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Telluride: Bluebird After The Storm – Feb. 9, 2011

Today was a beautiful day in Telluride with sunshine, cool air, and plenty of soft snow from the recent storm. Getting out there early, it was pretty damn cold with … Read More

Video: John Denver, Singing On Skis!

HOT DAMN, I love this clip! This may be the greatest music video ever made, and somehow I had never seen this before tonight. This video offers it all, from … Read More

Telluride: Pow Day in the Trees, Again! Feb, 8, 2011

Today was ANOTHER seriously good day skiing the trees here in Telluride! Not that other stuff wasn’t skiing good as well, it’s just the trees here are so much fun. … Read More

Rossignol S110W – Gear Review

Review by Kristen Vincent. November hit and I was on a mission for the perfect powder ski! After reading multiple reviews and demoing some different options, I was disappointed that … Read More

Telluride: Pow Day in the Trees – Feb. 6, 2011

After it was dumping snow all day yesterday and on and off overnight, Telluride had it’s first storm of over a foot in some time. Finally! With high winds following … Read More

Video: Casey Riva skiing NC Chute at Alpine Meadows.

Great video of local Telluride charger Casey Riva skiing NC Chute at Alpine Meadows. This is Casey’s hometown hill and he definitely skis this line like a local. Filmed around … Read More

What the HELL to do in Telluride this week!

The big story this week is the approaching storm. While this thing will probably miss us and drop only a couple inches, we may luck out and get our first … Read More

Telluride: Reggae Route – Feb. 3, 2011

Skiing today was interesting. After single digit temps during the day yesterday, today saw plenty of sunshine and warmed up into the high teens! Unfortunately, everything was pretty wind affected … Read More

Chason Russell skiing a sweet couloir in the San Juan backcountry.

Here is a video of Telluride local Chason Russell and crew really getting after it in the backcountry. This is a pretty awesome couloir they tackle and definitely rip the … Read More

$1000 Unofficial Photo Contest – Submit by Feb. 7th

The Don Sheldon Amphitheater & Mt. McKinley in Denali National Park.  photo: miles clark I wanted to get this up once more.  Feb 7th is only 5 days away!!!  Get … Read More

Video: STOP…Hammertime!: Silverton Full Part

This clip is of the Silverton segment from SixEleven Production’s new film, STOP…Hammertime! SixEleven is a Colorado-based snowboard film production company and definitely put out some quality content. This is … Read More

Telluride: Much Needed Pow Day – Feb. 1, 2011

After over a week of nothing but sunshine and warm temps, Telluride felt like winter again this morning with frigid air and some fresh snow. Even if it was only … Read More

BCA Float 30 Airbag Pack-Gear Review

The avalanche airbag pack is one of the smartest investments one can make if you venture into dangerous backcountry zones. Carrying a beacon, probe, and shovel along with an airbag … Read More

The Ordinary Skier – Trailer

This is a new film from Oakley about Seth Morrison’s career. It is directed by Constantine Papanicolaou who was behind Tanner Hall’s Believe and The Massive. Believe is one of … Read More

What the HELL to do in Telluride this week!

NOAA Forecast for 10,000 feet. It is shaping up to a sunny, warm weekend in Telluride with highs in the upper 30′s through Sunday. Hopefully some snow will come into … Read More

Brown Dog Pizza-Telluride Local Review

Brown Dog Pizza is Telluride’s favorite Boston-sports bar. That’s right folks, Telluride has it’s own Sox/Celts/Pats/Bruins bar complete with a Green Monster and monster seats. Great stuff for any New … Read More

Video: CS Irwin Cat Skiing with Chason Russell and the Wagner Customs crew

This is an awesome video from Chason Russell cat skiing at CS Irwin. This place is located up near Crested Butte and looks AMAZING! They have 1000+ acres of terrain … Read More

ICE USA Ski Poles-Gear Review

ICE USA ski poles are probably the best poles ever made. Unfortunately, the company is long gone and they are pretty hard to come by now. I have had mine … Read More

The Edge of Telluride – Trailer

This is a film from Moving Cloud Productions about ski mountaineering and climbing in the San Juans and the Telluride area. I have not seen it yet but the trailer … Read More

What the HELL to do in Telluride this week!

NOAA Forecast for 10,000 feet. The forecast is looking good this week with some snow through the weekend followed by some warm sunny days. Should be pleasant! If you are … Read More

Telluride: Fresh Snow & Sunshine – Jan. 20, 2011

After it snowed most of the day yesterday, we woke up to cold temps, beautiful sunshine and some fresh snow blanketing the slopes. My cousins are in town from back … Read More

Scrapple screening at The Nugget on Thursday night!

The Telluride Historical Museum is presenting the film Scrapple tomorrow night at the Nugget Theater. The showing is at 8:30pm and they are charging $10. This is a great opportunity … Read More

Reggae Route – Jan.19,2011

After a storm day at the resort I went out to Reggae with a Telluride local born and raised.  Accumulation had begun to amount to something and there was not … Read More

Video: Ajax Ski-Base on Good Morning America

This is good stuff right here, real quality television. I would have laughed my ass off if I caught this live. I love when the host tells the viewer to … Read More

The Spanky! – Gear Review

The Spanky is probably the best goggle cloth you can buy. This microfiber lens cloth is super absorbent, nice and large, and works better than any of the bags that … Read More

Mellow Backcountry Tour with the Avy 1 Crew

Today was an excellent day in the field during the San Juan Field School’s Level One Avalanche Course.  It was graybird and snow conditions were not ideal but it opened … Read More