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Employed by the Methodist South Park Circuit, he was so poorly compensated that he took a second job carrying mail from Buckskin Joe to Leadville. The work paid $18 per month. To preach the gospel,  he crossed 13,185 foot Mosquito Pass several times per week in all weather conditions. During winters, he used "[[Norway|Norwegian]] snow shoes" (skis) to maneuver through the snows over Mt. Mosquito. He preached in the camps three times a week and three more times each Sunday. He traversed steep, dangerous terrain by horse or mule when possible.<ref name=tbio/> He preached against the common activities of miners, [[gambling]], [[alcohol]], and [[prostitution]]. He performed marriages, tended the sick, and became known as a selfless individual.<ref name=oldcolocom>{{cite web|url=http://history.oldcolo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=174:father-dyer-the-snowshoe-itinerant-preacher&catid=61&Itemid=92|title= Dyer, Father, the Snowshoe Itinerant Preacher|date=June 17, 1901|publisher=history.oldcolo.com|accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref> Dyer was aware that most of the mining revenues went to comparatively few individuals. The miners faced backbreaking and dangerous work, but he directed his ministry as a message of hope.<ref name=jfagan/> Dyer preached wherever he could find anyone to listen, even in saloons. He went as far south as [[New Mexico]] to proclaim the gospel.<ref name=jfagan/>

Employed by the Methodist South Park Circuit, he was so poorly compensated that he took a second job carrying mail from Buckskin Joe to Leadville. The work paid $18 per month. To preach the gospel,  he crossed 13,185 foot Mosquito Pass several times per week in all weather conditions. During winters, he used "[[Norway|Norwegian]] snow shoes" (skis) to maneuver through the snows over Mt. Mosquito. He preached in the camps three times a week and three more times each Sunday. He traversed steep, dangerous terrain by horse or mule when possible.<ref name=tbio/> He preached against the common activities of miners, [[gambling]], [[alcohol]], and [[prostitution]]. He performed marriages, tended the sick, and became known as a selfless individual.<ref name=oldcolocom>{{cite web|url=http://history.oldcolo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=174:father-dyer-the-snowshoe-itinerant-preacher&catid=61&Itemid=92|title= Dyer, Father, the Snowshoe Itinerant Preacher|date=June 17, 1901|publisher=history.oldcolo.com|accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref> Dyer was aware that most of the mining revenues went to comparatively few individuals. The miners faced backbreaking and dangerous work, but he directed his ministry as a message of hope.<ref name=jfagan/> Dyer preached wherever he could find anyone to listen, even in saloons. He went as far south as [[New Mexico]] to proclaim the gospel.<ref name=jfagan/>

In his autobiography, Dyer tells of one particularly trip over Mosquito Pass which resulted in frozen feet and near death, spared only by a three-week recuperation assisted by a willing friend. Dyer was so thrifty, a necessity for his small salary, that he once walked a hundred miles from Buckskin Joe to his small cabin in Mosquito Gulch. While the trip took two and a half days, he saved $20, $2 more than his monthly pay for delivering the mail.<ref name=vandusen/> For his innovation of snow shoes and skis for general travel, even though his device was not meant for athletics, Dyer was posthumously honored by induction into the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in Vail..<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colorado-for-free.com/FreeThingsToDoColorado/SkiMuseum.htm|title=Colorado Ski Museum|publisher=colorado-for-free.com|accessdate=January 19, 2014}}</ref>

In his autobiography, Dyer tells of one particularly trip over Mosquito Pass which resulted in frozen feet and near death, spared only by a three-week recuperation assisted by a willing friend. Dyer was so thrifty, a necessity for his small salary, that he once walked a hundred miles from Buckskin Joe to his small cabin in Mosquito Gulch. While the trip took two and a half days, he saved $20, $2 more than his monthly pay for delivering the mail.<ref name=vandusen/> For his innovation of snow shoes and skis for general travel, even though his device was not meant for athletics, Dyer was posthumously honored by induction into the Colorado Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame in Vail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colorado-for-free.com/FreeThingsToDoColorado/SkiMuseum.htm|title=Colorado Ski Museum|publisher=colorado-for-free.com|accessdate=January 19, 2014}}</ref>

It was believed that few other individuals knew that part of the Rocky Mountain West to the extent that Dyer did although John Chivington, known for the Sand Creek Massacre, was also a Methodist circuit rider and later a presiding elder, but he had entered the military by the time Dyer arrived in Colorado. While others came to emulate his work on the mission field, they fell short of the success that he reached.<ref name=tbio/><ref name=vandusen/>

It was believed that few other individuals knew that part of the Rocky Mountain West to the extent that Dyer did although John Chivington, known for the Sand Creek Massacre, was also a Methodist circuit rider and later a presiding elder, but he had entered the military by the time Dyer arrived in Colorado. While others came to emulate his work on the mission field, they fell short of the success that he reached.<ref name=tbio/><ref name=vandusen/>