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.
Happy New Year’s from the Colorado Freeskier.
Brett Conover of the Crested Butte Gear Exchange went snowmobiling and riding and in the Anthracites on Christmas. It was worth it. Happy New Year!
Last week’s storm cycle brought over 2 feet to Crested Butte Mountain Resort and 3-5 feet in the backcountry. It was deep and awesome! Check out these photos from Matt Berglund and Will Dujardin of some backcountry and resort skiing.
It feels weird driving away from Crested Butte in the midst of a three foot storm. But the Wasatch was set to receive 40 inches on top of a strong base. So I left the Butte, and after meeting TJ David in Grand Junction, drove through the night and arrived at Alta Ski Area at […]
Want to make it in competitive freeskiing? In this video, the head judge of the Freeride World Tour, Berti Denervaud, breaks down the judging criteria used on freeskiing’s biggest stage.
While there have been no deaths in the state of Colorado this winter, separate avalanches claimed the lives of 3 skiers in Alps last week and 2 skiers in California just three days ago. Both areas recently received large amounts of snow with serious avalanche warnings in effect. While the 3 deaths in Europe took […]
The GoPro BombSquad gets to do some pretty awesome things. Here, the crew (including former CB local Jesse Hall) goes speed flying in Alaska.
Check out this mashup of shots from Level 1 Productions’ Sunny. Sunny Remix from Level 1 on Vimeo.
By now, regardless of how long you have lived in the Gunnison Valley, there is a very good chance you have heard of Matchstick Productions or MSP. MSP is one of the godfathers of the ski movie industry and they are celebrating their 20th anniversary with this year’s release of their newest ski movie “Super Heroes of […]
Check out these edits from local boy Rob Vandervoort, tearing up the resort in 2011. If the storm cycles keep continuing in our favor, and the snowpack holds (unlikely), we can hope to have these areas open in early January. Part 1 Part 2