VIDEO: Competitor Send It Huge with HIGH Consquences in Hard Pack Snow at Crested Butte Extreme Comp 2016 The competition scene these days is going through the roof. Athletes are pushing it harder, faster, and bigger than ever before. This video of Murray Elliott is truly nuts. Competitions force skiers and riders to go big in conditions that may not exactly be ideal. On one side of the coin, huge props to Murray for taking this line, […] Crash Keenan Grady | March 1, 2016 2 Comments
12-15 Foot Deep Avalanche in Colorado Over Weekend: After someone triggers a 15-foot deep avalanche, it’s safe to say that avalanche season is upon us. “Conditions were rockin and rollin in Summit County over the weekend. Serious stuff. Two very close calls including this skier triggered avalanche 12-15 feet deep.” – Crested Butte Avalanche Center The Colorado Avalanche Information Center recorded 11 natural and human triggered avalanches in […] Avalanche AvyBrains | November 23, 2015 3 Comments
Mountain Biker Dies in Crested Butte Enduro Race Late Saturday morning, 40-year-old Wil Olson from Edwards CO died while racing in the Crested Butte Big Mountain Enduro World Series event. Wil’s death resulted in the cancelation of the rest of the competition. Wil suffered severe chest traua when he crashed hard on Forest Service Trail 400 on Star Pass near the Block and Tackle Trail. […] Industry News CycleBrains | August 3, 2015 1 Comment
16 Ski Areas Could Change Hands in Major Resort Sell-Off Over a dozen ski resorts could be changing hands as CNL Lifestyle Properties, a real estate investment trust out of Newry, Maine considers getting out of the snow business. Owning ski resorts from Maine to California, CNL’s portfolio is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. CNL Lifestyle Properties owns 16 resorts – including Sunday River and Sugarloaf in Maine, Bretton Woods, Loon Mountain and Mount Sunapee in New Hampshire, Okemo Mountain in Vermont, Stevens Pass in Washington, Crested Butte in Colorado, Brighton in Utah, and […] Industry News ameliatraynor | March 16, 2015 13 Comments
6 to 15-Foot Deep Avalanche Near Crested Butte, CO Jan. 11th + 8 Other Avalanches Over Weekend: The Crested Butte, Colorado area experienced at least 9 avalanches over the weekend. One of them was on Mt. Owen and the crown of the avalanche there was 6-15 feet deep making it an extremely large & powerful avalanche. Moral of the story here: The Crested Butte area of Colorado is very unstable right now. Be very conservative out there. East aspect above treeline. Estimated failure 1/11/14. 2-3′ windslab (faintly visible in picture), stepped […] Avalanche SnowBrains | January 13, 2014 0 Comments
Skier Caught in 600-Foot Long Avalanche in Crested Butte, CO Over Weekend This is the 9th person that we know of that has been caught in an avalanche in North America this fall (see bottom of post). Lets be very careful out there humans. A skier triggered an avalanche in the Paradise Divide area near Crested Butte, Colorado over the weekend. The skier rode the [..] Avalanche SnowBrains | November 12, 2013 0 Comments
Mt. Baldy, CO Conditions Report Video | Perfect Blower Pow on Oct. 12th Yet another early season Colorado ski video. Snow is clearly in Colorado to stay this Fall. So far, we’ve seen 6 ski reports from Colorado this year beginning on September 24th. They’ve been skiing out there for 3 weeks already. Amazing. This video takes us to Mt. Baldy with Alex Reidman. Mt. Baldy is about 13 miles from Crested Butte, CO, as the car drives. It appears that they drove up the […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | October 16, 2013 2 Comments
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