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Top 5 Do and Don’ts of a Skin Track

Winter 2011-2012 has been one to remember. Epic pow records? No. Unreal backcountry conditions? Definitely no. Instead, we’ve had a notably lamer snow year that has created a mediocre (at best) to extremely shaddy snowpack (m...
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EVENTS
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Sweetgrass Productions “Solitaire” Showing at WSCU Dec. 5th

Sweetgrass Productions‘ third film, “Solitaire”, will be showing at Western’s University Center Ballroom on Wednesday, Dec. 5th.  The doors are at 6:30.  It’s $3 for students and $5 for everyone ...
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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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Spin the Doctor Enduro Results

The inaugural “Spin the Doctor” race was held this Sunday on the Doctors Park Trail.  The event, put on by Flow Farm Dirt Productions, brought a new level of intensity to the mind-blowing 5.8 mile downhill singletr...
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“The Couple’s Ride” from Dakine

Maybe you have tried to take that special someone on a bike ride and it went a little something like this.   This video from Dakine is hilarious.  Or maybe you have been the victim of a relationship that was a little more str...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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38th Annual Al Johnson Uphill Downhill Race

For the 38th year the usual suspects came out to race and costume for the Al Johnson Uphill Downhill race! The lack of snow in the valley especially the wind affected North Face changed the course from the usual Last Steep endi...
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Review: The Wallisch Project

Tom Wallisch receives more publicity than any other skier out there.  He’s the only freeski athlete featured multiple times in one commercial break for different products on major networks.  His new nine minute short film, ...
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Ray and Will ride Rattlesnake in Hartmans. Photo: Ray Harter

Riding this weekend? CBMBA Trail Report 5-4-12

There is still some snow around, but are you ready for 5-6 months of mountain biking?   Hartman Rocks has been good to go for a while now, and is getting dustier by the day.  But up at the north end of the valley the snow...
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2012 Crested Butte Film Festival

The 2nd annual Crested Butte International Film festival showcases a diverse selection of great films and their honorable guests at both ends of the valley. The diversity of films range from short features and documentaries to ...
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Review: Valhalla by Sweetgrass Productions

Valhalla, by Sweetgrass Productions, goes well beyond what one would expect from your typical ski movie.  The Sweetgrass crew has already established a reputation for this because they entrench themselves in areas for two year...
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