Low water has made it impossible to swim at Ridgway State Park's swim beach. How that happens reveals the secret of why Ridgway has such a great beach.
Dallas Creek is a favorite place at Ridgway State Park to hand launch watercraft because you can drive right to the shoreline, unload, and be on the water. The shoreline is now off-limits to vehicles. And strange as it sounds, that's good news.
The small plane that crashed into the Ridgway Reservoir near Ouray, Colo. on March 22 was pulled from the icy waters yesterday (March 27) and the five victims have been identified.