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 ...

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 ...

The Ouray Mountain Rescue Team said the body was recovered from the Precipice Peak area of the West Fork of the Cimarron ...