A Weekend Guide in Ouray, Colorado, a Top Vacation Destination for 2024

Ouray is known as the Switzerland of America.

Ouray is a small mountain town, located five and a half hours outside of Denver, tucked in a valley and surrounded by the San Juan Mountain Range. Lily O'Neill/The Denver Post/TNS

By Lily O'Neill From The Denver Post

My birthday is close to Memorial Day weekend every year, and I like to take advantage of the long weekend by checking a town off of my Colorado travel list.