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Posted inOutdoors

Closed Colorado 14ers reopen with QR code waivers but owner says reform of recreational use law is “ultimate fix”

by Jason Blevins 8:49 AM MDT on Jul 27, 20235:29 PM MDT on Jul 27, 2023

John Reiber closed access to his property atop Mounts Democrat and Lincoln along the Decalibron Loop in March over liability concerns. New QR liability waivers will open the peaks but he warns “this is not a true solution.”

A man at ICELab is holding a backpack and looking at the camera.
Posted inOutdoors

A Colorado program is training the next generation of outdoor innovators

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MDT on Jun 20, 20231:31 PM MDT on Jul 13, 2023

Western Colorado University is becoming an institutional hub for the outdoor recreation industry and the Gunnison River Valley as a hotbed for outdoor businesses

Posted inOutdoors

Consumer focus at Big Gear show in Denver is “the seed” for a new SXSW-style outdoors festival in Colorado

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MDT on Jun 9, 20236:32 PM MDT on Jun 8, 2023

Visit Denver, the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office and Outside, Inc. teaming up at the Big Gear Show as first step toward a possible statewide outdoors festival

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Oil and gas are not the only things of value on public lands

by Forrest Merithew 1:30 AM MDT on Apr 19, 20231:15 AM MDT on Apr 12, 2023

Our leasing policies need to consider not only extractive industries, but also outdoor recreation that is diversifying local economies.

Posted inOutdoors

Luis Benitez returns to outdoor recreation political landscape with push for a federal office

by Jason Blevins 10:50 AM MDT on Apr 13, 202310:50 AM MDT on Apr 13, 2023

Luis Benitez, the first director of Colorado’s outdoor recreation office, has left VF Corp. with a plan to establish a federal recreation office in the Department of Commerce

Posted inSunLit Interviews

Heather Hansman chased ski bum dream through ups and downs of “Powder Days”

by The Colorado Sun 2:10 AM MST on Mar 5, 20233:30 PM MST on Feb 27, 2023

Heather Hansman drew on a decade of personal experience and another winter of reporting to craft her book on the history and future of skiing.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Carman: In ‘America’s playground,’ the rich go skiing and the workers go couch-surfing

by Diane Carman 3:02 AM MST on Feb 26, 20234:21 PM MST on Feb 24, 2023

Colorado’s housing crisis threatens resort town with worker shortages, but development poses its own challenges

Posted inOutdoors

Colorado’s White River is the country’s busiest national forest, with a $1.6B impact. But can it keep it up?

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MST on Dec 20, 20221:52 PM MST on Dec 20, 2022

“The answer here is not another lane on 70,” forest chief Scott Fitzwilliams says as he plans robust community discussions on the future of White River

A mountain biker takes his bike off his car while another watches.
Posted inOutdoors

Record surge for outdoor recreation economy in 2021 fuels push for legislation, federal office

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MST on Nov 10, 20228:26 AM MST on Nov 10, 2022

Colorado’s outdoor recreation industry contributed $11.6 billion in 2021, accounting for 2.7% of the state’s overall economy

Posted inOutdoors

New outdoor trade show to be open to the public as Colorado aims to be “the best state for all things outdoor recreation”

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MDT on Oct 28, 20228:40 AM MDT on Oct 28, 2022

The Big Gear Show will combine with the (e)revolution e-bike trade show in June 2023 for the outdoor industry’s first-ever business-to-business-to-consumer event

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