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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.
Here is another awesome run from the 2014 Red Bull Rampage. Graham Agassiz laid this run down in qualifying, too be honest it probably could have won the even in the finals but that’s not how things work out sometimes. Huge run!!
Last summer, Ray Harter spent some time exploring the PNW with bikes in his truck and fun on his mind. This trail is on Raven’s Ridge in the Tillamook forest. Ray currently lives in Denver after living in the Crested Butte area for a few years, we can’t wait to see what comes next. This […]
Check out the final 10 minute short on Tom Runcie’s trip to Chamonix to ski and climb in Chamonix with Glen Plake as a member of the Julbo Eyewear team. You can read Tom’s account here. The idea of the Julbo Glen University Session was to give two up-and- coming ski mountaineers from the US […]
Check out these guys kayaking Black Canyon National Park! It was in the fall of 2011 and these 10 gentleman had a first descent! There was a lot of work with porterage and the poison ivy! Great short movie!
The lifts might be spinning but we know some people are still thinking about mashing some dirt. Colin Pickett and Johnny Warren took a trip to France last spring to check out the stomping grounds of the French DH World Cup champions. Knowing that Fabian Barel, Nicolas Vouilloz, and Loic Bruni all live around Nice clued […]
UpSki is a Colorado company that makes para sails for wind mountaineering. In this video Kevin Passmore uses the UpSki to ascend Torreys Peak on the front range. Pretty neat.
Is it here yet?? You have been probably been trying to wait patiently. Well, your patience will start to pay off (hopefully!). Photo: Opensnow.com The jet stream, storm track, or as I like to call it, the hyperconductor of moisture and radness, is going to shift south as that high pressure that was bothering us in […]
Announced earlier this week that some of the Hartmans Rocks Recreational Area are now open. Here is the scoop for Gunnison Trails! Conditions: March 26th, Yes it feels like Spring and mtn bike riding is soon to be the sport of choice. A reminder, Hartman Rocks has specific area closures by the BLM for Sage […]
Francesca Pavillard Cain is in Europe prepping for the first female stop of the tour at Chamonix. We’re excited for the Western State Colorado University athlete to throw down on the biggest stage in freeskiing. This post comes from her blog. It was a long flight but pretty easy. Some how I got three seats to […]
World renowned skier and local supermom Wendy Fisher has just become the Executive Director of the Crested Butte Snowsports Foundation. The program, which educates, promotes, and supports amateur snowsports in the Gunnison Valley, has greatly enhanced the Mountain Sports Team, the Nordic Team, and the Ski for PE program. Rising ski star Francesca Pavillard Cain […]