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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.
photo: http://cm.mountainlifemag.ca Alex Cairns, of Squamish, British Colombia was born with Spinal Bifida, leaving him paralyzed from the knees down. When he was fifteen, his grandmother signed him up for his first sit ski lesson. Six years later, Alex is crushing it, from the racing to sending cliffs and shredding pow. Check out this short documentary […]
Photo: High Country Citizens Alliance The first steps towards a Molybdenum Mine on Mt. Emmons (Red Lady) have begun. The U.S. Forest Service recently notified U.S. Energy Corp. that it’s Mine Plan of Operations is sufficient to begin the NEPA Review. See the press release below for more information. One look at U.S. Energy Corp’s […]
David Chodounsky is maintaining form this season and so close to getting another top 5. During this week’s FIS events at the Kitzbuehel and Schladming, Chodounsky took 11th twice to put himself in 10th overall in the World Cup Slalom rankings. Photo: Getty/Agence Zoom-Alexis Boichard Chodounsky laid down decent first runs to put himself in good […]
Crested Butte Olympic hopeful Aaron Blunck is set to begin his 2013 competition season this weekend at the North Face Park and Pipe Open Series at Copper Mountain, CO. The sixteen year old CB local will be up against sixty-four of the biggest names in pipe, including Tanner Hall, Justin Dorey, and the Wells brothers. […]
Über ski tour athlete Greg Hill has ski toured 50,000 feet in one day, and two million feet in one year. This March, he plans on touring 328,000 vertical feet. Think he can make it?
For the first time this season, Francesca Pavillard Cain earned herself a spot on the podium! Francesca followed up a strong 4th place finish at Fieberbrunn with a 3rd in Andorra. This result goes an enormous way towards securing Francesca an invite to the Alaska stop (which is invite only). Way to go Fran!
Check out Zach Guy’s video analysis of the wind slab avalanche on Red Lady on Christmas Eve for the Crested Butte Avalanche Center. It’s a SE slope above treeline. Read the current avy report here.
Big mountains produce big avalanches. Check out this one from Tilicho Lake in Nepal. This one easily crosses the large lake and up the other side of the valley.
Sick little film about “Go Skateboarding Day”! Enjoy! Keep On Pushin’ from Ricki Bedenbaugh on Vimeo.
Patagonia has been sponsoring the CBMR Ski Patrol for 10 years. To showcase their Extended Play program (to repair and reuse old gear), they put together this edit featuring WSCU grad and Ski Patrol member Ellie Atkins. Stoked to see our Ski Patrol get some love!