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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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Taos Salomon Extreme Freeride Championships 2012

The first weekend of March I joined a large group of Crested Butte skiers to go compete at the Salomon Extreme Freeride Championships in Taos, NM.  Having never been to Taos, I was delighted to find a mountain littered with sp...
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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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Adventures in the Wilderness: Precarious Peak and Copper Lake Photo Gallery

A desire to do something new last weekend took me to the top of Precarious Peak in the Maroon Bells – Snowmass Wilderness in the Elk Mountains.  It was impressive to say the least, so we’ll just start with that.  ...
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Big Mountain Enduro Goes off in Crested Butte

The Big Mountain Enduro series held it’s 2nd stop in Crested Butte last weekend.  With 6 stages held over 2 days, there was a lot of fun riding showcasing the diverse trails the Evolution Bike Park at Crested Butte Mount...
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Bridges of the Butte Raises Over $40,000! PHOTOS

The Bridges of the Butte 24-Hour Townie Tour, a one-of-a-kind fundraiser for the Adaptive Sports Center, took place last Saturday and Sunday and raised over $40,000!  It was another sold-out event that has become the norm for ...
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2013 Chainless Race

Once again, the Chainless World Championships was incredible.  Crested Butte and visitors for Bike Week came out in force, in an event that sold out with over two hundred fifty participants.  Crested Butte is home to the olde...
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Master Plan for Teocalli Expansion Close to Submission

Resort Looks to Expand both Intermediate and Expert Terrain   While trolling the outer boundary of Teocalli bowl for some fresh snow this meager winter, I came across a large (drool inducing) triple pillow line that looked...
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Snovember 23rd Anthracites Photo Gallery

This early season snow has been decent for November, huh? With recent word that Paradise will be spinning at CBMR on opening day this coming week, it’s no surprise the locals have been benefitting from the northern flow ...
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Community Profile: Zach Guy

Photo: Trent Bona | Community, meet Zach Guy. Zach moved from Bozeman, Montana to Crested Butte in November 2011 after finishing his graduate degree in Snow Science with a thesis on spatial variability within snow packs. His sn...
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