Commercial guides will pay more in fees this winter to operate in the Ouray Ice Park under a proposal hotly debated in the climbing community and unanimously approved by the Ouray City Council on Monday night.

City councilors agreed to replace a two-tiered fee structure that charged commercial guides $12 per person to climb in the park on weekdays and $15 per person on weekends with a single $25-per-person fee for the 2022-2023 climbing season. Ice Park Executive Director Peter O’Neil, who requ...