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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.
Local social media blew up with some ridiculous photos of a lightning storm over Crested Butte at sunset on Sunday night (6-28-15). There was even a rainbow in there for good measure. Sam Evans took some beautiful photos of the sunset lightning plus a rainbow and we think you should see them. If you ever want […]
CBMR is coming out with a 4-part web series featuring six locals in 4 stories. Passion Within will tell the stories of local skier duo Rob and Sydney Dickinson, a first grader, a CBSP avy dog, and the writer and long time local, George Sibley. Check out the trailer and get stoked on our home […]
Take a look at this video taken yesterday up on Peeler Peak in the Oh-Be-Joyful Basin. A shallow 8″-1′ deep persistent slab broke off on some surface hoar on a N-NE slope near treeline. It puts the January snowpack in perspective. Thanks, CBAC!
Two years in the making, MSP Films’ “Days of My Youth” is finally coming to us in September. This extended trailer is the first full trailer with both seasons of footage from Matchstick’s two year project, including a segment filmed at Crested Butte Mountain Resort during this year’s powderific shredfest last February. Check out the new […]
Internships and Volunteer Positions Available. Finca Bellavista owners Matt and Erica Hogan are in the valley, and they have some pretty cool ways you can get involved in their slice of paradise. Follow Finca Bellavista on Facebook to stay updated with these, and other opportunities at the Finca. Also, check out the recent piece on CCTV. […]
If this headline doesn’t grind your gears, it should. We reported back in early September that WSCU student-athlete Dave Sugnet had been selected to the US Collegiate Freeskiing Team (USCFST). Now, we received word the USCFST recently contacted Dave to tell him that he was, in fact, not on the team. This goes completely against […]
Sick little film about “Go Skateboarding Day”! Enjoy! Keep On Pushin’ from Ricki Bedenbaugh on Vimeo.
Taylor Pratt has had his hand in some of the sauciest action in Little Cottonwood Canyon. After graduating from the IFSA Junior series a couple years ago, this dude has been dialing it in at the natural terrain park known as Alta ski area. Nice work, Taylor! Alone from Wasatch Visuals on Vimeo.
We are giving away two tickets to this weekend’s Mt. Crested Butte Chili and Beer Festival to the winner of our West Elk Fall Colors photo contest! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook and post a throwback of your favorite fall foliage photo there from years past with a #WestElkProject tag in the description (or […]
After a crazy editing period, the judges’ votes have been tallied and the winner has been picked. A huge thanks goes to our local sponsor partners: Kochevar’s Saloon, Crested Butte Gear Exchange, The Mountain Store, Teocalli Tamale, Izzy’s, Camp4Coffee, and Sky High Off-Road. This event could not have been done without the tireless work put […]