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Jason Sumner

The Front Ranger

realvail local since: January 1, 2008

Sumner was born in Colorado and spent part of his youth living in Crested Butte where he was on the same ski team as Chris and Casey Puckett. Their World Cup skills didn’t rub off, and today Sumner is a full-time, Boulder-based freelance writer specializing in outdoor sports and adventure travel. Recent bylines include 5280, Bicycling, BIKE and Away.com, a travel website.

Before forsaking a regular paycheck, Sumner was on staff with the Boulder Daily Camera newspaper and VeloNews, a bike-racing magazine. Assignments ranged from girls high school basketball games and a two-day softball tournament, to the Tour de France and the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He also worked for the Olympic News Service at the 2006 Torino Olympic Games, where he learned all there is to know about bobsled, skeleton and luge.

Torino is also where Sumner met RealVail founders David Williams and Tom Boyd, and it was then that the trio consummated their working and skiing friendships with shots of grappa and one too many beers.

Jason Sumner's Blog: The Front Ranger...

Blog Entries by Jason Sumner
Headline	Post Date
Backcountry 'light' opportunities abound	Mar 24, 2008
Breckenridge film fest back for another year	Feb 28, 2008
Wolf Creek: is it really the snow king?	Feb 15, 2008
February's high country deals	Jan 31, 2008
A-Basin’s Montezuma Bowl part II: My shot at the Darwin Awards	Jan 28, 2008
Real deals: a look at discounts coming up in ski country	Jan 23, 2008
When two roads diverge, which is better for the skier?	Jan 20, 2008
Chinese downhill at the Montezuma Bowl opening	Jan 12, 2008
Confessions of a Front Range skier	Jan 1, 2008