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-country/

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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-housing/

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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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