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Ouray County will begin emergency avalanche mitigation and plowing of Camp Bird Road above Senator Gulch to allow limited backcountry access after a road maintenance agreement with the company overseeing the Ouray Silver Mine fell apart. The county will spend an estimated $100,000 to hire contractors for avalanche mitigation and start working on the 3.2mile stretch of road a month early, with the aim of leaving an 8-inch snow base for snowmobiles, skiers and other nonwheeled users above the Senator Gulch gate.
Ouray County will begin emergency avalanche mitigation and plowing of Camp Bird Road above Senator Gulch to allow limited backcountry access after a road maintenance agreement with the company overseeing the Ouray Silver Mine fell apart. The county will spend an estimated $100,000 to hire contractors for avalanche mitigation and start working on the 3.2mile stretch of road a month early, with the aim of leaving an 8-inch snow base for snowmobiles, skiers and other nonwheeled users above the Senator Gulch gate.
The cash-poor Ouray Silver Mines has been placed into receivership after its parent company defaulted on a $28 million loan intended to launch the Revenue-Virginius Mine southwest of Ouray back into production.