Montrose/Ouray Area Map
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Montrose is the gateway to the San Juan Skyway and the Ridgway State Recreation Area. The Montrose area offers some of the best fishing in Colorado on the Gunnison, San Miguel and Dolores rivers. Keep an eye out for the many golden eagles, red-tailed hawks, prairie falcons and great horned owls that live here. The Ridgway State Recreation Area provides boating, fishing, and swimming opportunities.
Ouray is a quiet little community wedged tightly into a portion of the Uncompahgre River Valley. Named for a Ute chief, Chief Ouray was responsible for keeping peace between the Europeans and Native Americans in the southwest region of Colorado. Later settled as a mining town in the 1870's, the area contained rich deposits of silver and produced over $20 million in gold. Tourism and mining still support the town today.
The North Fork Valley is a land rich in history of coal, fruit and cattle. The first settlers came to the North Fork Valley from Lake city in 1880. Soon Ira Quimbly Sanborn discovered coal in the Somerset area of the upper North Fork in 1899. Then, when the railroad came to the area in 1902, the railroad changed the commercial scale of the fruit industry. Today, the area is known for the worlds best apples, along with peaches, cherries, wine grapes, apricots and pears.
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Towns & Areas
Montrose Area - includes Cimarron & Olathe
Ouray - includes Ridgway
North Fork Valley - includes Hothckiss, Paonia & Somerset
Jeeping & 4WD Maps
Jeeping & ATV Trails on the Alpine Loop Backcountry Byway
Ouray & Telluride Jeeping & ATV Trails
Silverton/Ouray Jeeping & ATV Trails
Local Area Maps
Montrose/Ouray Area Map
National Parks & Monuments
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Blue Mesa Reservoir/Curecanti National Recreation Area
Rafting & Kayaking Rivers
Little Cimarron River
Uncompahgre River
Scenic Byway Maps
Alpine Loop Backcountry Byway
San Juan Skyway Scenic Byway
Snowmobiling
Black Canyon Snowmobile Trails
Cimarron Snowmobile Trails
Gunnison/Crested Butte Snowmobile Trails
Montrose Snowmobile Trails
Ridgway Snowmobile Trails
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