https://coloradosun.com/2024/09/20/arikaree-peak-grand-county-search-and-rescue/ Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins discusses the difficult decision by officials to cancel the recovery of the body of a hiker who died after a fall in the Colorado mountains.

Today – we're joined by Paddy O'Connell, host of the hilarious online TV series PaddyO Sucks At... now in its second season.

Today – outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about how a new insurance policy prompted the return of the famed Gore Fest on one of the toughest sections of the Colorado River.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/08/22/eldora-mountain-resort-sale-powdr/ Today – outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks into the ramifications and breaks down possible buyers for Eldora ski area in Boulder County.   

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has the latest on changes for a Steamboat paddle board-maker as well as a Golden bike-maker suing a Denver-based corporation.   

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has the latest on the 2016 plan for an 83-mile bike path to connect Carbondale to Crested Butte over McClure and Kebler passes.

Should homes that sit empty in ski towns be taxed? Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about a plan by the Colorado Association of Ski Towns to ask the state legislatures help in opening avenues for possible new tax and fee streams.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/07/26/mighty-argo-idaho-springs-gondola/ Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about the revival of a major plan delayed by an alleged fraud scheme that took millions of dollars from investors, who have stuck with the project.

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins discusses the latest idea of a private, luxury ski resort and golf course around the Stagecoach area south of Steamboat Springs.

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about a landmark agreement that will protect Crested Butte’s Red Lady for any future mining.

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins reviews the numbers from the first year of Colorado's option to get a state parks pass with your car registration. Officials are pleased with the results.

Ihttps://coloradosun.com/2024/06/28/justice-department-alterra-arapahoe-basin/ https://coloradosun.com/2024/06/17/colorado-ski-areas-visits-spending/ Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has updates from the skiing industry on updates in the Arapahoe Basin sale, skier visits and what resorts are doing with all that money.

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down the latest community survey of mountain town residents and their view of quality of life with the influx of people since the pandemic.

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has an update from a contentious  community meeting about possibly adding another national monument on the Western Slope around the Dolores River.

Today –  outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about a new movie by pro skier Drew Petersen’s that addresses suicide rates in mountain towns and what’s known as the paradise paradox. 

Today – outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks at the potential fallout from the Colorado Supreme Court's recent decision concerning liability waivers and how it might affect the outdoors industry. 

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about how some successful Colorado outdoor companies adjust after getting bought up and relocated and what communities are doing to adapt.  

Today – we’re talking with Western Slope journalist Nancy Lofholm about the impacts of the bridge closure on U.S. Highway 50 over Blue Mesa Reservoir.

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about the latest ruling in a decades-long court battle to build a village next to the Wolf Creek ski area in southern Colorado.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/24/gray-wolf-pups-colorado-killing-cattle/ Today – Sun reporter Tracy Ross checks in with updates on how the wolf reintroduction in the state has been going and the latest developments in northern Colorado.

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down his recent conversation with the head of one of the ski industry’s biggest players, Jared Smith of Alterra Mountain Company. 

Despite tragic accident, Colorado backcountry mostly safe this seasonhttps://coloradosun.com/2024/04/10/skier-killed-trying-jump-berthoud-pass/ Today – Colorado Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about the 21-year-old skier who died trying to jump the highway up Berthoud Pass and has updates on the backcountry deaths this winter.

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about his yearslong project looking at skier safety, why he’s been following it and what resorts and law enforcement have to say.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/03/29/leadville-mill-arkansas-river/ Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about a controversial milling proposal in Leadville to clean up old mining piles and see if they can extract any gold or silver using cyanide.

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about housing plans in Steamboat with a vote Tuesday related to a big affordable housing project and also news of a private ski resort coming to the area.

https://coloradosun.com/category/news/outdoors Today – With the ski season at full speed for spring break, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins hits on a number of topics, from snowpack to indoor skiing to skier numbers for this season. 

https://coloradosun.com/2024/03/08/colorado-parks-wildlife-commission-gary-skiba/ Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about the recent challenges by some state senators to the governor’s appointments for three spots on the Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners board.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/23/colorado-lawmakers-amend-recreational-use-statute/ Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about the new changes to a state statute that will help private landowners who open up their properties for public recreation.

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins takes us to Silverton Mountain ski area in southwestern Colorado where he caught up with the new owners of the humble operations.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/16/colorado-supreme-court-ski-resort-waivers/ Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins explains how a liability case before the Colorado Supreme Court could have major effects for the skiing industry and other outdoor recreation companies.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/05/arapahoe-basin-acquired-alterra-mountain/ Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down the recent sale of Arapahoe Basin ski area and what it could mean for some of Colorado's other independent ski areas.

Today – Picking up from where we left off yesterday… Pat Milbery, former professional snowboarder turned artist, shares more of his story of survival from a journey across the treacherous Red Mountain Pass in this conversation with Jason Blevins.

Today – The Colorado Sun's Jason Blevins sits down with Pat Milbery, a former professional snowboarder turned incredible artist. In this two part conversation, Pat shares a tale of survival, adventure, and introspection from his journey across the treacherous Red Mountain Pass, offering a vivid account of facing nature's fury head-on. https://coloradosun.com/2024/02/01/outsider-20240201/

https://coloradosun.com/2024/01/26/renaming-kit-carson-mountain/ Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has an update from the recent meeting of the state advisory board working to rename some of Colorado’s mountains that carry offensive names.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/01/19/pikes-peak-recreation-colorado-parks-wildlife/ Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has insight on state-level conversations on managing the millions of visitors to the Pikes Peak region and how it is a microcosm of what’s going on in Colorado.

Today – Colorado Sun reporter Jason Belvin talks about the conditions in the mountains after the major snowstorm that hit the Colorado high country this weekend. https://coloradosun.com/2024/01/12/colorado-avalanche-danger-new-snow/

Today – we check in with Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins on the state of the ski season so far and how Colorado avalanche forecasters and search and rescue teams are getting a new influx of money.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/05/18/dust-on-snow-threatens-colorados-above-average-snowpack/ For the holiday week we are replaying some of our top episodes from 2023. Today, we bring back the discussion about the high country snowpack’s biggest threats: out-of-state dust. Sun reporter Tracy Ross talks about her field trip to the mountain above Silverton to check it out.

https://coloradosun.com/2023/09/05/mountain-town-short-term-rental-crackdown/ For the holiday week we are replaying some of our top episodes from 2023. Today, we look back at – a conversation from September 4th when Sun reporter Jason Blevins talked about the pushback by homeowners in some mountain towns who say they’ve had enough with the fees and taxes being put on their short-term rentals. And some are turning to the courts and suing local governments.

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has updates and good news on some high profile public lands issues in Colorado. For more on this story: https://coloradosun.com/2023/12/15/mount-democrat-transferred-to-forest-service/

Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2023/12/08/colorado-state-land-board-parks/ Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down the current debate about what it might mean if the Colorado Land Trust turned over thousands of acres it controls to the state park’s system.

Today – Sun reporter Jason Blevins talks about the latest development in the Argo Mine development saga in Idaho Springs with criminal charges filed and allegations of millions of dollars disappearing.

Today – as part of our High Cost of Colorado series we talk with Sun reporter Olivia Prentzel about how much more expensive it is to enjoy outdoors, including climbing four-teen-ers.  

Today – Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins details how removing a nearly 70-year-old dam will make a smooth stretch on the Arkansas River even safer.