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Lessons Learned From Calling For Help

By Bergen Tjossem It was dark and exceptionally cold when the three of us left the hut at 5 am on...
Capitol Peak in a Day via The Standard Route - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Capitol Peak in a Day via The Standard Route

Capitol Peak is infamous among Colorado Fourteeners. This summer climb in a day proved a successful outing for a CCBC...
Skiing Mount St. Helens Trip Report - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Skiing Mount St. Helens Trip Report

Mt. Saint Helens rises on the skyline in the Pacific Northwest and remains an iconic volcano. From its geology and...

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Lessons Learned From Calling For Help

By Bergen Tjossem It was dark and exceptionally cold when the...
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Capitol Peak in a Day via The Standard Route - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Capitol Peak in a Day via The Standard Route

Capitol Peak is infamous among Colorado Fourteeners. This summer climb...
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Skiing Mount St. Helens Trip Report - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Skiing Mount St. Helens Trip Report

Mt. Saint Helens rises on the skyline in the Pacific...
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Bike to Ski: The Sopris Sprint - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Bike to Ski: The Sopris Sprint

10 years ago when we first announced the idea of...
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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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Commando Run Ski Traverse - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Commando Run Ski Traverse

As a resident of the town of Vail, there is...
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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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Colorado Backcountry Skiing: Barnard Hut, Aspen - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Colorado Backcountry Skiing: Barnard Hut, Aspen

One of lifes greatest pleasures is shacking up in the middle...
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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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Skiing in Moab! Ski Descents in the La Sals: Mellenthin and Tukuhnikivatz - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Skiing in Moab! Ski Descents in the La Sals: Mellenthin and Tukuhnikivatz

I have been adventuring to Moab for years and most...
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Skiing in Chile: Volcan Osorno - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Skiing in Chile: Volcan Osorno

Time Round Trip: 5-6 hrs round trip Total Ascent: 4300ft Difficulty: Advanced-Expert; Technical...
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