Outdoors reporter
John Meyer
John Meyer is the Post's expert on the outdoors including skiing, mountaineering and endurance sports, He is a member of the Colorado Snowsports Hall of Fame and the Colorado Running Hall of Fame. The International Ski Federation has honored him with its FIS Journalist Award for more than 30 years of covering U.S. Ski Team athletes and events. He climbed to 24,000 feet on Mount Everest in 1985, has run 13 marathons and is a former Olympics reporter who covered 12 Olympic Games. He began his time at The Denver Post in 2000 after 19 years at the Rocky Mountain News. His favorite outdoor activities include running, cycling, hiking and backcountry ski touring, especially under a full moon.
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6 Colorado ski-school options that won’t break the bank
The most affordable options for learning to ski or ride include Loveland, A-Basin and Purgatory.

Ski films celebrating the power of powder coming to theater (or brewpub) near you
This year's Warren Miller film, "Sno-Ciety," includes a segment shot at Denver's Ruby Hill Rail Yard terrain park.

15-ton pedestrian bridge will help climbers in Eldorado Canyon State Park
Colorado Parks and Wildlife dedicated a new pedestrian bridge on Thursday in Eldorado Canyon State Park, where steep sandstone cliffs and precipitous crags have lured expert rock climbers from around...

Utah funding its national parks; Colorado waiting to see if that will be necessary here, Polis says
The ancient cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde remain closed, however.

Three Colorado ski areas begin snowmaking operations
Eager skiers and snowboarders won't have long to wait now for first turns and shreds.

Ikon Base Pass holders to get unlimited early season access to A-Basin
Ikon Base Pass holders will get more than they bargained for when they bought their passes for the upcoming ski season -- unlimited early-season skiing at Arapahoe Basin.

Rocky Mountain National Park remains open despite government shutdown
Colorado's most-visited national park remains open despite the federal government shutdown, but details about how the shutdown will impact services and operations remain unclear.

Vail Pass rest area reopens after 2-year construction project
With ski season only a few weeks away, the Vail Pass rest area reopened to the public on Tuesday with a bigger, better building that replaced a spartan structure built...

Uber athlete Kilian Jornet nears end of odyssey climbing all 14ers in western U.S.
Kilian Jornet's epic human-powered odyssey to link fourteeners in Colorado, California and Washington has moved into the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest for its final ascents.

Enchanting Jeffco park is a hiker’s wonderland of colorful rock formations, welcoming trails
Tucked into an open space behind twin hogbacks with a series of red rock outcrops and pinnacles reminiscent of Red Rocks Park, South Valley Park is one of my favorite...