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.sam.
Jul 31, 2009, 4:37 AM
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hey everyone me and some buddy are going to head down to ouray this season in january and just wanted to know if anyone had any recomendations were to stay, eat, check out. couple of the buddys are total dirt bags so i might get outvoted and camping might be on the ajenda. if anyone knows of a cheap place to camp, it looks like orvis hotsprings offers year long camping but at $33 a head, there is four, of us so that becomes price perclusive. if we are resonable and stay in a proper establishment anyone have any exsperience with box canyon hot springs? any awnsers or tips would be greatly appresheated
cheers, sam
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skiclimb
Jul 31, 2009, 4:41 AM
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.sam. wrote: hey everyone me and some buddy are going to head down to ouray this season in january and just wanted to know if anyone had any recomendations were to stay, eat, check out. couple of the buddys are total dirt bags so i might get outvoted and camping might be on the ajenda. if anyone knows of a cheap place to camp, it looks like orvis hotsprings offers year long camping but at $33 a head, there is four, of us so that becomes price perclusive. if we are resonable and stay in a proper establishment anyone have any exsperience with box canyon hot springs? any awnsers or tips would be greatly appresheated cheers, sam
I don't...assuming you were talking to me
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dswink
Jul 31, 2009, 5:15 AM
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Camping at Ouray in January would be very. very uncomfortable (soooo cold). I have stayed at the Best Western and the Comfort Inn. Both hotels were nice, with free breakfast and refrigerators in the rooms. Cram four climbers in a room and it is pretty cheap.
You can save money by buying food at the little market in town, but there are several fun all-you-can-eat gatherings for around $15 during the festival (includes all of the beer you can drink).
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carabiner96
Jul 31, 2009, 3:30 PM
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Go to the ourayle house. Best beer ever, and Hutch is the bombsky.
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angry
Jul 31, 2009, 4:04 PM
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Camping isn't bad. The trouble is that it gets dark at 5pm and you can't dry your stuff.
The price of boredom is way too high, I'd get a room based on that alone.
I think it's about $50-$70 for most rooms and you can cram a bunch of people in. It's tougher to get a place during the ice fest or weekends but most people do find somewhere to stay.
I went there with every intention of camping this year. I ended up in a spacious condo with some pretty cool people (and magnus).
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climbingcoastie
Jul 31, 2009, 6:39 PM
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Stayed at the Comfort Inn last year during the Fest and was very pleased. Will probably stay there again this year depending on the size of the group I'm with. Good free Breakfast, but the price did go up during Ice Fest weekend. I think from $80 to $150 or so. Get an Ice Park membership (available online) and get about 20% off your room regardless of when or where you stay. We had three of us in a room and it came out to about $250-$300 a person for 6 nights.
Highly recommend the $15 diners at the fest. If you work it right, bring your own lunches, and don't spend any money at the auctions (tuff to do), your room and the diners are all you have to pay for! One of the cheapest vacations I have taken not counting airfare.
Hope this helps.
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rschap
Aug 1, 2009, 2:07 AM
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dswink wrote: Camping at Ouray in January would be very. very uncomfortable (soooo cold). I have stayed at the Best Western and the Comfort Inn. Both hotels were nice, with free breakfast and refrigerators in the rooms. Cram four climbers in a room and it is pretty cheap. You can save money by buying food at the little market in town, but there are several fun all-you-can-eat gatherings for around $15 during the festival (includes all of the beer you can drink).
Cold if you're from Texas, these guys are from Montana I think they can handle it. South of town is a bunch of off road trails you can camp anywhere around there.
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.sam.
Aug 1, 2009, 7:28 AM
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thanks everyone, with enough "get a hotel room" replies hopefully i can convise the guys, if not were use to the cold and have 8000m type kit if its real chilly. its funny the ice fest didnt even occure to me, is it worth going to or too many people, the idea of going to ouray was to get as much climbing in as possable to get in shape for long routes up here in montana, is the neat atmosphere/ learning from people that are beter than you of the festival worth all the extra people?
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rschap
Aug 1, 2009, 2:43 PM
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I'd say if you're going for quality and quantity go before the Ice Fest. For about 2-3 weeks after the fest the ice is really picked out, and depending on the year it’s picked out for the rest of the season. I haven’t gone to the Ice Fest but I’ve heard you don’t get much climbing in but there is a lot to see and do, so it depends on what you want to do. Don’t forget to hit up Ouray Mountain Sports while you’re there.
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