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Joe Risi reports from Crested Butte on the 17th annual Grand Traverse backcountry skiing race. A 40 mile ski race that takes backcountry skiiers from Crested Butte Mountain Resort to Aspen in the Elk Mountains.

Alex Lee and Manasseh Franklin recap their 2021 Elk Grand Traverse ski race endeavor and sub 10 hour finish.

Grand Traverse 2015, ski mountaineering race from Crested Butte to Aspen. Registration opens Dec. 1.

Bill Briggs biography: a ski mountaineering pioneer who made first ski descent of Grand Teton as well as traverses and history first ascents.

After a season of use, the ATK Revolution World Cup gets put through the wringer at the Grand Traverse and all the ups and downs while training.

I participated in a few Grand Traverse races. Something that resonated, and still does, was Reverend Tim Clark’s “Blessing of the Freeheelers.”

Highlights and lessons learned at the Gothic Mountain Tour, a 23.5 mile ski mountaineering race that circumnavigates Gothic Mountain in Crested Butte.

Two first time Grand Traverse partners trained for months. But on race night, one discovers compassion, not physical fitness, would get her to Aspen.

Triangle Traverse trip report: backcountry skiing from Leadville to Crested Butte to Aspen to Leadville in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

2017 Grand Traverse ski mountaineering race record 6.5 hours, and skiing to/from the race via Leadville Colorado.

18th annual Elk Mountain Grand Traverse ski mountaineering race between Crested Butte and Aspen finish time under 7 hours.

Bill Briggs biography, ski mountaineering pioneer who made first ski descent of Grand Teton as well as traverses and history first ascents.

Joe Risi reports from Crested Butte about Dynafit’s Nachtspektakel. A celebration of backcountry skiing and a film detailing the story of Benedikt Böhm’s Manaslu avalanche experience.

Winter backcountry skiing and winter ski mountaineering races for this season. Featuring on local and national races.

Four WildSnow authors publish full length books this fall. Here’s a preview from Rob Coppilillo, Mike Marolt, Anders Morley and Carolyn Highland.

The coronavirus is shutting down schools, sports arenas, concert venues and ski races but it can’t take away backcountry skiing.