Sickbird at Snowbird

Crested Butte represented at Snowbird!  Eight Crested Butte athletes were skiing in the finals.  Tom Runcie led the charge taking 3rd place and earning the coveted Backcountry.com Sickbird Belt Buckle. Despite poor snow condi...
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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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Weekend Away from the West Elks: San Juan Self Support

Words & Photos: Dave Bunt | The geology of the San Juan Mountains is nothing less than spectacular. Any passing motorist can witness this while driving over Molas Pass. Peaks such as Vestal and Arrow in the Grenadier range,...
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Revival of the Winter Chainless Downhill

Slush, sun, and speed in Crested Butte If there is one thing the laid back Crested Butte way of life can provide during a less than mediocre winter season its the ability to make lemonade out of very slushy, warm lemons. Thats ...
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