My 4-year-old nephew Dash had a request on his family's recent trip to Colorado. He wanted to see a waterfall. So, we found him one. Our family drove from Montrose to Ouray and hiked the short ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 Happy Trails: Ouray's Perimeter Trail ...

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.

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 ...

Will Gadd climbs on the Mighty Aphrodite rock face in Ouray, Colo., Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015 at the Ouray Ice Festival. Gadd won the mixed climbing competition. Nestled down between the towering ...