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Pinnacle Race Series

Every Wednesday on Mount Crested Butte the Pinnacle Race Series kicks off at 5:45pm free of charge thanks to the folks at Alpine Orthopedics. The 5 weeks of racing will be combined for an overall winner to be declared on August...
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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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Review: The Crash Reel

This past Thursday, Amaury Dujardin was able to attend a screening of the new film The Crash Reel, the documentary of Kevin Pearce’s recovery after his accident in Park City, New Year’s Eve 2009. Director Lucy Walker and Pe...
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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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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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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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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: McConkey

Over the past few years, Matchstick Productions has worked on what is probably the most difficult project they will ever have to do. To make a documentary on Shane McConkey, the freeskiing legend, is a difficult task in itself....
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MSP Premieres “Super Heroes of Stoke” in Crested Butte

Every year the MSP premiere is a rowdy event in Crested Butte.  Not your 4th-of-July touristy rowdy, but get off your ass hootin’ hollerin’ – I will crush this winter – rowdy.   On Wednesday, MSP premiered the...
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“We: A Collection of Individuals” Review

photo: Poorboyz.com The Meeting 8 rolled on with the showing of Red Bull Media House’s “We: A Collection of Individuals” by Poor Boyz Productions.  Stoke for the evening was high, as the crowd anticipated notable athlet...
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