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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.
That snow we talked about before the weekend delivered. The Irwin Media House reported 2.5′ on their deck. The snow was heavy and deep, a lot of in the valleys was on bare ground. However, the Anthracites were skiing sick! With a report from Alex Reidman on Sunday that it was blower, a few of […]
Fabian Kluhs and the Shizofanatic crew absolutely throw down on snowbikes (the bikes with skis, not fat bikes). This is a ten minute edit on snow biking, it’s inability to pick up steam, and a passionate group of dudes willing to push it. If you want to skip the intro, scroll to 2:20.
Over the past few years, Matchstick Productions has worked on what is probably the most difficult project they will ever have to do. To make a documentary on Shane McConkey, the freeskiing legend, is a difficult task in itself. To make a documentary on their friend Shane, was undoubtedly heart-wrenching. While going through old footage […]
Chile’s Calbuco Volcano erupted twice in a few hours, forcing over four thousand Chileans near Puerto Montt to evacuate. For more information and photos, visit http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-32425370
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 […]
Brandon Clabaugh of Selektah Visuals went and skied a boney Cinnamon Mountain this Saturday. Check out his edit. We look forward to seeing what he does this winter with his new company.
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 […]
Eddy Cohn opens up this edit from Andrew Arnold with some ridiculously fast riding on Timeline. Did you hear about the Timeline extension, Timetables? These jumps are sick! And tonight is Free Friday from 4-7 PM, so you better get up there!
Frenchman Leo Taillefer skis one of the sickest lines right out of the tram building at Val D’Isere. The last air is ridiculous. Leo Taillefer one LINE (Fornet) from Gpsyfeelin on Vimeo.
photo: Wikipedia We at the West Elk Project would like to say thank you to anyone who has served our country in the past, present, and future. Whether or not you agree with our foreign policy, you should acknowledge the sacrifice that the members of our armed service have made. The 10th Mountain Division was […]