Kelly Ryan, co-owner of San Juan Mountain Huts and a plaintiff in the lawsuit over public access to County Road 5, films aerial footage of areas used for backcountry recreation on a flight out of the Telluride Regional Airport conducted by EcoFlight. Ryan pointed out snowmobile tracks, ski tracks and unplowed roads that remained covered in snow, even when surrounding areas had melted off. Lia Salvatierra — Ouray County Plaindealer
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Pushback grows over road plowing
Landowners seeking wintertime motorized access increasingly encountering opposition
Outrage over wintertime wheeled access on public county roads is resurging as Ouray County residents scorn new requests from private landowners to plow public roads and argue the county’s snow-protection rules aren’t doing their job.
