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Mountain Biker Dies in Crested Butte Enduro Race

RIP Wil Olson

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. […]

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CycleBrains | August 3, 2015
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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 […]

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ameliatraynor | March 16, 2015
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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 […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | January 13, 2014
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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 [..]

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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 […]

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