Tag: Ouray
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Body of deceased ice climber recovered from Colorado backcountry
An ice climber has died in Colorado, per a report from the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team. According to the team, the ice climber died in the Precipice Peak area of the West Fork of Cimarron River at some point on November 15. A mission to recover the deceased climber’s body took place during the early…
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48 hours in Ouray: Exploring the ‘Switzerland of America’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In southwest Colorado, it’s amazing what all can be tucked into a box canyon. Herein lies Ouray, surrounded by craggy walls that seemingly can’t contain the options for shopping, dining and sightseeing. It’s a sight to behold from Main Street: the jagged San Juan Mountains…
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Looking back on Ouray Ice Park’s 30 years — and ahead to uncertain future
In the mid-1990s, from his previous home in Steamboat Springs, Mike Gibbs was hearing about an icy realm unlike any other growing in a rocky pocket of southwest Colorado. “The word was there was some man-made, farmed ice park down in Ouray,” Gibbs recalled, “and there was a bunch of different climbing.” He arrived in…
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8 quintessential winter events to check out in Colorado this season
When the temperatures drop, Colorado’s party fever rises. Yes, we love our winters. Where the cold and snow once froze activity in the early days of our historic mountain towns, activity now ramps up with much more than skiing. Here are eight bucket list events across the state: International Snow Sculpture Championships Breckenridge, Jan. 20-29…
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Suspect identified in Ouray County newspaper theft
Police say suspect is not connected to the three defendants that were reported for alleged rape in the paper
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
FRIDAY One of the most unique annual events during National Western Stock Show for 78 years: the Grand Champion Steer walks the red carpet through the lobby of Denver’s regal Brown Palace Hotel just in time for high tea. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. Reservations for free general admission. A VIP viewing and barbeque luncheon $150.…
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Ouray Ice Park opens for season on heels of ‘game-changer’ agreement
A famed arena for ice climbing has opened for the season in southwest Colorado — the start of an annual winter tradition that also represents the beginning of a bright, new future for access. Ouray’s City Council recently approved the transfer of a private parcel in Ouray Ice Park to city government. The agreement regarded 7½…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond
THURSDAY-JAN. 21 It’s time for the Colorado Old West tradition National Western Stock Show, kicking off at noon Thursday with 30 impressive Longhorn cattle herded through downtown Denver near Union Station with cowboys and cowgirls on horseback, bands, floats and spectators in jeans and cowboy boots, too. Starting Saturday, days and nights of pro rodeo, 118…
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Deal in the works to preserve access at Ouray Ice Park amid liability concerns
The liability concern sweeping popular recreation lands in Colorado has come to a world-renowned destination for ice climbing. For decades during winter’s freezing days and nights, crews have run water from pipes and shower heads down the Uncompahgre River Gorge to form huge curtains and daggers that call to tens of thousands of axe- and…
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Enjoy fall at these 10 spectacular sites in Colorado’s super scenic southwest region
As if Colorado’s southwest region could get any more beautiful, autumn swoops in. Gold is added to the palette, which also includes shades of purple and pink — the big sky blushing as the sun sets on another fulfilling day. How else to describe days spent in the San Juan Mountains? There is discovery and…