Participants in Ouray's annual Fourth of July parade express their gratitude for crews battling the Gold Mountain Fire. Data gathered by Placer Labs shows about 6,400 people traveled more than 25 miles and stayed more than an hour in Ouray on the holiday — less than half the 14,000 who came to town for the Fourth of July each of the previous three years. Photo by Erin McIntyre | Ouray County PlaindealerFire scorches bottom lines Reliant on summer tourism, reeling businesses running out of time to claw back lost revenue It didn’t take but a spark and a stiff breeze to turn Justin Mitchell’s summer upside down.