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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With 11 fatalities on Colorado’s fourteeners this season, “it’s time to do something”
With 11 people dead on Colorado's highest peaks so far this summer -- including seven on the treacherous fourteeners around Aspen -- rescuers and climbers are scrambling for a plan...

Parker Riehle declines National Ski Areas Association president job, search continues
Parker Riehle, who the National Ski Areas Association recently announced as its new president, replacing outgoing chief Michael Berry, is not taking the job because he can’t leave his home...

Badfish stand-up paddleboard makers returning operations to Salida
Badfish SUP is ending its 6-year partnership with Boardworks Surf, returning to Salida, where the company pretty much created the sport of downriver stand-up paddling in the Arkansas River.

The time to buy your Colorado ski pass is now. Here are the best options for 5 types of skiers.
The first flakes are coming to the mountains in Colorado, so it¶¶Ňőap time to get serious about that ski pass.

The time to buy your Colorado ski pass is now. Here are the best options for 5 types of skiers.
You know who says skiing is expensive? Bad planners.

Cannondale-Drapac cycling team’s future secured with EF Education First as major sponsor
Boulder’s Cannondale-Drapac has landed the big-fish sponsor that will save the UCI World Tour cycling team.

Plans for next year’s Colorado Classic are already starting. Where does Velorama stand after bumpy debut?
Colorado Classic boss Ken Gart says the race next year will have a smaller Velorama footprint in RiNo, new host cities and improved TV coverage.

Henderson Mine in Clear Creek County resuming operations, which could delay closure by 6 years
Henderson Mine is resuming operations after a sustained decline in the molybdenum market suspended mine development last year. But Clear Creek County is not giving up its plan to create...

Cross Mountain Ranch in northwest Colorado hits market for $100 million
Longtime landowners across Colorado are testing the market by listing their so-called legacy ranches for jaw-dropping prices. The latest entry is the 224,050-acre Cross Mountain Ranch in northwest Colorado, which...

Tiny mussel larvae in Green Mountain Reservoir signals big threat to all Colorado water
After scientists concluded tiny squiggles in samples of Green Mountain Reservoir water were dangerous mussel larvae, Colorado bumped up its war against a worst-case scenario that threatens fisheries, power generation, water...