Telluride Closes, Ski Patrol Strikes, & the Future of Ski Resorts w/ Jason Blevins

On December 27, 2025, the Telluride Ski Patrol went on strike. Chuck Horning, the owner of Telluride Ski Resort, then closed the ski area indefinitely. So what is going on in Telluride? What does it mean for the town and residents of Telluride? And what does this strike — and others — say about the current state of mountain towns and the ski-resort industry? To discuss all of these things and more, we are talking with ski-industry reporter, Jason Blevins, the co-founder of the Colorado Sun, and the man behind Blevins’ Corner on our ‘Reviewing the News’ series. 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: [email protected] 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 CHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS: Blister Studios (our new channel) Blister Review (our original channel) TOPICS & TIMES: BLISTER+ Changes starting January 1st (1:30) Get CARV (1:56) What’s Going On in Telluride? (3:00) How Did We Get Here? (5:19) What is Telluride Ski Patrol Asking For? (7:10) Who is Being Unreasonable? (8:46) The Numbers Behind the Request (11:58) Other Potential Costs (18:16) Is Crazy still Better than Corporate? (21:39) Why Won’t Chuck Just Sell the Ski Area? (23:19) What is the Community Saying? (26:17) Will We See more Strikes in the Industry? (32:10) Billionaires & Ski Towns (33:34) Blevins’ Prediction for Telluride (39:29) CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Cinematic CRAFTED Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.