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Ultra-Runner Michael Wirth Posts a Ridiculous New FKT on Colorado’s Elks Traverse

New FKT on Elks Trail CO

Big congratulations to Michael C. Wirth and his incredible feat of posting a new FKT mountain running on Colorado’s Elks Traverse. Michael’s time clocked in at 22 hours, 30 minutes, and 50 seconds from start to finish, smashing notable mountain runner Rickey Gates’s previous record of 27 hours and 25 minutes posted back in August 2015. A Colorado native, Michael […]

Nick DeRiso | August 15, 2022
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[VIDEO] Skiing All 52 13,000-Foot Peaks in Colorado’s Elk Mountains in 60 Days—ZipFit’s Michael Wirth is a BEAST

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SnowBrains | April 15, 2022
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Crested Butte, CO Report: Bluebird Before the Snow

Crested Butte, CO

With a 58″ base, Crested Butte is sitting right about at 100% of average annual snowpack to-date. The recent snowfall was enough to open some additional terrain that’d been waiting for a deeper base. Related: Crested Butte, CO Opens Famed ‘Extreme Limits’ Terrain | Unlike Any Other Inbounds Terrain Sunday lived up to its name, providing endless rays to offset […]

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Jon Roubik | February 15, 2019
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Couloir Crushing in Aspen, Colorado:

The big mountain season in Colorado is well underway, and with Mayuary continuing across the western US, I figured it was time to make a trip out to my old stomping grounds in search of steep and deep powder. I was not disappointed. I landed in DIA at 9:30 Thursday morning and was picked up by my old skiing buddies Jordan and Marc. We beelined it straight to the Ashcroft trailhead near Aspen and, after a wet hike in, were We beelined it straight to the Ashcroft trailhead near Aspen and, after a wet hike in, were setting up camp before sunset. Our first night out there was […]

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Keegan Kliman | May 25, 2015
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