The Outsider with Jason Blevins

Colorado rafting 2026 season will have challenges

Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/22/arkansas-river-rafting-low-flows/ [https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/22/arkansas-river-rafting-low-flows/] Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks at the outlook for Colorado’s rafting season and how outfitters, especially along the Arkansas River, are adjusting as we come off the worst winter for snow in history. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Tiny Colorado town going big on conservation efforts

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down a big land acquisition for a Colorado mountain town that millions of people zoom past each year. With barely 200 residents, Silver Plume officials are buying up old mining claims, expanding the town’s mountain park to more than 750 acres. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Western US skier visit numbers: From feast to famine

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down a few skier data sets from this season, including how the historically dry winter played out in on-mountain visits, and also the number of people who died on the hill. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/05/us-skier-visits-drop-2025-26/ [https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/05/us-skier-visits-drop-2025-26/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Colorado Supreme Court revisits skier liability waivers

Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has been following the legal challenges to skier liability waivers for years, and today he breaks down another case before the Colorado Supreme Court questioning the language in those waivers. https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/27/ski-pass-waivers/ [https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/27/ski-pass-waivers/]  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/colorado-jury-pushes-back-on-liability-waivers/id1744182140?i=1000725487892 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/colorado-jury-pushes-back-on-liability-waivers/id1744182140?i=1000725487892]  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

High-country housing stress continues to challenge Colorado communities

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins looks at how a change in Telluride’s affordable housing rules has riled a folks in town. As housing continues to challenge mountain town workers, was it an overcorrect? https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/19/telluride-rent-regulations-renters-affordability-shandoka-sunnyside-voodoo-apartments/ [https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/19/telluride-rent-regulations-renters-affordability-shandoka-sunnyside-voodoo-apartments/]  https://coloradosun.com/2026/03/31/colorado-sunfest-2026-panel-housing-crisis-in-high-country/ [https://coloradosun.com/2026/03/31/colorado-sunfest-2026-panel-housing-crisis-in-high-country/]  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.