{"podcast":{"title":"BLISTER Podcast","slug":"blister-podcast-48794","podcast_index_feed_id":48794,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5a305be5d97c54ea788d100b","website_url":"https://blisterreview.com/blister-podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5a305be5d97c54ea788d100b/1539973576525-fb72fbf785957d60746ef01f5a393bcf.jpeg","author":"BLISTER","episode_count":413,"summary":"The Blister Podcast from BLISTER is a series of wide-ranging conversations with athletes, authors, and influential figures in the outdoor industry about mountain culture, outdoor-industry news, books, films, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T06:20:18.266934+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blister-podcast-48794"},"episode":{"title":"Mountain Town Economics 2.0: The Situation in Telluride w/ Jason Blevins","slug":"mountain-town-economics-2-0-the-situation-in-telluride-w-jason-blevins","published_at":"2026-01-12T17:10:49+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blister-podcast-48794/mountain-town-economics-2-0-the-situation-in-telluride-w-jason-blevins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blister-podcast-48794","url":"https://blisterreview.com/podcasts/blister-podcast/mountain-town-economics-2-0-w-jason-blevins-part-1-ep-390","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5a305be5d97c54ea788d100b/e/696466ed75c092ac4ed5b0a8/media.mp3","summary":"Today, Colorado Sun co-founder, Jason Blevins, is back to give us the latest on Telluride reopening and the end of the ski patrol strike; we discuss recent developments in affordable housing in Steamboat Springs; we look at various ownership models of ski areas (including what’s happening at Eldora in Colorado); and we ask the big questions: what are the responsibilities of the owners of ski areas, and how do we create more sustainable — and more stable — relationships between ski areas and mountain towns? Note: We Want to Hear From You! We’d love for you to share with us the stories or topics you’d like us to cover next month on Reviewing the News; ask your most pressing mountain town advice questions, or offer your hot takes for us to rate. You can email those to us here . RELATED LINKS:   GetCARV.com BLISTER+ Get Yourself Covered BLISTER+ Questions: contact@blisterplus.com Get Our 25/26 Winter Buyer’s Guide Discounted Summit Registration for BLISTER+ Members Non-Member Registration: Blister Summit 2026 Get Our Newsletter & Weekly Gear Giveaways Galena Gleason’s Article CHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS: Blister Studios (our new channel) Blister Review (our original channel) TOPICS & TIMES: Carv (1:17) OpenSnow (2:07) Snowbird (2:38) Jason in Telluride Last Friday (4:16) Ski Patrol’s Needs vs Needs of Other Locals (8:37) Making Patrollers Town Employees? (19:28) What Are the Responsibilities of a Ski Area Owner? (29:08) Steamboat Springs Affordable Housing (35:04) Various Models of Ski Area Ownership (39:22) What’s Happening in Nederland, CO, w/ Eldora? (47:40) What Else Should We Know? (50:18) CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Cinematic CRAFTED Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Today, Colorado Sun co-founder, Jason Blevins, is back to give us the latest on Telluride reopening and the end of the ski patrol strike; we discuss recen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3349,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blister-podcast-48794/episodes/mountain-town-economics-2-0-the-situation-in-telluride-w-jason-blevins/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blister-podcast-48794/mountain-town-economics-2-0-the-situation-in-telluride-w-jason-blevins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}