Hayden Krebs of Oklahoma, left, and Taylor Anthony of Ouray soak at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool last month. The pool is no longer under capacity restrictions that hampered it most of last year, but the city's challenge now is to hire 25 to 30 employees to have enough staff in place to manage the upcoming summer crowds. Liz Teitz â Ouray County Plaindealer
Covid
Hot Springs banking on bounce-back year
The capacity restrictions have vanished.
Swimmers and soakers are starting to queue at the Ouray Hot Springs Pool again, as revenue in March nearly matched that of the pre-pandemic levels of March 2019.
Now what the city of Ouray needs most is employees — lots of them — to maintain the pool and grounds, staff the register and keep customers safe.
The coronavirus battered the hot springs financially last year, with the pool shutting down under an emergency order in mid-March and not reopening un...
