Map of known avalanche slide paths, courtesy Brian Briggs, CEO of Ouray Silver Mines.
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County pushes for avalanche safety
Ouray County commissioners and other county officials will take additional steps to ensure the public is safe and informed about avalanche mitigation work after hearing concerns from Ouray Silver Mines executives.
Discussion at a work session Dec. 18 focused on errors with the Wireless Emergency Notification System (WENS), which is intended to inform those signed up for alerts of upcoming avalanche mitigation on County Road 361.
Instead of trying to sort out why some who signed up were not notifi...