When Rick Trujillo first ran over the Sneffels range from Ouray to Telluride in August of 1974, he never expected to chart what would become one of Colorado’s most famous mountain races. In fact, the event was accidentally created only after he was left stranded on the wrong side of Imogene Pass that fateful day.
Roughly a century after Italian armies drilled iron rungs into cliff faces to efficiently move troops through treacherous mountain terrain — via ferratas, or “the iron way,” — the ferratas
The U.S. Forest Service is proposing use restrictions on the area around Blue Lakes, in response to impacts from increased visitation and impacts from more people using public lands.
As a steady stream of Jeeps, ATVs and side-by-sides headed up County Road 361 Monday morning, Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood and Ouray County Sheriff Justin Peny held up their hands, stopping each vehicle as it approached Senator Gulch.
The Ouray County Plaindealer took home 19 awards last weekend from the four-state Top of the Rockies journalism contest, including five first-place prizes and an award for public service. The Plaindealer won the top number of awards among small newsrooms in a four-state region.
Ouray County will begin emergency avalanche mitigation and plowing of Camp Bird Road above Senator Gulch to allow limited backcountry access after a road maintenance agreement with the company overseeing the Ouray Silver Mine fell apart. The county will spend an estimated $100,000 to hire contractors for avalanche mitigation and start working on the 3.2mile stretch of road a month early, with the aim of leaving an 8-inch snow base for snowmobiles, skiers and other nonwheeled users above the Senator Gulch gate.
Ouray County will begin emergency avalanche mitigation and plowing of Camp Bird Road above Senator Gulch to allow limited backcountry access after a road maintenance agreement with the company overseeing the Ouray Silver Mine fell apart. The county will spend an estimated $100,000 to hire contractors for avalanche mitigation and start working on the 3.2mile stretch of road a month early, with the aim of leaving an 8-inch snow base for snowmobiles, skiers and other nonwheeled users above the Senator Gulch gate.
As a steady stream of Jeeps, ATVs and side-by-sides headed up County Road 361 Monday morning, Ouray Police Chief Jeff Wood and Ouray County Sheriff Justin Peny held up their hands, stopping each vehicle as it approached Senator Gulch.