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9th Annual Crested Butte Classic Results

The 9th Annual Crested Butte Classic took place this past Saturday, coinciding with the local festival, Vinotok.  A week earlier than usual, riders gathered at 7 AM in town for the “group ride.” The course of 100 m...
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Community Profile: Ashley Bembenek

Ashley Bembenek is poised to make a big splash in the world of women’s freeskiing this coming winter.   The 27 year-old from Eden, Utah has lived in a variety of places before finally landing in Crested Butte in 2010, when ...
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More Big Mountain Downhilling in the West Elks

Want to experience some high pucker factor? Check out this POV of some big-mountain downhilling in the West Elk Mountains courtesy of the CB Professional Ski Patrol’s very own Casey Coleman.  Keep it up, dude!
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2012 Gravity Slave Chainless DH Race

Photo: Trent Bona | A big West Elk Project congratulations to all the winners in yesterday’s Gravity Slave Chainless race at Evolution Bike Park. At the end of the day Nicole Digate and Red Mcintosh took home the hand-mad...
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2012 Fall Gravity Slave 9/9/2012

Photo: Trent Bona | Sunday, September 9 2012 Gravity Slave Chainless Downhill Race Alright West Elk Racers, here is what you need to know… 10-12:30 Registration on 9380 deck and Practice Race starts 1pm.  $25 includes li...
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“Fall to Spring” by Yeti Cycles Features Crested Butte

Check out Yeti Cycles’ edit “Fall to Spring.”  The edit begins trailriding Vail’s back bowls during the fall season and finishes with a neat segment on Doctor’s Park in West Elk’s Taylor Ca...
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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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Community Profile: Alison Gannett

Photo: Sarah Mah Rarick | Words: Danica Baker* | Depending upon who you talk to, the name Alison Gannett can mean a lot of things. To a ski-bumette, she is a rad skier who holds her own as a professional world-champion big mo...
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Crested Butte Terrain Gallery

photos: Ed Dujardin   Last Thursday, we decided to hike around Crested Butte Mountain Resort in order to see what our terrain looks like in the summer.  If anyone still doubts the decision not to have a competition this y...
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Crested Butte Bike Week Highlight Reel

Photo: Trent Bona | This past weekend marked yet another fantastic year of bicycle centric revelry and competition in Crested Butte. I was out and about all weekend with my camera to put together this highlight reel just for ...
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