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The Ultimate Ski Touring Starter Guide - Cripple Creek Backcountry

The Ultimate Ski Touring Starter Guide

What is ski touring? As long as humans have lived in cold climates, they have looked for ways to move...
How to Size an Alpine Touring Ski - Cripple Creek Backcountry

How to Size an Alpine Touring Ski

The ski touring industry is growing faster and faster. With such growth, gear is increasingly improving in terms of price,...
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...

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24 Hours of Vertical Skinning and Skiing for Aspen Strong - Cripple Creek Backcountry

24 Hours of Vertical Skinning and Skiing for Aspen Strong

Show your support for Sean with a donation to Aspen...
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3/23 2:30pm: Apres in Aspen - Cripple Creek Backcountry

3/23 2:30pm: Apres in Aspen

Come drink beer and eat pizza for a great cause!...
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3/11 6pm: Community Avalanche Forum Aspen - Cripple Creek Backcountry

3/11 6pm: Community Avalanche Forum Aspen

Grab a friend you want to keep safe in the...
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Community Avalanche Forum: Vail 2/21 @ 6PM - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Community Avalanche Forum: Vail 2/21 @ 6PM

Join us in our Vail location on Thursday, February 21st...
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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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Ascent Backcountry Slideshow Aspen 1/29 6 PM - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Ascent Backcountry Slideshow Aspen 1/29 6 PM

With our new ski mountaineering shop in Aspen we thought...
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Kids Touring Gear- Fun For the Whole Family! - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Kids Touring Gear- Fun For the Whole Family!

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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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Beer in a Ski Shop: What's on Tap? - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Beer in a Ski Shop: What's on Tap?

In the Vail and Roaring Fork Valley's, Cripple Creek Backcountry...
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12/22 6PM: Full Moon Skin + Live Music - Cripple Creek Backcountry

12/22 6PM: Full Moon Skin + Live Music

Join us for a Full Moon skin followed by live...
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Key Takeaways from "Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain" - Cripple Creek Backcountry

Key Takeaways from "Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain"

Three takeaways from reading Staying Alive in Avalanche Terrain for...
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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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