A lifeguard watches sparse groups of distanced swimmers in the Ouray Hot Springs Pool on Tuesday evening.The pool, which normally has a maximum capacity of just under 800, is limited to 5o swimmers at a time due to state health orders. Efforts to obtain a variance to allow more swimmers have not been successful so far.
Covid
State sinks pool variance request
More than a month after Ouray County asked the state for permission to allow increased capacity at pools, the state health department denied the request.
The decision sunk hopes of...