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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.
You’ve probably seen this local shredder, Turner Petersen, schralping around CBMR. The 15 year-old had a few decent results on the IFSA junior series around Colorado. It will be sweet watching this kid develop. Keep it up, Turner! Turner Petersen Season Edit 2014/2015 from Turner Petersen on Vimeo.
Skier Dave Sugnet joined a crew from Polaris for a shoot for their RZR after the resort closed in April. He and Scott Sowers made a little side edit with a GoPro4. Nice work boys. We’re stoked to see the commercial. The Day after CBMR closed we went up to shoot for a Polaris RZR […]
It’s sort of a weird format, but here are the nominees for Best Natural Air from this year’s Powder Awards.
If you are in CB this weekend be sure to check out the ‘Dance of the Dead!’ Who: The Crested Butte Dance Collective is happy to host ‘Dance of the Dead,’ a Day of the Dead performance and fundraiser supporting the CBDC. What: ‘Dance of the Dead’ will feature spooky, surprising and sultry dances inspired […]
Like a lot of people that day, Edward Dujardin and Eliot Rosenberg headed to the Anthracites to take advantage of what they thought would be a few inches. They were pleasantly surprised to find 20 inches of the coldest smoke. Check out our recent photo gallery as well. anthracitesdec15 from West Elk Project on Vimeo.
Axel Peterson went up to the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho with Dylan Crossman and Karl Fostvedt. They stayed at the Fishhook Hut and skied the Sickle Couloir, one of the 50 Classic Ski Descents in North America. This couloir is about as wide as the skis at the top and opens up to beautiful pow […]
Beans and Rice Freeride boys Jakes Sakson and Paul Kimbrough got after it last year in Alaska. The two have a nice little bromance going, and it serves them well when they’re exploring the backcountry. Check out this latest telemark edit from Powderwhore. If you like this, check out the first episode from the Beans […]
After a couple weeks of a solid winter weather pattern that brought light snow to the high peaks around Crested Butte, winter arrived in a hurry when a big system left us with a few inches in town and several feet in the Irwin and Paradise Divide areas. (Words and video by Tom Runcie) Elk […]
The competitive freeride world descended on Taos for the 4star Freeride World Qualifier. Western State Colorado University alum Matt Clark joined his former team to help out and explore Taos. In 5 days, over 48 inches fell. We were only able to get one competition run off, and skied powder the rest of the time. Here […]
For the 38th year the usual suspects came out to race and costume for the Al Johnson Uphill Downhill race! The lack of snow in the valley especially the wind affected North Face changed the course from the usual Last Steep ending to the bottom of the boarder cross course with the finish line at […]