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November 2nd Photo Gallery

A good crew consisting of Tom Runcie, Rob Dickinson, Sydney Dickinson, Ashley Bembenek, Mark Mikos, Matt Evans, Tara Tafi, and Will Dujardin went up to ski Purple Ridge on Saturday.  A few laps here and there made for some awe...
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Powderwhore Productions: Elevation [trailer]

The trailers keep on coming. Here is Powderwhore Productions.   Words by Powderwhore: Before resorts, lift tickets and overpriced pizza, there was adventure in skiing. Before the mountains were harnessed with lifts, bound with...
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West Elk Project Vision Quest Winners Announced

After a crazy editing period, the judges’ votes have been tallied and the winner has been picked. A huge thanks goes to our local sponsor partners: Kochevar’s Saloon, Crested Butte Gear Exchange, The Mountain Store,...
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Mt. Owen Avalanche POV

Our friend Chris Miller had a pretty scary moment about a month ago.  Dropping in off the top Mt. Owen, Chris triggered an avalanche.  We’ll just go ahead and say that Chris was super-lucky and we are super-happy he liv...
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WSCU Athletes Shred CB Backcountry in Edit

While we are stuck in the season confusion of April and May, if you aren’t out there still getting it you can reminisce on some of the great snow we had this year.  WSCU students Grifen Moller, Tucker Vollbrecht, Zach Ba...
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Alex Riedman’s Chile Trip 2013

Want to get stoked for skiing pow this summer?  Watch Alex Riedman’s rad edit from her trip last year.  Alex took 5th in the Chilean Freeskiing Championship, a 4-star FWQ event and skied a bunch of backcountry powder wh...
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Balancing Goals and Survival in the Backcountry with Donny Roth

Donny Roth is an experienced mountain athlete and ski guide. We are lucky enough to have him and many other professionals here in our valley.  He gave a similar version of this talk to the CB community back in December at the ...
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Countdown to Opening Day: Rob Dickinson’s POV

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 15 of 30. Rob Dickin...
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Skiing Baldy and Early Season POW with Alex Riedman

Grace Skis and Colorado Freeskier athlete Alex Riedman got out on Mt. Baldy for some pow turns last weekend. It’s winter up in the high country! Check it out. Baldy October 12, 2013 Day one of ski season! from Alex Riedma...
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Local Edits: Resort Shred, Backcountry, Park

Winter has been in full swing with our low snowpack.  There is a lot of fun to be had out there.  Whether you are hard-charging the resort like Mark Mikos and Rob Dickinson, or dropping the knee on Schuykills like Alex Riedma...
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