A helicopter drops in a section of 30-inch steel pipe in September to replace a portion of the penstock that delivers water to the Ouray Hydroelectric Power Plant. Part of the penstock was destroyed by rockfall in March. Photo courtesy Eric Jacobson.
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With trio of events, park poised for biggest season ever
As far as beginnings go, it’s not how Peter O’Neil would have scripted it.
High temperatures reaching the 50s and overnight lows hovering in the 30s deep into November in Ouray simply don’t allow for making ice. That meant the steep cliffs of t...