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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.
Ian Borgeson and Sasha Dingle Win 4-Star Event, Borgeson and Francesca Pavillard-Cain Win Overall FWQ Region 2 Freeride athletes from around North America rolled into Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, to ski at the final stop of the Subaru Freeride Series at Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort. The 4-Star Freeride World Qualifier (FWQ) event served as […]
Matt Clark and friends know how to make the best of all nature has to offer. Check out his Earth Day highlight reel from his adventures in the Gunnison area and beyond. Happy Earth Day from Matt Clarke on Vimeo.
Here’s a few gnarly crashes for humpday crashday. Courtesy of Newschoolers A large nutting. This is why riding rails straight forward is a bad idea. Some Downhill Action
After a slow and relatively snowless early season, things are happening for the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team. This past weekend, seven members of CBMST got out with Crested Butte Mountain Guides to take an introduction course on avalanche safety. The course consisted of two days of indoor and outdoor instruction. Students familiarized themselves with beacon function and […]
WARNING: Beautiful photos attached. Jayson Simons-Jones led 3 clients on a mountaineering trip to the Cordillera Real in Bolivia during June, 2013. The trip culminated with the 19,985-foot Huayna Potosi. Here’s his trip report. Words and Photos: Jayson Simons-Jones Haullomen (17,923′/5463m) greets you as you approach the Condorirri Range, Bolivia Crested Butte Mountain Guides has recently […]
WSCU Junior Zach Bare has quickly grown into one of the best snowboarders in the valley in his two years at Western. This year, the Rifle, Colorado native had an outstanding year on the competition circuit, tying for 1st place overall on the Americas Freeride World Qualifier series. Unfortunately, the Freeride World Tour only takes one male […]
Bike Magazine visits Winter Park, Granby Ranch, Keystone and Crested Butte making hilarious videos and riding great trails along the way. These are all really short (1.5-3 minutes) and showcase some of the best bike park riding that Colorado has to offer. Photo: Devon Balet
The third installment Bluegrass in Paradise comes the the Crested Butte Mountain Resort base area July 14th. Drew Emmit hosts the following bands. Saturday July 14th Spring Creek Harpeth Rising The Greencards Blue Highway Dave Grissman Bluegrass Experience Sunday July 15th The Blue Canyon Boys Kendra and Amanda Smith Band The Infamous Stringdusters Drew Emmit […]
Martin Lentz was going for it last week in the Freeride World Tour at Fieberbrunn. He had to send it if he wanted to qualify for the Alaska stop, and send it he did. He actually dislocated his shoulder on the first big hit, relocated it, spun a 3, and then went a little too […]
We lost our friends Jim Jack, John Brenan, and Chris Rudolph in a tragic avalanche a year ago at Stevens Pass, WA. We think about our lost friends everyday. As the head judge at countless FWT events and former head of the IFSA, Jim Jack meant so much for the freeskiing movement and family at […]