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Mckenna and Pip enjoying the enormity of the Alps.

Pip Hunt and the K2 Alliance in Switzerland

Crested Butte native Pip Hunt, Mckenna Peterson, and Amie Engerbretson recently returned from a trip to Murren, Switzerland, where they were filming for K2 Skis and Pretty Faces, an all female ski film spearheaded by Lynsey Dy...
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CBMST Finds the Podium Often at Home at IFSA Regional

Crested Butte Mountain Resort hosted the first regional competition of the 2014 season in the IFSA Central Region this past weekend.  Freeride teams from around Colorado and New Mexico travelled to Crested Butte to take on the...
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Framing the Deer Creek Trail

Trail Review: Strand to Deer Creek

This past Sunday I decided to ride the following trails and to provide an update to our readers on their conditions. My route: Tony’s trail – Upper Loop – Whetstone Vista – Canal Trail – Strand Bon...
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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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The Pampas.

Trials and Triumphs in Bolivia #spedgoestosouthamerica Blog Numero 3

June 18th – Bolivia didn’t really work out (at first I wrote Bolivia didn’t live up to expectations, but then I realized that having expectations while traveling in developing countries is silly). Don’...
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Biking – Winter Update!

Winter Biking With the current sad status of the snow pack I know of a few people traveling to the desert for their bike rides in search of the early spring. Recent trips to Moab by athlete Ray “Danger” Harter and athlete S...
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Crested Butte Bike Week Highlight Reel

Photo: Trent Bona | This past weekend marked yet another fantastic year of bicycle centric revelry and competition in Crested Butte. I was out and about all weekend with my camera to put together this highlight reel just for ...
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Dropping into heaven. Photo: 14erskiers.com

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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Erika Klenk (2), Tasha Heilweil (1), Jess Sterrett (3)

Young Rippers Overrun Crested Butte for IFSA Junior Nationals

Photos: Laci Wright  |   CBMST Stumbles on Home Turf.  AltaBird Skiers Strong  This past weekend, the best junior big mountain skiers in the country descended on Crested Butte for the IFSA Junior Nationals.  Expectations w...
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Will gets deep on Purple Ridge. Photo: Peter Smith

Pre-Thanksgiving Backcountry Storm Gallery

The resort opens this week, but the November snow has had locals getting after it all month.  We visited the Anthracites and went back to Purple Ridge for another installment in our impromptu early-season gallery series.  Bry...
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