Ouray is 7,800 feet above sea level at the base of the San Juan Mountains in south-central Colorado. Gold and silver mining put the place on the map in 1876. A railroad kept the pulse of Ouray ...

Southwestern Colorado’s San Juan Mountain range is made up of the eroded remnants of dozens of volcanoes that were erupting between 35-25 million years ago. This includes the world’s largest volcanic ...

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 ...

There are around 1,000 residents in Ouray, which is what tons ... would certainly enjoy Creede. Lake City, Colorado is another town in the San Juan Mountains that offers residents a high quality ...

In the midst of a winter storm on Friday, avalanche conditions were deemed dangerous from Craig to the New Mexico border, the length of the Western Slope. In the aftermath of the storm, from Feb. 14 ...

Active lifestyle alert: ski, hike, bike, and explore the San Juan Mountains from charming towns like Telluride, Ouray, and ...

A teaser of a snowstorm arriving in Southwest Colorado on Tuesday night and moving through the region Wednesday will only ...

The duties of governor have taken me to the four corners of Colorado and around the country, so I can say with authority that the San Juan Mountains epitomize what makes “Colorful Colorado” one of the ...

This beautiful town, which was established during the Colorado mining boom in the late 1800s, is surrounded by the jagged peaks of the San Juan Mountains ... each autumn. Ouray boasts its own ...

Despite hundreds of spectators arriving by the busloads, tractors and heavy machinery weaving in between crowds of cowboys, ...

This free Colorado Scenic & Historic Byway links popular tourist towns – including Durango, Silverton, Ouray and Telluride ... breathtaking views of the San Juan Mountains.

DENVER — Heavy snowfall that's hitting Colorado's mountains this weekend ... The storm is particularly beneficial for the San Juan and Rio Grande mountain ranges, which have been experiencing ...