Camp Chief Ouray was founded in December of 1907 and hosted the first campers in the summer of 1908. For the first 71 years of CCO’s existence, we were located north of Granby near current-day Lake Granby along the Colorado River. In 1979, YMCA of Metropolitan Denver sold Camp Chief Ouray to YMCA of the Rockies, and since 1980 CCO has made its home at Snow Mountain Ranch southeast of Granby.
We will celebrate our 100th Anniversary in 2008. Official festivities will take place over Labor Day Weekend, August 29-September 1, 2008. The celebration will take place at both the “old” CCO site and the present-day site. We will also unveil our museum relics dating all the way back to that first summer. So find your old camp picture albums in the attic, pull out your Rag, dig up old letters you wrote home from camp, and mark your calendar to come join us in commemorating 100 years of Camp. Magic...
For more information or to subscribe to Saddlebag newsletter for 100th Anniversary updates, please call or e-mail the camp office. campchiefouray@ymcarockies.org
