Sydney Dickinson Getting Some.  Photo: Alex Fenlon

Snow hits the West Elks April 16 POW

That snow we talked about before the weekend delivered.  The Irwin Media House reported 2.5′ on their deck.  The snow was heavy and deep, a lot of in the valleys was on bare ground.  However, the Anthracites were skiin...
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Matt Evans Wins the Overall Blizzard Technica Free Mountain Award.  Photo: Billy Swan

CBMST Attacks Junior Freeskiing Tour Finals

Matt Evans Wins Overall Free Mountain Award, Brittany Barefield Takes 3rd Place This weekend the Crested Butte Mountain Sports team travelled to Snowbird, Utah to compete in the final stop of the Junior Freeskiing Tour.  Comin...
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Freeride World Tour Qualifier Wraps Up At CBMR

We are not going to sugar coat this one.  The Freeride World Tour Qualifier took place at CBMR this weekend, on some of the worst snow conditions for a freeride event ever.  Warm temperatures and minimal snowfall prevented CB...
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Crested Butte Junior Athletes Stack Podiums at Snowbird

A crew of junior freeride athletes had their first IFSA big mountain competition of this snowy season at Snowbird, Utah this past weekend and they put in some serious work. Local shredder Brooks Hudson made the trip as well as ...
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CBMR Cascade Park Edit

Cascade Park at CBMR opened the day after Christmas.  The features are awesome and the park is riding great.  Chris Segal at CBMR put together this edit with the talents of Dave Sugnet, Grady Shoop, Matt Evans, Andrew Arnold,...
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CBMST Rocks Home Turf Podiums at IFSA Regional

IFSA athletes from around the Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah descended on Crested Butte Mountain Resort for the first of 2 junior events to be held here, this time the Rocky Mountain Regional Series event.  With a decent star...
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Introducing Project Zero And Backcountry StartsHere.com

We talk about avalanches a lot on this website.  From reposting the CBAC’s daily discussion to sharing scary/educational videos, we want you to have access to as much information as possible because we don’t want a...
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The MSP Crew at Black Diamond Lodge in Japan

Trent Bona, International Man of Photography

North Carolina boy turned Crested Butte, Trent Bona has really made some strides shooting photos and getting his name out there.  Trent is a good friend of ours and you guys will be seeing a lot of his work here at West Elk Pr...
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Weekend Away from the West Elks: San Juan Self Support

Words & Photos: Dave Bunt | The geology of the San Juan Mountains is nothing less than spectacular. Any passing motorist can witness this while driving over Molas Pass. Peaks such as Vestal and Arrow in the Grenadier range,...
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CBMST Athlete Thomas Taaca Greasing a Double Kink in the Cascade Terrain Park at CBMR.

CBMST Snowboard Team 2011-2012 Highlights

This is the long-awaited CBMST Snowboard Team season edit.  It’s lengthy at 9 minutes, has an awesome soundtrack, and showcases the local shredders who are so much better than you!  Thanks to head coach Brett Conover fo...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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