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112th Cattleman Days

The 112th Gunnison Cattleman Days still stands as the longest running rodeo in Colorado. The rodeo grounds and grandstands will be packed throughout the week enjoying a range of events. See the schedule below and check out the ...
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Dave Wiens Named Mountain Sports Club Director at Western

Early this week, soon-to-be officially named Western State Colorado University made Gunnison valley super-athlete Dave Wiens the new director of the Western Mountain Sports Team, a separate club director for Skiing and Mountai...
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Zach Guy Takes 1st at Spin the Doctor – RESULTS

The 2013 Spin the Doctor Enduro went down on Sunday on the famous Doctor Park trail in Taylor Canyon.  Zach Guy broke the 17 minute mark with a 16 minute 58 second time.  Local favorite Colin Pickett flatted right at the star...
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South America Part 3: Bariloche and Refugio Frey

The third and final installment of Randy and Matt Evans’ trip to Chile and Argentina with their dad, local ski patroller Mitch Evans. In this segment, the boys make it to Bariloche for some spring skiing and a trip to Ref...
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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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Check out the Alpine Oddyssey – Leadville Qualifier this Weekend

Photo: Trent Bona | The Alpine Odyssey Leadville Qualifier is back in Crested Butte for its 2nd year on September 15th. Lance Armstrong recently tweeted that he will be coming back to defend his 2011 race win. Local mountain bi...
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Blunck Big Bag Invitational Photo Gallery

A lot of fun was had yesterday afternoon at the Aaron Blunck Big Bag Invitational at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. As we’ve reported, CBMR has purchased an air bag for training and for tubing.  Yesterday was the first t...
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Hartman Rocks is Riding Great!

Early season fun in the sun, West Elk style Yesterday was a great day to do anything outside, especially to ride a bike. I followed a crew of CB’s finest ski and bike mechanics down to Hartman Rocks for some fun in the su...
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Alpine Odyssey 2012 Results

The 2nd annual Alpine Odyssey 100K, a 64-mile cross country race, brought the return of Lance Armstrong and 274 challengers. Cameron Chambers won the event with a time of 3:58:58, setting a new race record, while Amy Beisel too...
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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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