The U.S. Geological Survey’s Board on Geographic Names voted Friday to approve Mount Blue Sky as the replacement for Mount Evans
Jason Blevins
Jason Blevins lives in Eagle with his wife, two teenage girls and a dog named Gravy. He writes The Outsider, a weekly newsletter covering the outdoors industry from the inside out.
Topic expertise: Western Slope, public lands, outdoors, ski industry, mountain business, housing, interesting things
Location: Eagle, CO
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Telluride Via Ferrata could get first-ever Forest Service trail designation
Climbers are raising funds for upgrades to the alpine route that would make it the first via ferrata in the Forest Service national trail system
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More people than ever are going outside to recreate. The problem is they’re not going often enough.
Outings for young families are declining, even with the help of Colorado programs designed to break down barriers to the outdoors.
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New management plan for Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest increases logging for timber, wildfire mitigation
Environmental groups say the new forest plan for the GMUG “takes a major step backward” by increasing logging areas by 300,000 acres.
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Fort Lewis College suddenly pulls plug on rare skiing injury database
Ski resort managers rarely discuss injuries and limited injury data is shared only through industry-supported researchers.
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Colorado’s mountain town homeowners are tired of being cast as villains in the fight over short-term rentals
They say rules intended to free up housing for local workers could force them to move out of town
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife scrap with Army Corps of Engineers ends John Martin Reservoir State Wildlife Area
CPW backs out of 55-year management of wildlife area with five days notice. The new Army Corps management plan will eliminate dispersed camping around the largest reservoir in southeastern Colorado.
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Alterra Mountain Co. goes big — bigger than Vail — on a Utah resort for skiers only
Plan for $3.2 billion Deer Valley expansion includes 3,700 new acres of ski terrain plus a village built by the developer of posh New York City residential towers
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What’s next for Utah’s Uinta Basin Railway after court forces railroad expansion project back to the start?
The Seven County Infrastructure Coalition could re-start the two-year environmental review of the project or petition review by the U.S. Supreme Court
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Minturn weighs final settlement to end 15 years of wrangling with big-dream developer, lender
Florida developer Bobby Ginn promised Minturn about $160 million in perks if voters annexed 5,000 acres where he planned a private ski resort with 1,700 homes. A final deal 15 years later could bury the ghost of Ginn with $150,000 and 250 acres in exchange for approval for up to 250 homes.