Restless tourists wondering when they’ll be able to pack up the car and head to Ouray won’t find an answer on the website dedicated solely to marketing the self-proclaimed “Outdoor Recreation Capital of Colorado.”

If they call the Ouray Visitors’ Center, they might get a message about hours of operation — from last fall.

Five weeks after deciding not to renew the marketing services and Visitors’ Center operations contract long held by the Ouray Tourism Office, the city is struggl...