Check out this shredit of Ed Dujardin getting after during the 2019 spring in the CB backcountry. When the goods are good you should probably keep skiing them, right?! And the CAST system rules. PS. Check his 2019 mini golf edit here. Ed Dujardin Spring 2019 from West Elk Project on Vimeo.
The competitive junior freeride season wrapped up in Kicking Horse, British Columbia last week at the IFSA North American Junior Freeride Championships. Ten percent of the overall field is invited to crown the finals’ winners and overall champions. After a hard-fought season earning points to get invited, the CBMST sent 11 athletes up to champs, […]
If you haven’t yet seen the videos of West Elk Project co-founder Ed Dujardin teeing up some awesome lines this season on the @shredwardstomps Instagram, you should check out his mid-season POV edit. It features a hot soundtrack from A Shadow of Jaguar and a bunch of lines from the Crested Butte backcountry, CBMR, and […]
Crested Butte Mountain Resort played host to an IFSA junior regional freeride competition on Saturday under a mix of cloudy skies and flat light. The classic Colorado chalky hard pack snow that we all know and love so well here in the Elk Mountains was ripping and skiers ranging from 12-18 showcased their skills on […]
Mikey Curran has been putting together some awesome local content, not to mention his job for MSP Films, for more than the last few years. He got after it with local all-around great guy, Ryan Sullivan, to make this cool, woodsy-feel edit of mountain biking in CB. Check it out! FALL FLOW from Mikey Curran on Vimeo.
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 else.The event is being held to benefit the WSCU Mountain Sports Team. All proceeds will go directly to the Big Mountain, Park & Pipe, Skier […]
Carter McMillan is a 21 year old freeskier from Calgary who competes on the Freeskiing World Tour. Check out his seriously inspired edit from the past two seasons, including footage from his performance that won him 4th and the North Face Young Gun at Crested Butte. Carter also earned himself a 7th up on Mac […]
Long time CB local and all around ripper Gareth Van Dyk spent most of April hiking the resort for fresh turns after the lifts stopped spinning. Needless to say, with several feet of fresh snow to work with, Gareth was out there getting some! Check it out, here, in his self produced video edit entitled “The Second […]
One of our favorite local shredders, Sydney Dickinson, was featured in the recent Never-Never Land episode from Gunnison-Crested Butte. Sydney’s essentially a legend in the making; we’ve profiled her in the past and feature her pretty regularly so our loyal visitors already know this. Thanks, for being out there and doing what you do, Sydney! Check […]
The winter might be slow kicking into gear, but you can work on your patience checking out this edit from Eric Swanson and friends. We shared the teaser as the snow faded in the spring, now check out more lines from Crested Butte and Telluride from the drone. These guys got after it on their […]
Fantastic little video on longtime Gothic local billy barr, who has observed and recorded snow totals there for decades. This short film, titled The Snow Guardian by Day’s Edge Productions, won 2nd place at the Connect4Climate film competition. The Snow Guardian from Day’s Edge Productions on Vimeo.
The 2013 Crested Butte Songwriters Festival will feature performances by a collection of the best performing songwriters in the world. Slated for January 16-19, 2013, the festival will revolve around performances staged at Crested Butte hot spots. Crowds will experience the faces, voices and stories behind hit songs during signature in-the-round acoustic performances and raucous, […]
The Sour Steezle crew enjoy all the living here has to offer. Including the wide open streets of Gunnison, CO. We are getting some much needed moisture now but temps will be back to the 60’s this week. Enjoy. Sliding Sour’s Streets from Mike Curran on Vimeo.
Words: Alex Stevenson Photos: Alex Stevenson and Julia Van Raalte So it’s summer, I get it. But rarely a day goes by that I don’t miss skiing. Lately this website has featured mostly dirt oriented articles so I figured I would drop some knees and a trip report. For the first time in my life, […]
Check out Under Armour’s newest marketing campaign, promoting beauty through fitness rather than the latest trends. We at the West Elk Project support this and want to see more. They are also having a competition to see which women push themselves the hardest to achieve their goals, the prize being full Under Armour sponsorship. […]