Tucked into the narrow valley below the San Juan mountains, Ouray offers a lot of outdoors within easy reach of the tiny town. The former mining mecca named for a Ute chief has one of the most ...

What makes Ouray the Switzerland of America? You find out with a quick drive up Red Mountain Pass, to overlooks of the quaint town tucked in a box canyon and framed by the white-capped wonders of the ...

The Perimeter Trail is arguably the best—and certainly the most scenic—way to experience Ouray, the historic Colorado town known as the “Switzerland of America” for its striking placement in the San ...

Five participants from last weekend's Academy of Yoga retreat in Ridgway traveled a little farther south for a short afternoon hike above Ouray. Four of them posed — the Warrior Pose — beneath ...

Forest rangers in Ouray have closed part of the Bear Creek Trail after a rockslide washed out part of the route. In a release Friday the Forest Service said the trail will be closed from the trailhead ...