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.
Words by Billy Rankin: 2013 Irwin Outdoor Leadership Program The Goal of the outdoor leadership program is to challenge, inspire, and empower teenagers while engaging in fun backcountry adventures. Participants will not only partake in the adventure, but also go behind the scenes of the outdoor education, recreation, and guiding world. Participants will not just […]
The Meeting 9 rolled on with the showing of Poor Boyz Prouctions’ latest effort, Tracing Skylines. The film documents six trips that encompass the different variations of the sport of freeskiing in locations around the world. And while there was everything that we come to expect in a PBP film, director Johnny Decesare seems to […]
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 1 of 30. Our opening clip comes from Dubsatch Collective skier Leo Ahrens during the 2009 […]
Ever since leaving the comp scene to focus on big mountain, Sammy Carlson has become a force in pillow hunting world. Check out his short film, TWENTYFOUR. TWENTYFOUR from SammyC on Vimeo.
If this is real, it’s nuts. Check out the POV footy of a skier in what looks like Europe falling into a crevasse, and ending up totally fine. Lucky guy.
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 23 of 30. Tom Runcie gets the goods in the Crested Butte backcountry during the 2010-2011 […]
Episode six, season eight of Salomon Freeski TV takes us to the Italian Dolomites, which experienced record setting snowfall last winter. But Mike Douglas and the Salomon team found much more than that. The mountains, now quiet, were the site of a raging battle during World War I.
Here’s a good how to on carrying your skis. Thanks Colter Hinchliffe and Tim Durtschi for laying it out for us.
The International Freeski Film Festival put out the ten best crashes from this year’s crop of movies. Enjoy.
Matchstick Productions is set to host three showings of their latest feature, Fade to Winter, in Crested Butte on October 24th at the Center for the Arts. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at Alpine Orthopaedics, The Daily Dose, and the Powerstop. Showtimes: 5:00, 7:00, 9:15. Big thanks to local tour sponsors Alpine Orthopaedics, […]