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OURAY CHAMBER AND RESORTS
ASSOCIATION: OCRA
At this site, you will find information on Ouray - past
and present, current
activities, lodging, restaurants, shopping, arts,
services, and real estate.
Learn more about Ouray and what's happening at this time
of the year.
The Chamber is located at 1230 Main Street, by the pool,
and may be
contacted by Phone: 970-325- 4746
RIDGWAY AREA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE: RACC
The Ridgway Area Chamber of Commerce's website gives you a
great
tour of Ridgway - restaurants, lodging, activities, photo
tours, and more.
Check out the Calendar of Events to find out what's
happening in the area.
Need services or shopping in Ridgway? All RACC members
have business
listings, plus there are links to valuable websites. Visit
the RACC Visitors
Center at 150 Racecourse Road (next to the Railroad
Museum), or
Call at: (970) 626-5181, or 1 (800) 220-4959
THE U. S. FOREST SERVICE: FS
The Forest Service site can provide links to the National
Headquarters
and other Forest Service sites, National Forest sites,
information on how
to enjoy National Forests, and much more detailed data,
facts and news.
For information about the San Juan National Forest , go to: SAN JUAN
For information on the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National
Forests, go to: GMUG
The Ouray
Ranger District is located at 2505
South Townsend, Montrose,
and may be contacted by Phone: 970-240-5300
COLORADO OUTDOOR
RECREATION SEARCH AND RESCUE: CORSAR
This organization provides support for the Search and
Rescue Fund and
for vendors of the CORSAR card, which each hiker should
have in his/her
possession when on the trails. The Colorado Search and
Rescue Fund
reimburses county government for expenses incurred during
search and
rescue activities. The CORSAR card was established to
allow those who
use Colorado's backcountry to contribute to the fund, even
if they don't
have a current hunting or fishing license, snowmobile,
ATV, or boat
registration, all of which contribute to the fund through
a 25 cent surcharge.
More information about the card can be found at the
website (above).
The cost is $3.00 for one year or $12.00 for five
years. The Ouray Trail
Group has these cards for sale as do several stores and
organizations in
Ouray: APTEKA, San Juan Adventure, Ouray Mountain
Rescue Team,
Inc., Ouray Mountain Sports; and in Ridgway:
Ridgway Outdoor
Experience, and Ridgway State Park.
COLORADO FOURTEENERS
INITIATIVE: 14ERS
The mission of the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative is to
protect and preserve
the natural integrity of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks
through active sterwarship
and public education.
THE STATE OF COLORADO: COLO
For the Colorado State Forest
Service Website, go to: CSFS
For the Colorado State
Government Website, go to: GOVERNMENT
For the Colorado State
Parks Website, go to: PARKS
For the Colorado
Avalanche Information Center Website, go to: AVALANCHE
For the Colorado
Division of Wildlife Website, go to: WILDLIFE
For the Colorado
Geological SurveyWebsite, go to: GEOSURVEY
RIDGWAY STATE PARK: RIDGWAY
You may contact the Ridgway State Park by Phone:
970-626-5822
Or e-mail: ridgwaypark@state.co.us
KELVIN KENT: KELVIN
Kelvin Kent is an active member of the Ouray Trail Group
and has written
two successful hiking books for the Ouray area which
compliment the,
Ouray Trail Group map, Hiking Trails of Ouray County. His books,
entitled Ouray Hiking Guide and Trails Less Traveled, each describe
about 30 wonderful hikes from easy to difficult (including
Mount Sneffels)
and are available from Buckskin Booksellers and Ouray
Mountain Sports in
Ouray, Ridgway Outdoor Experience in Ridgway and various other
outlets in
the region. He has also written the Silverton
Hiking Guide. Kelvin may
be contacted by e-mail at the link, above.
AMERICAN TRAILS: AMERICANTRAILS.ORG
Through this site, trails can be picked by region,
state, and type of trail.
TRAILS.COM: TRAILS.COM
This site provides trail descriptions, maps, driving
directions, and route
descriptions for trails throughout the United States.
COLORADO HIKING
RESOURCES: GET-HIKING
Colorado
hiking related web resources, books, maps, etc.
DAYHIKER.COM: DAYHIKER.COM
This site, by Craig Tyndall, ". . . is dedicated to
'extreme' dayhikes that
are rigorous, exciting, unique, with interesting sights
and terrain." Read
about Craig's hike on the Hardrock 100 July, 2002, and see
more
pictures of the high country around Ouray.
WEATHER UNDERGROUND:
WUNDERGROUND.COM
Just put in the
city, state and/or zip and get the weather almost instantly.
AVALANCHE.COM: AVALANCHE.COM
This site has all
kinds of good winter hiking information, as well as
avalanche data.
OURAY VACATIONS: OURAYVACATIONS.COM
Want to know what there is
to do in and around Ouray? Visit the site above.
HIKING GEAR
RETAILERS (A short list)
Ouray Mountain Sports, 722 Main, Ouray, CO
81427
970-325-4284
Trailhead, 565 Sherman, Ridgway, CO 81432
970-626-5365
danny@sanjuanhuts.com
Ridgway Outdoor
Experience, 102 Campbell, Ridgway,
CO 81437
970-626-360
Cimarron Creek , 317 E Main, Montrose, CO 81401
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Cabelas
CAMPMOR
Fogdog
GOLITE
Jay's Sporting Goods
L.L.Bean
Mayhoods
Mountain Sports
Reed's Sporting Goods
REI
Russell's Sporting
Goods
Sierra Outfitters
Sierra Trading
Post
Sportsman's
Warehouse
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