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You Just Moved Here (And You are a Woman): 5 Tips for Living in Our Ski Town

While our original 5 Tips for Living in our Ski Town was a little more bro-oriented, Crested Butte’s very own Ski Bumette has come up with some awesome tips for the females who have recently moved here. 1. You may have no...
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David Chodounsky Named to US Olympic Alpine Team

Crested Butte will have another Olympian representing our little mountain town and our country at the Sochi Olympics after Aaron Blunck was named to the US Olympic Freeskiing team last week.  David Chodounsky was named to the ...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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Seth Morrison’s Backcountry Slope-style Run

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. 
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Wolf Creek Powder Shred Photo Gallery

With a 42″ storm total it was pretty easy to convince ourselves to head down to Wolf Creek for the $33 lift tickets on “Local’s Appreciation” day.  Matt Evans, Ed Dujardin, and Will Dujardin piled into ...
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Holiday POW Gallery

Last week’s storm cycle brought over 2 feet to Crested Butte Mountain Resort and 3-5 feet in the backcountry.  It was deep and awesome!  Check out these photos from Matt Berglund and Will Dujardin of some backcountry an...
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Scott Gaffney Dirt Skiing at Squaw

Scott Gaffney is a legend.  So the MSP Films partner got on the dirt skiing train to take a lap at Squaw Valley in memory of his recently departed friend, Timy Dutton, the Rubber Ducky. Have you tried skiing on dirt yet? It&#...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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Sweetgrass: Japan by Van

The village of Shirakawa-go in Japan has no ski area. However, the skiing is apparently phenomenal. Check out this webisode, where Pep Fujas, Eliel Hindert, Carston Oliver, and their guide Makoto Takeishi find silly deep snow i...
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Female Wolf Pack. Killer Babes.

Femalewolfpack_Teaser from rachaelburks on Vimeo. Killer Babes. The Female Wolf Pack, releasing it’s teaser video on Vimeo, just yesterday, has made a splash with ladies and men across the online social world. With stron...
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Community Profile: Michael (Hansee) Hans

By now, regardless of how long you have lived in the Gunnison Valley, there is a very good chance you have heard of Matchstick Productions or MSP. MSP is one of the godfathers of the ski movie industry and they are celebrating ...
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Elk Mountain Grand Traverse Project!

The Elk Mountain Grand Traverse enjoyed its 15th year where skimo (ski mountaineering) skills are put to the test between the valleys of Crested Butte and Aspen traveling over Star and Taylor Passes totaling over 40 miles and 8...
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