For Durango and La Plata County, Purple Cliffs along La Posta Road was a convenient place to drop the unhoused.
Instead of camping in city parks or panhandling on downtown street corners, the homeless.
A 62-year-old woman who earned the unfortunate distinction as being the most-ticketed person in Durango last year has been sentenced to 45 days in jail – the first notable punishment she has faced for.
Temperatures had just dipped below freezing one night last week in Durango. Kristie Boughan, a 62-year-old woman living unhoused, sat under an exhaust vent that blows warm air behind the Strater Hotel.