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“Teo 2 will be great for the locals to have more terrain in the Extremes,” said Erica Mueller, CBMR’s public relations and communications manager. “It will also give skiers a taste of future terrain openings.” John Sale, CBMR’s director of planning, agrees. “It’s steep and going to be deep back there,” he said. “For anyone who has stared skiers right off of the Coffey Grounds trail in Teocalli Bowl, wondering what it would be like to drop into 40 acres of pristine powder, you’ll get your chance this season!” The expansion brings CBMR’s total skiable terrain to 1,587 acres, and marks exciting progress in the implementation of CBMR’s master development plan, which includes more expansion into the Teo Drainage in coming years. According to Sale, Teo 2 has been in the existing permit boundary for years, but needed emergency access and egress before CBMR could open it to the public. This season, crews cut a new trail to allow skiers to skin or walk from the bottom of Teo 2 back to the bottom of Wolf’s Lair and out to Paradise Bowl. The new terrain is for expert skiers and the hike out won’t be for the faint of heart. Mueller estimates it will take most skiers 20 to 30 minutes. And as always, the exact day the new terrain opens will be weather-dependent. But one thing seems clear: It will be worth the wait. “The views from the top of Teo 2 open up a whole other world of the back side of Mt. Crested Butte, with amazing sights of Teocalli Mountain and the East River below and will give guests a preview of the future expansion potential as outlined in CBMR’s 2013 Master Development Plan,” Sale said. CBMR opens its season on Wednesday, November 26.
