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Elk Mountain Grand Traverse: Insider's Gear Guide 2025

Elk Mountain Grand Traverse: Insider's Gear Guide 2025

Get the inside scoop on the Grand Traverse Gear Guide. Our recommendations are perfect for anyone hoping to race the GT or...
Recreational Level 1 Avalanche Training Preparation Tips

Recreational Level 1 Avalanche Training Preparation Tips

Cripple Creek Backcountry partners with AMGA-accredited guiding service Aspen Expeditions to offer comprehensive avalanche education and companion rescue training. We've...
A Celebration of the Mellow Tour

A Celebration of the Mellow Tour

We want to show you how to plan a mellow tour, highlight the merits of casual backcountry skiing, and give...

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Elk Mountain Grand Traverse: Insider's Gear Guide 2025

Elk Mountain Grand Traverse: Insider's Gear Guide 2025

Get the inside scoop on the Grand Traverse Gear Guide. Our recommendations...
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Recreational Level 1 Avalanche Training Preparation Tips

Recreational Level 1 Avalanche Training Preparation Tips

Cripple Creek Backcountry partners with AMGA-accredited guiding service Aspen Expeditions...
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A Celebration of the Mellow Tour

A Celebration of the Mellow Tour

We want to show you how to plan a mellow...
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Skimo Race Calendar and Recommendations

Skimo races are the fastest growing winter endurance challenge in...
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Splitboarding Hardboots

Splitboarding Hardboots

How to choose a boot for Hardboot Splitboading True to...
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Sunlight moonlight race and group skinning

Moonlight Series: Race & Group Skins

The Moonlight series at Sunlight Mountain is back for the...
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Choosing Your Ski Touring Setup

Choosing Your Ski Touring Setup

Finding your first, or next ski touring setup Cripple Creek...
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What's in Your Pack - Part III: Overnight Hut Trip - Cripple Creek Backcountry

What's in Your Pack - Part III: Overnight Hut Trip

Overnight hut trips are every backcountry skiers dream: spending time...
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Shopping guide: This Season's Women's Ski Touring Boots

Shopping guide: This Season's Women's Ski Touring Boots

I know it's been a long road. Tears, pain, cramps,...
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Totally Deep Episode 119: Auden Schendler "A Terrible Beauty"

Totally Deep Episode 119: Auden Schendler "A Terrible Beauty"

Episode 119 features Auden Schendler, the author of the forthcoming book,...
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2024 Backcountry Only Ski Swaps - Cripple Creek Backcountry

2024 Backcountry Only Ski Swaps

Our Backcountry Only Ski Swap is Back Back by popular demand,...
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Bike Wear and Tear – What to Expect on a New Bike

Bike Wear and Tear – What to Expect on a New Bike

Maintenance and mid-season bike tunes and what to expect to...
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