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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.
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
Local snowboard legends Gareth Van Dyk and Danny Hartigan got after some of the latest blast of spring snow on their splitboard. Think we’ll get some more? Winter’s Last Blast in the Elk Mountains from gareth van dyk on Vimeo.
photo: www.skyhighoffroad.com Check out this sweet edit from Sky High Offroad and Two Plank Productions from a recent trip to Moab. Skyhigh Offroad is an automotive outfitter in Crested Butte. These machines are beasts!
Last week’s snow was pretty exciting. If you were ready, how could you not try and get out there? We had about 2″ in town, which could mean anything from 2″ – 24″ up high, but it ended up being more on the lighter side. Matt Evans and Sierra Halverson went up to College Bowl […]
In an amazing feat of endurance and will power, Jefe Branham has won the 2700+ mile Tour Divide race from Banff, Alberta to Antelope Wells, NM. He completed the race in approximately 16 days and 2 hours. You can click to his call-in when he finished, here. You can also check out the Ibis Tranny […]
image: http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/ Mark your calenders. The Pro Cycling Tour is coming back to town. After the opening stage from Durango to Telluride, Stage 2 has the bikers traveling from Montrose to Mt. Crested Butte on August 21st. The finishing climb from town to the mountain was one of the most thrilling events of the summer, […]
Strong, a short film by Arc’teryx, examines the struggle to find the line between pursuing your passions and doing it safely. Longtime backcountry enthusiast Roger Strong of the PNW was caught in an avalanche, while his wife was pregnant with their daughter. This film looks to get into Roger’s mind, as he recovers physically and […]
Oz Scott with a little edit from the past season at Crested Butte. MIA OZ from West Elk Project on Vimeo.
Matt Clark made this edit from a trip to Baja. It includes kiting, spear fishing, 4wheeling, wave sea kayaking, wale watching. Apparently he had a good time.
The Meeting rolled on Friday evening with the showing of Jeremy Jones’ movie “Further,” by Teton Gravity Research. “Further” is the second installment of the trilogy, “Deeper, Further, Higher.” The most prolific big mountain snowboarder of all time, Jeremy Jones’ movies always attract snowboarders and skiers alike, who come expecting to get their minds blown. […]
Last winter, Powder Magazine teamed up with a crew of professional athletes to ski and explore some of our National Parks. The pieces are being released in a five part series, where they ski Yosemite, Yellowstone, Olympic, Glacier, and Grand Teton. To read to full stories, head over to Powder.com. Trailer Yosemite Yellowstone