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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In Colorado’s devastatingly dry winter, hope abounds for big snows to round out the season: ‘Itap not time for panic’
It will take more than this weekend's arctic blast and snowstorm to make up for Colorado's dearth of snow. "You need February and March to be nonstop snowstorms," the state...

Cross-country ski areas feeling impact of below-normal snow
While Colorado downhill ski resorts continue to deal with abnormally low snowfall and limited terrain offerings, the state's cross country ski operations are struggling as well. Many are dealing with...

Skier visits down 20% for Vail Resorts, an indication of low-snow impact on ski industry
Skier visits for Vail Resorts destinations are down 20% for the season, the company divulged Thursday in a notice to investors, providing a clue to how Colorado resorts are faring...

More campsites, progress on ring trail among the projects Pikes Peak group pursuing this year
The Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance is transitioning from four years of vision planning to specific on-the-ground initiatives with the assistance of a three-year, $2.5 million grant it received last...

Breck’s new hot dog tower turns Colorado ski area into a wiener wonderland
In an effort to create next-level wiener fever this winter at Breckenridge, the resort's culinary experts came up with an imposing monument to the humble frankfurter: The Hot Dog Tower.

Winter Park’s Mary Jane turns 50, ‘On Fire for God’ and more things to do in Denver
Plus the music of Charley Crockett at Mission Ballroom and hunting-fishing galore

Snowstorm helped Colorado ski areas open more runs, but terrain still very limited
Many Colorado ski resorts received welcome infusions of fresh snow Tuesday, and more is forecast for Wednesday night through Friday morning as areas work to open new terrain, but it's...

Concerns raised over Copper Mountain skier traffic backing up onto I-70
Colorado State Patrol: "Anytime traffic is stopped on a through lane on an interstate highway, itap a hazard."

This Olde Town Arvada restaurant serves history, nostalgia and great food
Locals affectionately refer to it simply as the Old School House because part of the building was erected in 1882 as Arvada's first school building.

‘We worked hard for our fun.’ Mary Jane ski area is turning 50, but its roots go back much further
Colorado Arlberg Club members cleared Mary Jane Trail in the 1930s, skiing it under their own power by day, sipping bootleg whiskey by night.