I’m halfway up the first pitch of the Gold Mountain Via Ferrata in the town of Ouray—a spectacular pocket of southwestern Colorado appropriately nicknamed America’s Switzerland, featuring peaks so ...

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Surrounded by 13,000-foot peaks in the San Juan mountain range, Ouray, Colorado, is known as the "Switzerland of America." This Victorian-era mining town is as authentic as it gets, so you'll only ...

The Ouray Ice Park in the mountains of Western Colorado is a beloved destination for ice climbers all over the world. It takes a team of so-called 'ice farmers' to turn on the water and maintain the ...