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Best of Touring Skis of 2025

Best of Touring Skis of 2025

Our Top Picks from Cripple Creek Backcountry Another winter is on the horizon and our stoke is high for early...
How to choose an Alpine Touring Binding - Cripple Creek Backcountry

How to choose an Alpine Touring Binding

Tech bindings have come a long way in the past decade thanks to an influx of R&D dollars from big...
2025 Boot Wall Carbondale

Best of Alpine Touring Boots 2025

With 100+ years of combined experience across our staff, we've listed out our staff picks for alpine touring boots of...

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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 - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Recreational Level 1 Avalanche Training Preparation Tips

Cripple Creek Backcountry partners with AMGA-accredited guiding service Aspen Expeditions...
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A Buyer's Guide to Avalanche Airbags - Cripple Creek Backcountry

A Buyer's Guide to Avalanche Airbags

If you are in the market for your first avalanche...
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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...
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Skimo Race Calendar and Recommendations

Skimo Race Calendar and Recommendations

Skimo races are the fastest growing winter endurance challenge in...
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Skiing Light and Fast - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Skiing Light and Fast

Check out Slator's post revealing why you rarely see CCBC...
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Splitboarding Hardboots - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Splitboarding Hardboots

How to choose a boot for Hardboot Splitboarding True to...
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Moonlight Series: Race & Group Skins - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Moonlight Series: Race & Group Skins

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

Choosing Your Ski Touring Setup

  Finding your first, or next ski touring setup Cripple...
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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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Totally Deep Episode 119: Auden Schendler "A Terrible Beauty" - Cripple Creek Backcountry

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...
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