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Red Lady Update – US Energy Seeking Landswap

For 35 years, several companies have unsuccessfully tried to mine one of the world’s richest deposits of molybdenum.  It is located on Mt. Emmons, locally known as The Red Lady, just above and upstream from the town of C...
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Alpine Odyssey 2012 Results

The 2nd annual Alpine Odyssey 100K, a 64-mile cross country race, brought the return of Lance Armstrong and 274 challengers. Cameron Chambers won the event with a time of 3:58:58, setting a new race record, while Amy Beisel too...
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8inch Day for WSCU Training

The month of March got off to a good start yesterday.  Western State Colorado University Mountain Sports Coach Ed Dujardin made this video while enjoying himself on the job at Crested Butte Mountain Resort. march1final from Ed...
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Zach Guy Takes 1st at Spin the Doctor – RESULTS

The 2013 Spin the Doctor Enduro went down on Sunday on the famous Doctor Park trail in Taylor Canyon.  Zach Guy broke the 17 minute mark with a 16 minute 58 second time.  Local favorite Colin Pickett flatted right at the star...
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Tour the Divide: June 8th Start

The Tour Divide is the longest off-pavement race totaling over 2,754 miles of mostly forest dirt road. Starting from Banff, Alberta Canada it crosses the continental divided until Antelope Wells, New Mexico USA. The route climb...
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USA Pro Cycling Challenge “NBC Sports Preview” of West Elk Stages

  image: http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/ Mark your calenders.  The Pro Cycling Tour is coming back to town.  After the opening stage from Durango to Telluride, Stage 2 has the bikers traveling from Montrose to Mt...
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Trail Review: Strand to Deer Creek

This past Sunday I decided to ride the following trails and to provide an update to our readers on their conditions. My route: Tony’s trail – Upper Loop – Whetstone Vista – Canal Trail – Strand Bon...
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1994 Extremes Video

photo: www.skicb.com The Crested Butte Extreme’s, known by many names over the years, is the granddaddy of all freeskiing competitions. You hear a lot of whining about how we have too many trees and rocks. But if you can ...
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Jesse Hall Straight-Lines Headwall

In this video, former local Jesse Hall takes the most head on and unique approach to the Headwall at the 16th U.S. Extreme Skiing Championships.  After an enormous drop to stop, Jesse doubles out and straight-lines the entire ...
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Sunday Cruise

Andrew Arnold and Matt Montsdeoca ripped through the Evolution Bike park yesterday and we were lucky enough to get it on film. Check out this latest edit: Sunday Cruise. Sun
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