OurayShopping

Shopping in Ouray

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    Buckskin Booksellers

    This excellent bookstore exemplifies the passion locals have for their town and area. Buckskin carries a huge amount of books on local history, mining and geology, as well as birding books, guidebooks and hiking and camping information. There are antique books and collectibles, old photographs and ephemera, as well as a great range of fiction titles.

    There are also plush armchairs where you're invited to sit and read a while before you buy.

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  2. B

    Ouray Mountain Sports

    This is a full-service ice- and rock-climbing shop where you can buy and rent gear for dangling off ropes in perilous conditions. They service your equipment too - sharpen your ice-screws and tweak your crampons. Topographic maps and guidebooks are stocked, and advice on local sites and routes is given.

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