Mountain and Tourism Reporter — The Denver Post
Jason Blevins
Reporter Jason Blevins left The Denver Post in 2018. He covered tourism, mountain business, skiing and outdoor adventure sports for both the business and sports sections.
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U.S. Olympic freeskiing, snowboarding teams take shape at Snowmass
After a intense training camp at Copper Mountain in the last week of December, U.S. Freeskiing and U.S. Snowboarding coach Mike Jankowski asked if any of his Olympic aspirants wanted...

Shaun White scores perfect 100 in Snowmass halfpipe, setting stage for his fourth Olympics
Shaun White stood atop the halfpipe, wondering what to do. Should he play it safe for his final of three laps down the pipe by spinning his trademark run and...

Steamboat Olympian Arielle Gold’s new tricks display tenacity in pursuit of PyeongChang
rielle Gold wasn’t immune to the post-Olympic hangover, a malaise that settles on athletes whose grandest dreams didn’t materialize.

Three Colorado athletes lock down Olympic spots at Snowmass Grand Prix
Three Colorado athletes — Aaron Blunck, Alex Ferreira and Red Gerard — secured their Winter Olympic berths Friday at the second Toyota Grand Prix this season.

Eagle snowboarder Jake Pates contending to make Olympic halfpipe team
The 19-year-old is not worrying about how Saturday’s halfpipe contest at the U.S. Grand Prix at Snowmass could punch his ticket to the Olympics.

Lack of snow slows Vail Resorts’ revenue stream
Vail Resorts on Friday assigned numbers to the so-far-anecdotal evidence that the slow start to the season is pinching the resort industry.

The new name in ski resorts you need to know: Alterra Mountain
The partnership that tied the family that owns Aspen Skiing Co. up with Denver’s KSL Capital Partners to acquire 12 ski resorts in the last year will be named Alterra...

The new name in ski resorts you need to know: Alterra Mountain
The partnership that tied the family that owns Aspen Skiing Co. up with Denver’s KSL Capital Partners to acquire 12 ski resorts in the last year will be named Alterra...

Avon skier Taylor Seaton going back to halfpipe roots in his quest for PyeongChang
The 27-year-old halfpipe veteran vying to compete in PyeongChang once played that aerial game. He double-corked this and that, flipping upside down twice while spinning and grabbing in the icy...

Two Colorado athletes plan to compete in South Korea Olympics for other countries
As Americans battle for inclusion on the U.S. Olympic Team, at least two Colorado athletes have already secured their berth in the PyeongChang Winter Games.