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This Company Blends Together Van Life, Community Living, and Remote Working

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What happens when you combine Van Life, WeWork, and Co-Living into one? The answer is Kift. This new company uses vans as mobile bedrooms combined with a network of beautiful community houses. The houses are used for co-working, cooking, and connecting with other like-minded individuals. The idea is to reach economies of scale for a group of people who desire […]

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Brent Thomas | July 22, 2022
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Snowboarders on the Rise: Team Gilson’s Ire Flanagan Has Ridden 113 Different Mountains

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Irelyn Flanagan, or Ire, is a big mountain snowboarder who rides for Team Gilson. She has been riding for upwards of 15 years and has ridden at 113 different ski areas. Born and raised in Absarokee, Montana, Ire is no stranger to mountain life and has found a love for traveling, exploring, and riding the snowcapped mountains of North America. I […]

Jesse | September 9, 2021
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Cockapoo Survives a Month in Aspen, CO Wilderness After Getting Lost

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A ten-month-old Cockapoo, Bella, strayed ahead of her owners while on a hike and eventually ended up off-trail, leading her to survive four weeks in the rugged Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness near Aspen, Colorado. Only after completing their hike near Capitol Creek did the owners, Jim and Betsy Chaffin, realize that their dog was missing. They then launched a two-group search party with their […]

Andrew | July 28, 2021
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VIDEO: “Obsession” – NE face of Copper Peak: A Rare Ski Descent in the Cascades

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SnowBrains | June 25, 2021
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Professional Adventure Guide Chason Russell Dies in Crystal River, CO Kayaking Accident

Professional adventure guide and volunteer for Mountain Rescue Aspen Chason Russell, 41, went missing after attempting a perilous section of Colorado’s Crystal River on Thursday. His body was found on Saturday in an area known as the Meatgrinder, where he was last seen by his two accompanying friends that day, the Pitkin County Coroner’s Office said. Russell drowned and his […]

SnowBrains | June 21, 2021
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VIDEO: Footage of Freeride Mountain Biker Kilian Bron’s Most Insane POV Lines

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CycleBrains | May 26, 2021
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The Story of ‘Historical Badass’ Ned Gillette | From Skiing Earth’s Highest Summits to Being Shot to Death in Pakistan

August 1998, deep in the northern Pakistani controlled sector of Kashmir, Ned Gillette and his wife Olympic skier Suzy Patterson set out with the hopes of accomplishing the “trek along the flanks of Nanga Parbat (at 25,660 feet, the world’s 10th-highest mountain) and then making their way across a 16,000-foot pass at the edge of the Chogo Lungma.” An ambitious journey to say the least, however Gillette and his wife Patterson were accustomed to such adventures in their time, skiing, sailing, and climbing all over the globe. […]

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Jesse Cassidy | May 24, 2021
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Utah’s West Desert Backcountry Report: Beautiful, Clandestine Spring Desert Skiing

Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from Friday, April 2, 2021 I woke up in the desert in the back of Landon’s van. We were lost. Turns out we ventured an hour in the wrong direction in what could have been Egypt for all I knew—there was nothing out there besides salt flats and a strange compound-like structure with […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | April 3, 2021
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