Weekend guide to Ouray, Colorado. Men's Journal ranked Ouray No. 1 out of 50 U.S. vacation destinations in a recent list this year. ... Our hotel was a quick walk away from Box Cañon Falls Park, ...

Frozen waterfalls in Colorado can be just as exciting as their non-frozen counterparts, ... Finding the falls: Head south on U.S. 550 out of Ouray and hang a right on Camp Bird Road.

Length: Six-and-a-half miles Difficulty: Moderate Why we love it: Dramatic cliffs, waterfalls, and mountain-made bathtubs, plus remarkable views of the town of Ouray When to go: Summer, when snow ...

The town of Ouray itself offers a few glimpses of natural waterfall wonders, but this man-made (and free!) park is truly spectacular. It’s a mecca for climbers (it hosts an ice festival each year that ...

It’s difficult to decide our favorite family memory captured in Ouray, the quaint southwestern Colorado mountain town cradled in a narrow canyon and wrapped by the majestic San Juan Mountains.

Located eight miles southwest of Ouray, Colo., the Yankee Boy Basin area is known for Jeep trails, waterfalls and, when the season's right, wildflowers.The town's pool contains nearly 900,000 ...

Ouray, nestled in the San Juan Mountains, ... Twin Falls. Fed by Sneffels Creek, ... Ouray is small mountain-town Colorado at its best.

How to Make—and Climb—a Frozen Waterfall. At Colorado's Ouray Ice Park, the world’s first man-made frozen climbing grounds, you can chill on an ice wall 10 feet thick.

About 30 years ago, a group of people in Ouray saw limitless opportunities all around them. Mining had left the Western Slope town nestled in the box canyon framed by ...