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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.
photo: www.skicb.com Every friday throughout the summer, Crested Butte Mountain Resort will be offering free lift access up Red Lady, including the Evolution Bike Park. Afterwards there will be live music on the deck of 9380 with happy hour and grill specials. The Adventure Park will also be open until 7:00 so the kids can […]
After reading the West Elk Project article on #yesallwomen I couldn’t help but contemplate the many issues brought up in the article. Mainly I was wondering why this all hadn’t bothered me so much before. After all my whole life I have been just a girl in a “ski boy’s world.” I guess I avoid […]
It’s been two weeks in Chile since I joined my brother Edward for the skiing part of his South American odyssey. I arrived amidst reports of terrible snow at the traditional big name resorts like Portillo, Valle Nevado, and Las Lenas in nearby Argentina. But Edward was in Las Trancas getting ready for a big […]
Jake Sakson and Paul Kimbrough have been releasing some pretty rad webisodes. “10 reasons to Telemark” looks at the real reasons why these guys telemark, and it’s amazing. Take a look and get ready to laugh. Episode 2/3 (2013) – Ten Reasons to Telemark from BeansandRiceFreeride on Vimeo.
Seth Morrison and the rest of the American crew faced off with the European skiers in the Swatch Skiers Cup. Check out Seth’s first backcountry slope-style run.
We’re are supposed to get a punch of Pacific Moisture from the southwest. Want fresh turns instead of corn? NOAA’s Winter Storm Warning: ROAN AND TAVAPUTS PLATEAUS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS- WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS- UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU AND DALLAS DIVIDE- NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS– EASTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-TAVAPUTS PLATEAU- LA SAL AND ABAJO […]
photo: Eben Wight This edit of Alex Else was shot over the past few seasons in Crested Butte by Kit Davidson of Whorefish Productions. Else, a native of New Hampshire, spent his years at Western escaping to the Butte, mastering a combination of billy goating and fast fluid skiing. Else took home Sickbird at the […]
Check out this large controlled slide at Crystal Mountain. It seems like the avalanche danger is silly high everywhere but in our backyard. If it does go, however, it can go like this. )
Rob Vandervoort joined a crew of snowboarders for the Rocky Mountain Freeride Championships, a rider judged casual event on Mount Evans. Here’s a little edit he put together.
As you probably heard, Seth Morrison was cut from K2. A lesser known fact was that Andy Mahre, another longtime K2 athlete, was also cut. Andy joined Mike Powell to explain what was going on at K2, with it’s parent corporation Newell making enormous cuts, and how the future of K2, Volkl, Full Tilt, and all […]