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.
Check out this press release from the Gravity Ranch, the action sports facility to be constructed across Highway 135 from CB South. We covered the first announcement of the facility here on West Elk Project, when it was originally known as the Airport. Now, fundraising efforts are rolling along, the right land has been found, and […]
The 2nd annual Alpine Odyssey 100K, a 64-mile cross country race, brought the return of Lance Armstrong and 274 challengers. Cameron Chambers won the event with a time of 3:58:58, setting a new race record, while Amy Beisel took top honors for the women a 4:52:46. The two-lap course climbed a total of 8,500 feet […]
Western Mountain Sports athlete Dustin Eldridge had an excellent final year of his WSCU career, finishing the season with a few podiums and a ton of great days in the backcountry. Check out his season edit.
Leo Slemett, Sam Anthamatten, and Markus Eder, three of the most prolific big mountain skiers today, ventured to Georgia in the hopes of summitting and skiing Ushba. They were unsuccessful in that objective, but found amazing big mountain lines that rival Alaska.
You know after seeing GoPros on everyone and their mom out on the resort, there are some terrible POV videos out there. Nonetheless! Mark Mikos punishes Crested Butte with a low snowpack in this surprisingly awesome edit. It’s not surprising that Mark is crushing, he is pretty consistent about that. It’s just after judging the […]
photo: Trent Bona | Welcome to our Countdown to Opening Day series. During the 30 days leading up to opening day at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, we will be featuring a clip or edit from winter in the West Elks. This is video 22 of 30. The countdown continues on Veteran’s Day (observed) with a […]
Make sure to check out the SFS stop at Crested Butte this weekend. 2 Star goes down Thursday followed by the 4 star Friday and Saturday. Venues to be announced, but think BIG.
Alexander Polli, an Italian-Norwegian wingsuit and basejump athlete, recently flew through a tiny hole/arch in the Roca Foradada Mountains in Montserrat, Spain. The feat was impressive enough to make Sportscenter’s top ten plays. His entire flight is phenomenal to watch. Nothing to do with us but very incredible.
For a moment, it didn’t look like it would happen. But then we received four feet of snow, and Teocalli Two opened for the first time ever. The terrain is amazing, and includes a cliffed out pillow zone that is very atypical of the terrain at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Trevor Bona used the latest […]
Kevin Krill put together this quick edit of the 4th of July festivities from his aerial drone. The parade was awesome as always this year and the water fight looked like tons of fun. Keep having fun out there!