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Gunny Grass Bluegrass Music Festival

Come out to the I Bar Ranch for the inaugural Gunny Grass Music Festival this Friday and Saturday. The idea of a bluegrass festival in Gunnison has been talked about for a long time, and it now coming to fruition.  The I Bar R...
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Young Rippers Overrun Crested Butte for IFSA Junior Nationals

Photos: Laci Wright  |   CBMST Stumbles on Home Turf.  AltaBird Skiers Strong  This past weekend, the best junior big mountain skiers in the country descended on Crested Butte for the IFSA Junior Nationals.  Expectations w...
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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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Tom Runcie’s Trip to Chamonix with Glen Plake and Team Julbo

Words by Tom Runcie When I found out I had earned a trip to spend a week with skiing icon Glen Plake in his adopted winter home of Chamonix, France, I was breathless.  For nearly three decades Plake has been a true hero of the...
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Locals Represent Across the Podiums during 2* & 4* FWQ Crested Butte

The Freeride World Qualifier series rolled into town this last weekend and the action was hot while the snow was cold and chalky through the two events.  Through the 2-star and 4-star FWQ Crested Butte, local athletes amongst...
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VIDEOS
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Drop Everything: Aaron Blunck in CB Segment

Homegrown star Aaron Blunck and Sander Hadley filmed a fun segment here in Crested Butte that took advantage of some fantastic natural features around the mountain. 
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WSCU’s Dave Sugnet Named to US Collegiate Freeskiing Team for 2013 World University Games

Western State Colorado University will have a representative at the World University Games Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy this coming December.  Dave Sugnet, 23, originally of Durango, Colorado, was recently asked to jo...
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Top 10 Posts of 2013

Here are the most viewed posts from 2013.  Thanks for all the support this year.  Please let us know what we can do better.  Huge thanks to Noah Wight, Eben Wight, and the Crested Butte Avalanche Center for helping us out. Â...
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PHOTOS
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2014 Snowblade Extremes Gallery

The Snowblade Extremes went down on Crested Butte’s famed Headwall venue Sunday. Last year’s champion Ben Blackwood showed why he is a snowblade master, claiming victory once again.  Non Native’s Jimbo Webb t...
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Wendy Fisher “Super Mom” Salomon Freeski TV S7 E09

We heard that Salomon Freeski TV won “Best Short” at this year’s Powder Awards for their episode “Super Mom” with local mom and all-star big mountain shredder, Wendy Fisher.  Well, the 9th episode...
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