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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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Chainless Race Video and Photos

The Chainless World Championships (a title recently earned for it’s awesomeness) went down in Crested Butte, Colorado this past friday. The race has become a favorite tradition of locals and visitors alike. Competitors di...
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Tour of the Week, 10/10/2011

All options pointed to go and so we got on our way. This was a fall trip to enjoy the cold and brisk air that can only be achieved over 10,000 feet and winter was closing in, or so we thought. Crossing streams filled with dew w...
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Avalanche Accident on Schuylkill

As we finally see our first real storm cycles of the year, the backcountry is proving to be very active here in Crested Butte, and throughout the state. Two skiers were caught and injured in an avalanche on Mt. Schuylkill̵...
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2012 Gravity Slave Chainless DH Race

Photo: Trent Bona | A big West Elk Project congratulations to all the winners in yesterday’s Gravity Slave Chainless race at Evolution Bike Park. At the end of the day Nicole Digate and Red Mcintosh took home the hand-mad...
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A great view for the finals. Photo: Willy Coburn

Behind the Scenes with Team Coburn at London 2012

For the second time this summer, our little town was swept away cheering for Emma Coburn.  After the 21 year-old CU athlete dominated the Steeplechase at the US Trials in Oregon to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London,...
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The Lifts Are Spinning at Evolution Bike Park in Crested Butte

Yesterday at Crested Butte Mountain Resort the lifts were spinning and the boys ‘n girls were pinning! It was a great turnout of men, women, boys and girls all embracing lift-access mountain biking in their National Forre...
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Tom Runcie lays it down in the deep stuff.

Nov 15th Storm Pow Gallery

It snowed a lot this weekend. On Saturday, Rob Dickinson, Tom Runcie, Sydney Dickinson, Will Dujardin, and Jack Weise took some laps up in Cinnamon trees. It was windy and white, and the next day was a super sketchy ski day on ...
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Will Dujardin smashes a pillow in Psycho Rocks. Photo: Eliot Rosenberg

Finally Snow in January – Photo Gallery

Things were looking pretty bleak for a while there.  To the rescue came a magical southern flow with  9″ of wet snow at Crested Butte Mountain Resort Saturday night, followed by another 4″ of lighter, colder snow ...
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Crested Butte Terrain Gallery

photos: Ed Dujardin   Last Thursday, we decided to hike around Crested Butte Mountain Resort in order to see what our terrain looks like in the summer.  If anyone still doubts the decision not to have a competition this y...
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