Summer wheeling in Ouray CO?

[gtrainor21]

No spring trips for me this year so I can get caught up on some things, so I'm looking into some summer trip planning. Figured I'd gauge interest into a SW Colorado trip for this summer... Ouray, Silverton, Telluride, Lake City, etc.

I work a 20 on, 10 off schedule and my days off generally land at the beginning of every month, plus I'm usually at my parents place in Ouray at least once or twice a summer. The best months to go are July through September, October is cool for seeing the colors but can be a gamble on the passes depending on how cold the storms are coming through. 4th of July is always fun but its usually super busy, camping spots can be few and far between and hotel rooms are expensive... especially if you don't plan far enough ahead. There's never a shortage of things to do up there though, holiday weekend or not.

Lets make something happen! I've lived the better part of the past 8 years in Ouray so hit me with any thoughts or questions. I could make a novel of things to do, places to see but if you're familiar with the area you probably already understand. I'm going to leave the dates free to discuss since I probably have more free time than others. Like said, my schedule gives me a decent chunk of time off at the very tail end/ beginning of every month.

 

[84projectFORD]

We go once a year over the 4th of july and stay in silverton. Absolutely love it up there.

 

[theycallmeWALLY]

Most likely would be a small group of people who actually make the effort to attend.

With that said. Your Parents placein Ouray. Is there any 'land' to camp on or would it be best to try and stay in Silverton where the rates are way more reasonable.

 

[dwphoto]

sounds rad.... wife has been wanting to check out CO... We are headed up to Idaho for the 4th of July some time in Aug would be more ideal for us... I'll follow along.. Hopefully, we can swing it!

 

[gtrainor21]

Most likely would be a small group of people who actually make the effort to attend.

With that said. Your Parents placein Ouray. Is there any 'land' to camp on or would it be best to try and stay in Silverton where the rates are way more reasonable.

I've never complained about a small group! You might be better off staying in Silverton if the rates are more reasonable, my parents place is a small house on two city lots in town so there isn't much room, we've had my grandparents RV there before but it was like a little single axle 18 footer. There's dry camping everywhere between Ouray and Silverton as well, Ironton is good for for large RVs... there's more remote areas if your looking for privacy in a small camper or tent if you go up into the amphitheater, or run up to angel creek or thistledown.

My parents neighbor does the air BNB thing with her place, if we can anchor down a date I can reach out to her and see what she would do on a block of rooms if anyone would rather do that.

Also even though my parents place is small and still under construction, there is a pretty nifty two car garage on the property that we keep a welder and a handful of tools/supplies in for any reason we need to bang out a little alcohol fueled repair session...

 

[gtrainor21]

We go once a year over the 4th of july and stay in silverton. Absolutely love it up there.

I got a lot of shit from my CO buddies last year for not being there over the 4th so either way I'll likely be in Ouray this year for it. Lets hit a pass or two! I need to spend more time on the Silverton side anyway

 

[gtrainor21]

So I went ahead and figured out what my days off this summer are (probably should have done that before starting this thread) so I'll post them up and see if they would align with anyone else's schedules.

June 27th to July 6th
July 27th to August 5th (maybe, me and a few others are turning 30 so we might be doing idiot things in Havasu or Powell)
August 26th to September 4th