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CBAC Investigates Big Mt. Owen Slide

Crested Butte Avalanche Center forecaster and Irwin Cat Skiing guide Zach Guy investigated the big south-facing Mt. Owen slide.  Check out the quick 2 minute video and stay smart out there. Our snowpack is transforming into a ...
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Dale Talkington Wins TGR CoLab Contest and $100000

Dale Talkington was announced as the winner of the TGR CoLab contest over the weekend at the TGR “Way of Life” premier up in Jackson, WY.  We were pushing for local boy Randy Evans really hard, and to be completely...
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Drew Petersen #pushpeaks Edit

Summer time for skiers in Colorado is glorious.  There are still big lines you can tackle and you always get those amusing looks at trailheads.  For Drew Petersen, who released this banger at CBMR this winter, balancing work ...
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Sour Steezle: Smiles Per Hour

Mikey Curran and Sour Steezle put together this full length feature from last seasons winter.  It was filmed entirely in the Crested Butte backcountry.  Enjoy.
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Countdown to Opening Day: CBMST in 2010-2011

Welcome to our Countdown to Opening Day series. During the 30 days leading up to opening day at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, we will be featuring a clip or edit from winter in the West Elks. This is video 9 of 30. Check out C...
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TGR: Skiing the Dark Side of Olympic History

In this year’s Teton Gravity Research movie Almost Ablaze, Olympic gold medalist Joss Christensen, Karl Fosvedt, and Chris Laker went to Sarajevo to see, and ski, the war torn city that was home to the 1984 Winter Olympi...
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Sherpas: Bella Coola Segment

This is, in our opinion, the best segment in ski movies from this year.  Callum Pettit, Kye Peterson, and JP Auclair go off.  It features two out of four nominations (and the eventual winner) for Line of the Year.  Enjoy.
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FWT Verbier Highlights

Once again, the Bec des Roses of Verbier was the stage for the biggest event in competitive freeskiing and once again, the athletes put on a show.  Big congratulations to Colorado boy George Rodney for taking the overall ski t...
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Vaya a la Cumbre – Short Film at Ski Arpa

Back in 2011 Ski Arpa had great year and hosted a Freeskiing World Tour event. The story of Ski Arpa, a cat-ski operation 1.5 hours north of Santiago, Chile, is more than great terrain and the lure of skiing in the Andes, howev...
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Ian Borgeson’s Spring Edit

The snow in Colorado this spring has been pretty ridiculous.  Ian Borgeson, the 19 year-old who recently qualified 1st on the FWQ for the Freeride World Tour, not only won the Enduro at A-Basin with his buddy Drew Petersen in ...
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