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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The Columbine Ranger District is planning to burn 4,150 acres in the HD mountains of the San Juan National Forest.

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

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 ...

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