The Outsider with Jason Blevins

Today, outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks at why Vail Resorts continues to struggle to get its stock to rebound, and how the board of directors is facing a fight on the board’s makeup when shareholders meet in December. https://coloradosun.com/2026/11/05/vail-resorts-faces-fight-over-business-strategy/

Get your tickets today at denverartmuseum.org

Learn more at Alpinebank.com

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The pending sale of Eldora ski area in Boulder County to the town of Nederland has been going on for roughly two years. Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down the latest updates from the town, their change in strategy, and if the patience of the seller is wearing thing.

https://coloradosun.com/2026/10/08/nederland-eldora-ski-area-purchase-donations-bonds/

aarp.org/co

coloradosun.com/support

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins gets us caught up on a variety of news coming from the outdoors, including a liability lawsuit dismissed, river permitting proposal, daylight saving pushback and more.

Daylight saving time pushback: https://coloradosun.com/2026/09/21/ski-resort-industry-urges-lawmakers-to-reject-daylight-saving-bill/ 

Liability lawsuit dismissed: https://coloradosun.com/2026/09/25/colorado-supreme-court-liability-waivers-resorts/ 

https://honestlygood.org

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins gets into the origins of the 50-year-old Pearl Pass Klunker Tour, which many consider to be the start of modern-day mountain biking and put Crested Butte on the map as a destination for the mountain biking community.

Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/09/18/crested-butte-klunker-tour/

Original Thinkers: https://www.originalthinkers.com/ 

NE Water Event: https://coloradosun.com/events/ 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about a new avalanche mitigation system being developed on the Western Slope that will help bring even more safety to the dangerous work at ski resorts in Colorado and the West.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has covered the evolution of lift ticket pricing for decades and today he breaks down three antitrust lawsuits filed in Denver against the ski industry’s four largest players, arguing the operators conspired to inflate lift ticket prices.

https://coloradosun.com/2026/08/27/antitrust-lawsuit-targeting-resort-operators/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Every year, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins tracks winter and summer taxable sales in 18 large and small mountain towns near ski areas. Today, Jason looks at the recently calculated numbers for the November-through-April stretch of the 2025-26 winter and what he found out.

Misery tickets:  bit.ly/4plYyZ2

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down the 2025 Colorado tourism report and how despite record numbers of visitors and spending, there are concerns about a slowdown and what a rough 2026 could mean.

https://coloradosun.com/2026/07/30/colorado-sees-record-year-for-tourism/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has updates on plans to turn Sweetwater Lake in remote Garfield County into a recreation area in a partnership with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the U.S. Forest Service.

https://coloradosun.com/2026/07/24/sweetwater-lake-forest-service-study/

Misery Tickets: bit.ly/4plYyZ2

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks into the growing concerns around hikers relieving themselves in the Colorado mountains and how federal cuts to the Forest Service could mean “wag bags” will have an even greater role in keeping the lands clean.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.