Ouray Ice Park, Ouray. The town of Ouray offers a few glimpses of natural waterfall wonders, but this man-made (and free!) park is truly spectacular.

Things to Do Outdoors Colorado’s 9 most beautiful frozen winter waterfalls Icy cascades in Boulder, Vail, Steamboat, Ouray are sure to stun and inspire Bridal Veil Falls, near Telluride. At 365 feet, ...

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 ...

Ouray is 360 miles from Fort Collins, about 40 miles south of Montrose and 10 miles as the crow flies northeast of Telluride. The two mountain towns are connected via Imogene Pass, a difficult ...

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 ...

At Colorado's Ouray Ice Park, the world’s first and largest man-made frozen climbing grounds, you can chill on an ice wall 10 feet thick.

John Fors of Menio Park, Calif., descends 13,100-foot Virginius Pass toward Ouray Friday, July 9, 2010, during the 2010 Hardrock 100 endurance run through the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.

Finding the falls: Head south on U.S. 550 out of Ouray and hang a right on Camp Bird Road. The park is right there in Uncompahgre Gorge.