Rest-day favorites
Ouray Hot Springs Pool
The city pool at 1220 Main, first opened in 1927 and rebuilt in 2016 and 2017. The Overlook Pool runs 102 to 106°F, which is exactly what your back wants after Black Bear. Adults $30.
Website →Spring to fallBox Cañon Falls Park
Canyon Creek drops 285 feet into a narrow quartzite slot. The High Bridge trail is a half mile round trip. Adults $8. It closes for the season on November 2.
Website →Spring to fallOuray Via Ferrata
A free route of steel cables and rungs bolted into the gorge, opened in 2020. You need a harness, helmet and lanyard, and shops in town rent the set for about $45. It's a half-mile hike in from Camp Bird Road.
Website →Spring to fallBachelor-Syracuse Mine Tour
A guided walk into a historic mine on mostly level gravel. It's about 52°F underground all year, so bring a jacket. Adults $25, ages 5 to 15 $14. The Gold Mountain Fire closed it for part of 2026, and it has reopened.
Website →Year-roundOrvis Hot Springs
Ten natural hot spring pools near Ridgway, about 10 miles north. Clothing optional for adults.
Website →May to OctOuray County Museum
Thirty-eight exhibits in 27 rooms of the old 1887 miners' hospital on 6th Avenue.
Website →Easy walks and hikes
Uncompahgre River Walk
A mostly flat 2-mile loop along the river. In winter it's groomed for cross-country skiing, and Rotary Park has a free ice rink.
Website →Spring to fallLower Cascade Falls
A quarter-mile walk from the top of 8th Avenue to the foot of the 270-foot waterfall you can see from much of town.
Website →Spring to fallOuray Perimeter Trail
A 5.6-mile loop around town with about 1,800 feet of climbing, four waterfalls and six bridges.
Website →Spring to fallWest Gold Hill Dinosaur Tracks
134 footprints from one long-necked sauropod, more than 150 million years old, looping through a 270-degree turn. The Silvershield Trail climbs about 1,600 feet in 2 miles to reach them at 9,300 feet. The trailhead lot is small.
Forest Service →Scenic drives and winter
Million Dollar Highway
The 23 miles of US 550 from Ouray to Silverton, over 11,018-foot Red Mountain Pass. About 45 minutes each way. Open all year except during some storms.
Website →Mid-Dec to mid-MarOuray Ice Park
More than 150 free ice and mixed climbs along nearly 2 miles of the Uncompahgre Gorge. Usually open from mid or late December to mid-March.
Website →JanuaryOuray Ice Festival
Held every January, with 2026 the 31st. The 2027 dates aren't official yet, and one festival calendar lists January 28 to 31.
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