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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.
The Bona brothers teamed up to put together some great shots for a Coldwell Banker / Bighorn Realty in a recent ad. It’s no secret that Crested Butte is awesome, so enjoy these shots and listen to locals like big mountain legend Wendy Fisher, Camp4Coffee owner Al Smith, and our mayor, Aaron Huckstep, tell us why […]
Travis Rice and Red Bull Media House are back. Their latest project, which is four years in the making, follows the crew as they follow weather patterns throughout the mountains of the northern Pacific Ocean. It should be nuts.
The Bona brothers set out on a dawn patrol mission Wednesday morning and found themselves above a cloud inversion on the summit of Red Lady. To top it off, it snowed on the surrounding peaks above 13,000 feet. Aerial video captured this stunning scene from near and far across this diverse valley, press play and witness this incredible display in action. […]
Check out this great short film meant to inspire the weekend warrior to make the most out of the limited time weekend has to offer. Joey Schusler and “working stiff” Karl Thompson fly from Denver to Mexico to climb and ski Volcán Citlaltépetl, the third highest peak in North America. The journey is not easy, […]
Highlights from the first two days of the K2 Chill Series at Mt. Olympus in New Zealand. Kiwis are accustomed to rowdy skiing in sketchy conditions. And they talk funny. Comp skiing is about showing your best stuff in all conditions. These guys throw down.
On an exciting day in Crested Butte Olympic hopes for Pyeongchang, both halfpipe skier, Aaron Blunck, and slalom skier, David Chodounsky, were named to the Olympic Team. Above Photo credit: Nolan Blunck After his 15th-place result at Kitzbuehel, Austria this weekend, David Chodounsky qualified for his second Olympics based on his World Cup Points. “There is another […]
Today, the 2 Star Freeride World Qualifier, originally scheduled for the end of the month, was postponed until Wednesday, March 18th, where it will run as a one day event preceding the FWQ 4 Star. The snow situation at Crested Butte Mountain Resort is getting very bleak. On the High Lift, everything but Teocalli Bowl is […]
Crested Butte represented at Snowbird! Eight Crested Butte athletes were skiing in the finals. Tom Runcie led the charge taking 3rd place and earning the coveted Backcountry.com Sickbird Belt Buckle. Despite poor snow conditions around the Rocky Mountains this winter, Snowbird was able to put on a show for the North American Freeskiing Championships on […]
Having already skied all the 14ers in Colorado, Chris Davenport and friends decided to continue the list and ski the forty six tallest 13ers, in what he called the Centennial Peaks Project. At the age of forty two, the Aspen local is still crushing it.
Here is the final episode of Parker White and Chris Logan’s 2015 Mtn Revision series. These boys rip. The Big Picture – Mtn Revised from The Big Picture on Vimeo.