The Outsider with Jason Blevins
Veteran reporter Jason Blevins covers the industry from the inside out, plus indulges in the fun side of being outdoors in our beautiful state.
Episodes
Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down the recent one-day spike in the stock price for Vail Resorts shares and how the company's leader is responding.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/26/takeover-reports-vail-resorts-stock/
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Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks at the “Rural Is Rad” collective of Colorado outdoor companies working together to promote their rural Colorado roots around the world while staying grounded in their smaller communities.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/19/rural-is-rad-collective/
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Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins discusses an idea in Boulder County that would limit mountain bike access on some trails around Lyons on certain days and the pushback the idea is bringing.
Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/12/lyons-mountain-bikers-boulder-county-proposal/
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Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has a look at the final and shocking Colorado skier visits data from the rough season and also why Utah’s richest resident is poking Vail Resorts to sell him Park City resort.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/04/colorado-skier-visits-collapse-2025-26/
https://coloradosun.com/2026/06/05/matthew-prince-park-city-vail-resorts/
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Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks at how a state decision to change the Colorado search and rescue response structure has ruffled feathers in the Colorado Search and Rescue Association.
Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/10/cpw-search-and-rescue/
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Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/22/arkansas-river-rafting-low-flows/
Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks at the outlook for Colorado’s rafting season and how outfitters, especially along the Arkansas River, are adjusting as we come off the worst winter for snow in history.
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Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down a big land acquisition for a Colorado mountain town that millions of people zoom past each year. With barely 200 residents, Silver Plume officials are buying up old mining claims, expanding the town’s mountain park to more than 750 acres.
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Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down a few skier data sets from this season, including how the historically dry winter played out in on-mountain visits, and also the number of people who died on the hill.
Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/05/us-skier-visits-drop-2025-26/
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Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has been following the legal challenges to skier liability waivers for years, and today he breaks down another case before the Colorado Supreme Court questioning the language in those waivers.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/27/ski-pass-waivers/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/colorado-jury-pushes-back-on-liability-waivers/id1744182140?i=1000725487892
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Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks at how a change in Telluride’s affordable housing rules has riled a folks in town. As housing continues to challenge mountain town workers, was it an overcorrect?
https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/19/telluride-rent-regulations-renters-affordability-shandoka-sunnyside-voodoo-apartments/
https://coloradosun.com/2026/03/31/colorado-sunfest-2026-panel-housing-crisis-in-high-...
Today, we revisit our Dec. 15 episode when outdoors reporter Jason Blevins reviewed millions of dollars of high country housing projects coming to fruition and how Colorado mountain towns are focusing on short-term and long-term needs. Jason will host a Colorado SunFest conversation May 1 on high country housing solutions starting to take shape.
Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/15/steamboat-springs-billioniare-housi...
Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks at the growing mental health concerns in Colorado’s mountain towns as communities come off the worst snow season in state history and the stresses that come with it.
Drew Petersen 2024 SunFest conversation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF-_J3rPWtc
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Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks at the ongoing battle between landowners and those who want to wade and float through the land on Colorado waterways. Is the state legislature ready to get involved?
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Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins puts a bow on a challenging ski season with a check-in on the ever-changing closing dates for Colorado resorts, plus a new lawsuit challenging the Ikon and Epic mega passes.
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As e-bikes continue to rise in popularity, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks at how communities and agencies that manage forest land are opening up more trails and working on awareness instead of banning the pedal-assisted bikes.
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As we limp into the final weeks of winter, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has insights on the latest Vail Resorts earnings, a change at Alterra and the world’s most social hermit citizen scientist who has been collecting snow data for more than 50 years above Crested Butte.
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Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down what a major $7 million BLM land acquisition in western Colorado means for outdoor enthusiasts as it gets added to the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area.
https://coloradosun.com/2026/03/06/blm-acquires-escalante-ranch/
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Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins gets us caught up on the Colorado ski season, from the latest backcountry conditions after last week’s storm cycles, to wondering if the resorts can recover from a tough year and his favorite moments for the Colorado Olympians.
Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/02/18/avalanche-danger-spikes/
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Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has updates on the 5-year saga around the Idaho Springs gondola project and a Virginia woman who pleaded guilty recently to stealing $4.5 million from them.
Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/02/13/woman-pleads-guilty-to-scamming-nearly-5-million-from-idaho-springs-gondola-investors/
https://coloradosun.com/2024/07/26/mighty-argo-idaho-springs-gondola/
Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has updates on the pending sale of Eldora ski area to the town of Nederland and how the deal is coming together.
Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/02/06/303-ski-nederland-eldora/
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