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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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Countdown to Opening Day: Matt Evans Shreds

Photo: Mark Epstein 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 ...
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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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FWT Season Teaser

Winter is coming, and with it, another competition season.  Check out the Freeride World Tour teaser video.  We’re also excited to see local girl Francesca Pavillard Cain compete on the biggest stage in free skiing.  
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Freeride World Tour – Haines, Alaska – Live Feed

The FWT Haines live feed is up!  The start order is Snowboard Men, then Ski Men, Ski Women, and Snowboard Women will close it out.  After this event the FWT will take another cut to take athletes to Verbier Extreme, the FWT C...
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The Alex Else Experience

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, masteri...
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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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Julien Lopez Caught in Massive Avalanche in FWT Competition VIDEO

This morning we woke up to some pretty incredible news that Julien Lopez had triggered an avalanche during his run at the second attempt at the Freeride World Tour stop in Fieberbrunn (the women skiers skied earlier in the week...
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FWQ 2-Star & 4-Star Coming up this Weekend at Crested Butte

The Freeride World Qualifier series is rolling in to town this weekend with skiing and snowboarding across 3 days as riders try to qualify for the Freeride World Tour.  There are two events on tap with the 2-star going down on...
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Francesca Pavillard Cain Takes 3rd at Haines FWT

Crested Butte’s own Francesca Pavillard Cain has earned herself another podium finish this season.  This time, Francesca opened the competition in Haines with a solid run, good enough for third, behind Silvia Moser and E...
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