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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...
A Celebration of the Mellow Tour - Cripple Creek Backcountry

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...
Skiing Light and Fast - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Skiing Light and Fast

Check out Slator's post revealing why you rarely see CCBC staff our in the mountains on anything but the lightest...

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4 Reasons to go Backcountry Skiing - Cripple Creek Backcountry

4 Reasons to go Backcountry Skiing

With high speed lifts and mega ski-passes the norm, here...
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Does it go? Skiing the Quandary Couloir - Mount Quandary - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Does it go? Skiing the Quandary Couloir - Mount Quandary

"...the couloir both tightened and rolled just below us and...
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Resort Uphill Skiing: Tips for Safe Skinning - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Resort Uphill Skiing: Tips for Safe Skinning

Skinning in bounds might not be as dangerous as Avalanche...
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Making Turns on pico de Orizaba, Mexico - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Making Turns on pico de Orizaba, Mexico

Last Fall, Cripple Creek Ambassador Aidan Goldie set out to...
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Summer Training Tips for Stronger Skiing - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Summer Training Tips for Stronger Skiing

Article by Joe Howdyshell from Summit Endurance Academy “Skiers are...
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The Cross Couloir: Lessons Learned from an Attempted Bike to Ski Mission - Cripple Creek Backcountry

The Cross Couloir: Lessons Learned from an Attempted Bike to Ski Mission

The idea of a bike to ski mission is oh...
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Best Day Ever on Buffalo - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Best Day Ever on Buffalo

Anybody who has had the pleasure of sipping a cold...
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Go Light, Stay Fresh, Ski More - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Go Light, Stay Fresh, Ski More

We've done it backcountry skiers! From the hippy pow meadow...
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Gear Review: Fritschi Tecton Tech Binding - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Gear Review: Fritschi Tecton Tech Binding

Testing Out the Fritschi Tecton Ski Touring Binding Earlier this...
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Girl in a Ski Shop - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Girl in a Ski Shop

For the last five years I've proudly represented a minority...
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Ski Mountaineering in Mexico- Pico de Orizaba - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Ski Mountaineering in Mexico- Pico de Orizaba

When you think of high altitude ski mountaineering missions, Denali,...
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How to Heat Mold Your Ski Touring Boot Liners

Heat molding AT boot liners is a simple process if...
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