The parking lot at the Blue Lakes trailhead near Ridgway needs to be rebuilt as part of a crowd management plan.

The Blue Lakes, located in the San Juan ... its kind instituted in a national forest in Colorado, said Dana Gardunio of the federal agency’s Ouray Ranger District. Other strategies to curtail ...

If you enjoy hiking around beautiful blue lakes nestled in the ... locations like Portland and Ouray, one of the ultimate ...

Hiking to a popular chain of lakes in Colorado ... Ouray Ranger District has scheduled for Monday. But the local land manager has identified permits for day hikers and overnighters along Blue ...

The closure is expected to remain through August and will be lifted as soon as it is deemed safe to do so. After the work, ...

With permits looming over Blue Lakes Trail, big closures are impacting hikers’ ability to access the popular trailhead and ...

About 35 minutes out of Ouray, the roadway accesses South Mineral Campground and one of Colorado’s most famous alpine lakes, the fluorescent-blue Ice Lake. Ice Lake Basin is the gateway to two ...

U.S. 550 runs between Ouray ... blue lake surrounded by jagged peaks. Lake San Cristobal: The cabin resort town of Lake City was built around this natural body of water, the second largest in ...