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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.
We cant figure out what to make of this one. In this ad by Smart, skateboarders Kilian Martin and Alfred Urbon perform tandem tricks on one skateboard. What do you think? Smart advertising from Amsterdam Ad Blog on Vimeo.
We’ve shared some antics of this beast of a freeride skier, Léo Taillefer, before, and now we are doing it again after he was feature in a GoPro contest, Line of the Winter. All we have to say is check it out! There are a couple surpises along the way. This guy knows how to […]
Longtime snowboard coach Brett Conover recently opened up the Crested Butte Gear Exchange at 322 Belleview. After moving to the Gunnison valley 10 years ago to go to Western with a brief 3-year stint in Aspen 3 winters ago, Brett recognized a need for snowboard/splitboard boutique shop. However, instead of just focusing there, Brett also […]
Social media has probably told you that Crested Butte has been getting dumped on, we’ve been telling you, too. Here’s an edit from CBMR featuring mountain athletes Jack Weise, Mark Mikos, Andrew Arnold, and Erica Meuller. The storm is winding down, but the skiing is still top notch, over-the-top, amazing.
For the second time in two weeks, Aaron Blunck finished on the podium of a major competition. Under the lights Friday evening at US Grand Prix at Copper, there was no one better than the 17 year old Crested Butte native. photo: Shay Williams Blunck, who has a history of doing well in less than […]
WSCU student Dave Sugnet had a great season last year. Check out his season edit. Filmed in Crested Butte, Keystone, Jackson Hole, and Grand Targhee.
We talk about avalanches a lot on this website. From reposting the CBAC’s daily discussion to sharing scary/educational videos, we want you to have access to as much information as possible because we don’t want anyone to die. Every time someone dies out in the backcountry, different emotions and opinions spill out onto social media […]
IFSA athletes from around the Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah descended on Crested Butte Mountain Resort for the first of 2 junior events to be held here, this time the Rocky Mountain Regional Series event. With a decent start to the year and the resort skiing great, the Crested Butte Mountain Sports Team and local athletes […]
Below are most of the podium runs from today’s Andorra FWT. We are still tracking down a couple, so your patience is appreciated. 1st Male Ski: Drew Tabke 2nd Male Ski: Kristopher Turdell 3rd Male Ski: Aymar Navarro 1st Female Ski: Arianna Tricomi 2nd Female Ski: Jackie Paaso 3rd Female Ski: Kylie Sivell 1st Male […]
“Barring any late season surges, we can now say that arctic sea ice reached it’s peak extent for this year’s freeze cycle on February 25th. It’s the smallest maximum coverage since we began tracking the ice pack with satellites in 1979.” – NASA Goddard.