Ouray News

This 232-mile loop through the San Juan Mountains passes through a majestic landscape of alpine forests, lush ranch lands, quaint Old West towns and ancient Indian ruins.

Bird & the Breaks play Ridgway Town Park in 2011. "We feel that this series is one of the few things that literally brings everybody together," says promoter Rob Miller.

Business Editor Kristi Arellano joined The Denver Post in 2000. She covered a variety of business beats, including retail and real estate, before becoming an editor in 2007.

Survivors include his wife, Katherine; two sons, Destry of Milwaukee, Wis., and Curt of Grand Junction; one sister, Mary Thompson of Caldwell, Idaho; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Survivors include her husband, Marvin; two sons, Scott of Grand Junction and Kevin of Norfolk, Va.; her parents, Gerald and Roberta Hoey of ... (more)

I headed North out of town on US550 which is also known as the San Juan Skyway ; a part of the highway between Silverton and Ouray is known as the Million Dollar Highway .

The 50-mile million dollar highway section of the route - from Silverton to Ouray - boasts particularly scenic curves through tunnels and atop waterfalls in the Red Mountains and Uncompahgre Gorge.