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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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Another Successful Year for the Chili and Beer Fest

Photo: Trent Bona | This past Saturday marked the 13th annual CB Fall Festival of Chili and Beers and the turnout was strong. Lots of faces, some familiar some not, were in attendance to sample the flavors of over 14 breweries ...
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Pete Smith and Derek Johnson Speedriding Around Crested Butte

Pete Smith and Derek Johnson have been seriously getting after it with our warmer-than-normal February. Ticking off big lines in the Elks, these guys have been pioneering speedriding lines everywhere.  Enjoy this quick clip pu...
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CBMST Takes Tops Spots at Freeride NORAMs – Finals Video

The competitive junior freeride season wrapped up in Kicking Horse, British Columbia last week at the IFSA North American Junior Freeride Championships. Ten percent of the overall field is invited to crown the finals’ winners...
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CBMST Throws Down at Snowbird, Vail, and Freeride Junior World Championships

The March madness marathon wound down for local freeride athletes last weekend after events at Snowbird, Vail, and even Kappl, Austria. It was a whirlwind of a month after a weak snow year in the Rocky Mountains had events canc...
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Non-Native 2016: Creature Features

The Non-Native crew had their winter hype party this past weekend, where they premiered their 2016 short and partied down to benefit the Crested Butte Avalanche Center. The dance party was for the snow gods, hopefully the snow ...
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Big Mountain Downhilling

Rider: David Bunt Location: West Elk Mountains, Colorado, USA Fellow West Elker Dave Bunt took a hike with his big bike yesterday and found a fun way back down the 2,500+ feet he had just slogged up. I caught up with him on the...
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Teo Two Drone Edit

For a moment, it didn’t look like it would happen.  But then we received four feet of snow, and Teocalli Two opened for the first time ever.  The terrain is amazing, and includes a cliffed out pillow zone that is very a...
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Nick Matisse Drops a Sick Season Edit All Crested Butte*

Nick Matisse has been spending winters in Crested Butte for a few years and has been making the most of it.  Unfortunately he is leaving us for the snowy slopes of Montana and graduate school, but at least we have this edit to...
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Summiting Mt. Elbert: Colorado’s Highest Peak

After a very sketchy spring, the snowpack has finally settled enough to get on top of Colorado’s highest peaks.  So Alex Stevenson, Patrick Sullivan, Haley Tamberi, and Zach Vaughter made their way to Mt. Elbert, which a...
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