Jason Blevins

Mountain and Tourism Reporter 鈥� 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.

Louise Ingalls looks over photographs of ...

Taft Conlin’s death at Vail may have had more to do with signage than the inherent risk of avalanche, judge rules

April 20, 2017 at 5:58 p.m.

A district court judge has rejected Vail Resorts' request to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Taft Conlin, the teenager who was killed in an avalanche...

A cowboy races into the first set of slaloms during the 37th annual Cowboy Downhill on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at Steamboat.

Real estate surge likely to follow resort ownership change at Steamboat, Winter Park

April 16, 2017 at 7:05 p.m.

Towns near ski resorts scooped up in the $1.5 billion purchase of Intrawest are ready for the real estate boom that followed similar deals. But it won't be the resort...

New Aspen partnership buys Mammoth resorts, challenges Vail Resorts’ dominance in season pass sales

April 14, 2017 at 12:35 p.m.

The new Aspen Skiing Co.-KSL Capital Partners alliance is buying the Eastern Sierra鈥檚 Mammoth Mountain, June Mountain, Snow Summit and Bear Mountain, giving the nascent partnership more than 6,000 acres...

Details are scant, but big investments in Steamboat and Winter Park are coming

April 12, 2017 at 9:46 a.m.

If there鈥檚 a takeaway from the industry-shaking news of Aspen Skiing Co.鈥檚 partnership with private equity firm KSL Capital in the $1.5 billion takeover of Intrawest抖阴ap six mountain resorts, it抖阴ap...

A skier takes on the Cramner run at the Winter Park Ski Area.

$1.5 billion deal rocks Colorado ski industry as Aspen Skiing Co. acquires Steamboat and operator of Winter Park resort

April 12, 2017 at 9:44 a.m.

Suddenly Colorado is ground-zero for what will become the most hawkish rivalry in the U.S. ski resort industry, with Aspen Skiing - KSL vying against the world鈥檚 largest resort operator...

Late March snow reversed early-season melt and rescued Colorado snowpack

July 17, 2017 at 8:26 a.m.

Late-March snowfall in the high country rescued a flagging snowpack, buoying every river basin in Colorado above normal -- with the Rio Grande basin hitting 100 percent of normal storage...

Former Sports Authority corporate headquarters.

Sports Authority headquarters in Englewood sells for $15.77 million

April 8, 2017 at 11:28 a.m.

Sports Authority's vast corporate headquarters in Englewood has been sold, reviving hope for redevelopment at corner of Hampden and Santa Fe.

Chuck Yorkey of Aurora enjoys a warm sunny day fishing at Aurora Reservoir Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.

Cost of Colorado hunting, fishing licenses could jump 50% under new House bill

October 31, 2017 at 12:38 p.m.

Lawmakers are contemplating allowing Colorado's Parks and Wildlife Commission to boost the cost of hunting and fishing licenses as much as 50 percent.

Norwegian Air expands with Denver-London service $199 one-way

July 20, 2017 at 8:27 a.m.

Norwegian Air International is widening the portal connecting Colorado to the United Kingdom -- and globalizing the low-cost-fare fight that has typically been waged domestically.

Cyclist Stephen Tilford was killed in a crash

Cycling legend Steve Tilford killed in car crash on Interstate 70 west of Grand Junction

April 5, 2017 at 1:38 p.m.

Mountain biking and cyclocross legend Steve Tilford, 59, was killed early Wednesday in a crash on Interstate 70 in eastern Utah.

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