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Crested Butte in Full Fall glory……
First snow of the year dusting Whetstone Mountain above town It’s hard to believe, but Summer in the Elk Mountains has definitely passed, and we are now deep in the heart of our favorite season…Fall !...
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The Final Ride
Our days are numbered. You can feel it in the air. The warm sunny afternoons we’ve been hording like candy-greedy children at Halloween could be snatched away from us any minute, thrusting us...
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Winter is knocking at the door…..
It’s mid-November, the temperature outside is hovering in the high teens, and it is snowing and blowing, and has been all weekend. I think it is official, winter is finally here. Change is difficult...
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Brush Up on Your Beacon Skills this Saturday, Dec 1, 2012!
Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned winter backcountry traveler you can never be too practiced when it comes to your avalanche beacon skills. Understanding how your specific beacon functions is a...
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Crested Butte Ice Climbing ???
Well it’s no surprise by now that Colorado is again off to another very dry and slow start to the winter season. However, that doesn’t mean that there is nothing to do out in the mountains. In fact,...
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Introducing the Knox Frank Memorial Scholarship for Avalanche Education
Knox Frank loved the mountains. The love he had for these wild, high places was more than an infatuation, it was a need. This passion, combined with his charismatic wit, was simply contagious. The...
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Winter is off and rolling…..
Crested Butte Mountain Guides humble 'Guide Shack' & World HQ's during the first snow of the season The Winter Season of 2012/2013 has been off to a great start here in Crested Butte, with Crested...
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Colorado Winter Climbing…
Climbing cold blue ice under beautiful blue winter skies Colorado is quite the ideal place to be based if you are a climber. First off, there is all types of climbing here in this great Rocky Mountain...
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A Memorable February of Backcountry Powder Turns……
Quintessential Colorado Backcountry....bluebird sunny skies, and cold dry powder It’s no secret that the West, and especially Colorado, are again having another dry winter. In fact, until recently our...
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Hello Spring
The first day of spring was yesterday. This is what the 2nd day of spring looked like in Crested Butte this morning. Go figure. Spring doesn't always show up on time at 9,000 feet. Ahh spring, you...
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