Author - The Durango Herald
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Jason Blevins
Position: The Colorado Sun

Colorado ski areas report 13.8 million visits in 2024-25, marking the third busiest season ever

High numbers an affirmation that pandemic bump was not an anomaly

Colorado counties, towns step up to fund outdoor workers amid federal budget cuts

Eagle, Gunnison, Pitkin and Summit direct local tax dollars toward backcountry rangers

New law allows state land board to consider recreation, conservation

Goal is to balance more diverse values with mandate to generate funds for schools

U.S. ski resorts report second-highest showing on record for 2024-25 season

Early numbers show ski areas invested $624.4 million in resort improvements

Snowboarder who fell from Keystone chairlift in December has died from his injuries

A witness said the man was adjusting his snowboard bindings; his mother disputes that

At least 13 people died on Colorado ski slopes during the 2024-25 season

Survey shows eight skiers and five snowboarders died following falls or medical events

Colorado’s outdoor businesses buckling in Trump trade war

'We can’t just uproot our supply chain overnight,’ business cofounder says

Forest Service changes to Rabbit Ears Pass mountain bike project have advocates hopping mad

“They have betrayed the public trust and poisoned the well,” says a wildlife advocate

Hickenlooper’s Western Slope tour reveals growing frustration over Trump’s public lands policy

‘It’s going to be battle’ he told local officials in Eagle County as he encouraged stronger and unified opposition

A Silverton backcountry skiing phenom has climbed millions of vertical feet. He’s only 13

Griff Pinto hopes to someday travel the world and make ski movies

A Southwest Colorado town has carved itself into a snowboarder’s paradise

Silverton Mountain's stable of guides have proved their boards are efficient guiding tools, defying decades of ski-only history.

Trump administration doesn’t want you to know a record number of people visited national parks last year

The highest-ever 331.9 million visitors in 2024 is not being promoted by Park Service