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Crested Butte Hype?

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ButterItOut
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First season living out here. Any Gunni or Crested Butte locals on NS?
Any fans of CBMR?
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Sep 14 2016 7:39PM
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TheDoughAbides
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CB is the shit so many great skiers out there! that place will teach you how to fucking ski!!!!
Sep 15 2016 12:41AM
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Clamjunkies
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Crusted butt?
Sep 15 2016 1:06AM
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.nasty
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If I wasn't managing a ski shop in Breck, I'd be living in gunni/CB in a heartbeat. Even in chalk conditions that place skis so well, mostly because everyone who skis the steeps actually knows how to ski well haha
Sep 15 2016 3:15PM
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50Kal
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Oh be joyful campground is the shit.
Wish I still lived in gunni
Sep 15 2016 4:08PM
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leprechaunsissy
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Without question some of the most gnarly inbounds terrain. It will absolutely challenge anyone. Everyone is really good. Get ready. Eat at the firebrand when you in gunnison.
Sep 18 2016 6:04PM
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californiagrown
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if you love low tide conditions all the time, sketchy high consequence terrain, brutally cold weather, and heavy localism you will have a blast!
Sep 18 2016 9:59PM
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HaydenWrong
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californiagrownif you love low tide conditions all the time, sketchy high consequence terrain, brutally cold weather, and heavy localism you will have a blast!


sounds like this will remind me of my home land back in AK
Sep 19 2016 8:10AM
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aiden516
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CB gives you free stickers

hit em up
Sep 19 2016 1:14PM
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TheHamburglar
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been there a couple times with family. fucking amazing mountain in every way. coming from an east coaster who sucks, even the smaller lines and drops were hella intense and frankly terrifying. the mountain has so much character and so does the town. i bought weed from the chick working at the rocky mountain chocolate factory. apparently she was on the run from utah police and living in colorado or some shit
Sep 19 2016 1:54PM
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SSteezle
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went to school there years ago and loved every minute of it. Used to have a big Sour Steezle crew out there, still some of them ski it everyday. I skied CB just about everyday for 4 years and knew most of the trails in and out, but still room to explore. You're gonna love it, this is the best time of year right now, so much hype and it'll start snowing anyway now
Sep 19 2016 4:44PM
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ButterItOut
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SourSteezlewent to school there years ago and loved every minute of it. Used to have a big Sour Steezle crew out there, still some of them ski it everyday. I skied CB just about everyday for 4 years and knew most of the trails in and out, but still room to explore. You're gonna love it, this is the best time of year right now, so much hype and it'll start snowing anyway now


That's my situation now. Still meeting new freeskiers everyday! Town of Gunnison and Crested Butte are like no other. Can't wait to shred that gnar pile called CB
Sep 20 2016 2:40AM
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wrichmond
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ButterItOutThat's my situation now. Still meeting new freeskiers everyday! Town of Gunnison and Crested Butte are like no other. Can't wait to shred that gnar pile called CB

Ski bummed there last year and absolutely loved it. Great people, humbling terrain and great backcountry.
Expect to ski every condition but powder. Especially rock.
Sep 20 2016 2:15PM
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SSteezle
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wrichmondSki bummed there last year and absolutely loved it. Great people, humbling terrain and great backcountry.
Expect to ski every condition but powder. Especially rock.


a lot of people say this, but honestly if you're skiing everyday, you'll have a number of great pow days at Crested Butte. You might even luck out and have a year like I did my freshman year, where there were multiple pow days a week. Even if it's not dumping at Crested Butte, go a mile or two into the backcountry and they get twice as much snow almost every storm. So many good backcountry areas out there, make friends with the right people and you'll be able to get out there via sled or just skin up the irwin trailhead to axtel and ski those bowls. It's no Utah, but if you try, you can make it so it's pretty damn close. Here's an edit filmed at the resort, some of the lightest snow I've ever skied.


The Japan Edit from John O'Rourke on Vimeo.

https://vimeo.com/18071122


Look up sour steezle on vimeo and youtube if you feel like getting stoked for this winter. Almost every ski video is filmed in the backcountry around CB
Sep 20 2016 6:31PM
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ButterItOut
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bump
Oct 13 2016 4:17PM
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HaydenWrong
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ready to shred
Oct 14 2016 8:13AM
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ButterItOut
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Who's shredding Loveland next week or maybe even A Basin?
Oct 26 2016 1:50PM
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