About 35 minutes out of Ouray, the roadway accesses South Mineral Campground and one of Colorado’s most famous alpine lakes, the fluorescent-blue Ice Lake. Ice Lake Basin is the gateway to two ...

An experienced solo backcountry skier and a one-time member of the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team was the person who died in an avalanche in Colorado a week ago. It is the only fatal avalanche in the ...

Augustus “Gus” Begole and his partner, John Echols, are the fathers of Uncompahgre City, now better known as Ouray. Begole, a miner and a wanderer, was one of the first ...

Oregon's "Little Switzerland" and Switzerland itself share similarities in chocolate shops, lakes, mountains, hiking adventures, and winter sports. Sure, Ouray, Colorado, has long held the title ...