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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.
Squaw Valley announced that it is attempting to switch to 100% renewable energy, as early as December 2018. Squaw is one of the biggest resorts in the United States, so hopefully others get on board. #Renewable Now – Squaw Valley | Alpine Meadows from Squaw Valley | Alpine Meadows on Vimeo.
Crested Butte’s own Mary Boddington had her first Freeride World Tour run today in Chamonix, taking 5th for the women. Nothing special, but a solid debut. Here’s a replay of her run. FWT15 – Run of Mary Celia Boddington – USA in… by FreerideWorldTourTV
Want to experience some high pucker factor? Check out this POV of some big-mountain downhilling in the West Elk Mountains courtesy of the CB Professional Ski Patrol’s very own Casey Coleman. Keep it up, dude!
The Freeride World Tour is in Hakuba, Japan for the first stop of the season. Good luck to all the competitors, especially Western State Colorado University sophomore Grifen Moller!
After closing it’s doors this fall, Voleurz is back for one last edit. These guys have the most fun in skiing (check out their last short film, Kill Your Boredom). It has us wondering if this is the first of multiple comebacks. If that’s the case, we dont care. We will keep watching.
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 […]
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 […]
CB local Ed Dujardin took home the Sick Bird at this year’s Taos Freeride World Qualifer. Video: Peter Noon / Western State Colorado University Mountain Sports Ed Dujardin Taos Sickbird from West Elk Project on Vimeo.
Blue Mesa, Colorado’s largest body of water, has some of the best flat open water in state! Enjoy another summer installment of some bare foot water skiing on Blue Mesa from 2011. Summer is around the corner and get out to the lakes! Barefootin Sour Style from Matt Clarke on Vimeo.
The Off-Piste Ski Atlas is a guide to a variety of zones in the Crested Butte, Colorado backcountry. There was a lot of speculation and opinions circulating around its release, so we were excited to get our hands on it. The guide gives an enormous amount of helpful info. It consists of aerial photos and […]