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Choosing Your Ski Touring Setup

Choosing Your Ski Touring Setup

Finding your first, or next ski touring setup Cripple Creek Backcountry started in 2011 as a touring specific shop located...
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 with loved ones and skiing isolated, untouched terrain - all...
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, poor circulation and numbness, hours of shoving your feet into...

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New Touring Boots for the 23-24 season - Cripple Creek Backcountry

New Touring Boots for the 23-24 season

This season marks a sweet spot in the world of...
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Backcountry Skiing Pre-Season Checklist - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Backcountry Skiing Pre-Season Checklist

Is your gear ready for the season? A few simple...
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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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Elk Mountain Grand Traverse: Preparation and Race-Day Strategy - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Elk Mountain Grand Traverse: Preparation and Race-Day Strategy

Paul Hamilton was an absolute Cripple Creek Backcountry Legend. He...
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Mountain Biking Pre-ride Checklist - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Mountain Biking Pre-ride Checklist

Printable Pre-ride Checklist So you picked up a new mountain...
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Mountain Running Packing List - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Mountain Running Packing List

As the snow recedes from the high country, we trade...
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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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How To Pack For A Backcountry Skiing Day Tour

When heading out of bounds for a day tour, you...
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The Advantages Of Hardboot Splitboarding - Cripple Creek Backcountry

The Advantages Of Hardboot Splitboarding

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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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Preparing To Race: Five Skimo Gear Tips - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Preparing To Race: Five Skimo Gear Tips

Let's say you walk into a barber shop and there are two barbers standing...
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Snowboard Boots: Soft booting vs. Hard Booting - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Snowboard Boots: Soft booting vs. Hard Booting

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