Need a Break From The Heat? Head to Ouray, Colorado

Are you dreaming of cooler weather? We have just the thing.

Ouray is a charming mountain town in southwest Colorado with scenic Rocky Mountain views, hot springs, and a historic downtown.

Just on the other side of a towering ridge of San Juan Mountains peaks, Ouray shares the very same stunning scenery, though perhaps less of the media and celebrity attention that Telluride is known to receive. The towns are only nine miles apart as the crow flies, but it will take you about an hour to drive the 50 miles of roads required to liaise in between — unless you’re willing to brave the precipitous four-wheeler drive up through Imogene Pass, that is.

But there’s so much more to Ouray than that, and Mary Cate Long has picked two properties to show it. Will you choose the Splurge or the Steal? See them both now on SecondShelters.com.