Boulder has a new reason to tune into “Survivor” this season — a University of Colorado Buffs alumnus has joined the cast, and he’s putting his outdoor mountain skills to use with $1 million on the line.

Steven Ramm, a 2013 CU Boulder graduate who lives in Denver, is on the 49th season of “Survivor,” a reality TV show where a group of contestants compete in challenges while stranded on a remote island. The first episode of the new season premiered on Wednesday.

“It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but not in the way I expected,” Ramm said, Wednesday. “The easiest part for me was the survivor aspect, strangely enough. After a little bit of ways into the game, I stopped feeling hungry, and the starvation aspect really did not bother me as much as I thought it would.”

Ramm said his ti

See Full Page