As the coronavirus pandemic threw everything into disarray earlier this spring, Rick Noll had a simple goal: to open Box Cañon Falls Park.

With businesses struggling to regain their footing after being shuttered for weeks and local governments trying to adapt to an ever-changing situation with the virus, the city’s resource director wanted one of Ouray’s mainstays to return to something resembling normal, to give people something to do. Given the uncertainty of COVID-19, he had no expectatio...