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Ouray is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Ouray County, Colorado, United States.The city population was 813 at the U.S. Census 2000 and 1,000 as of the U.S. Census 2010.The Ouray Post Office has the ZIP code 81427. Ouray's climate, natural alpine environment, and scenery frequently has it referred to as the "Alps of America".
This is a scene along the road from Ouray to Silverton, Colorado known as the Million Dollar Highway. This area used to be home to lots of mining activity - gold, silver, iron, lead. The Red Mountain Creek which runs next to the highway has a remarkable golden/yellow color, both to the water and the surrounding rocks. From what I can tell the color comes from the iron rich soil running off the top of Red Mountain. From a long ways off, this could fool you into thinking you've found a river of gold.