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Francesca Pavillard-Cain Checks in After Chamonix FWT

Our friend Francesca took an unfortunate fall in her first ever FWT at Chamonix this last weekend.  No worries, though, she’s skiing pow in Switzerland getting ready for her next competition at Fieberbrunn in Austria thi...
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Wall to Wall Terrain at CBMR

A healthy early season and incredible work by the Crested Butte Ski Patrol and snow packers has allowed CBMR to open, wall to wall, for the first time since 2011.  Huge thank you to everyone who made it happen.  Check out thi...
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Francesca Pavillard Cain: Prepping for FWT in Europe

Francesca Pavillard Cain is in Europe prepping for the first female stop of the tour at Chamonix.  We’re excited for the Western State Colorado University athlete to throw down on the biggest stage in freeskiing.  This...
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FWT Courmayer Mont Blanc Teaser

The Freeride World Tour is set to kick off January 18th 9:00am CET, 1:00 MST.  We can’t wait to watch Western State Colorado University Moutain Sports member Francesca Pavillard Cain go toe to toe with the world’s ...
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This is what happens when your 19 on the Men's Podium. Photo: Will Dujardin

Subaru Freeride Series Wraps Up at Snowbird

Ian Borgeson and Sasha Dingle Win 4-Star Event, Borgeson and Francesca Pavillard-Cain Win Overall FWQ Region 2 Freeride athletes from around North America rolled into Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, to ski at the final stop of ...
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Francesca Pavillard-Cain and Conor Pelton Win Subaru Freeride Series at Crested Butte

Ashley Bembenek Takes 2nd, Jack Weise Cracks the Top 5, Ryan Hoynacki and Ciera Glenn Win the 2-star Event Photos: Eben Wight / MSI After the low-snow hiatus last year, the Crested Butte Extremes returned this year as part of t...
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Francesca Pavillard-Cain on the podium. Trent Bona Photography

Crested Butte Invades Taos For FWT Qualifier

photo: Trent Bona Photography | This past weekend, around twenty Crested Buttians (including the WSCU Mountain Sports Team) invaded Taos Ski Valley to take part in the four star Freeride World Tour Qualifier.  Expectations wer...
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2013 WSCU Campus Rail Jam Photos Video Results

Dave Sugnet and Polly McCrane took 1st in the skiers divisions, Ryan Holt and Julia Adams took top honors for snowboarders.  Red Bull took the winners out for a backcountry sled/ski mission the next day.  Check out the edit r...
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Tom Runcie takes 3rd Place and Sickbird at Snowbird

Crested Butte represented at Snowbird!  Eight Crested Butte athletes were skiing in the finals.  Tom Runcie led the charge taking 3rd place and earning the coveted Backcountry.com Sickbird Belt Buckle. Despite poor snow condi...
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Randy Evans Earns Sickbird and 5th Place at Moonlight Basin

Crested Butte Takes the Coveted Backcountry.com Sickbird Belt Buckle at Back-to-Back FWT Events In it’s first time at Moonlight Basin, the Freeskiing World Tour Qualifier went off March 23-24.  Moonlight Basin pulled out...
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