Telluride and Rico: The impacts of COVID-19

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Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:15 PM

Updated: Monday, March 30, 2020 4:17 PM

Cori Marvin, left, and Nita Bedwell, who work at Mountain Top Fuel in Rico, talk Saturday about how they keep the store running. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Lynn Reafsnyder of Rico stops into Mountain Top Fuel on Saturday to buy a small grill in case things get worse. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

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Lynn Reafsnyder of Rico walks home after shopping at Mountain Top Fuel in Rico on Saturday to buy a small grill in case things go bad. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Mountain Village above Telluride resembled a ghost town Saturday after the ski resort was forced to close and the town adopted rules to shelter in place. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Mountain Village above Telluride is a virtual ghost town on Saturday after a shelter in place order was given earlier in the week. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

About the only men in Mountain Village above Telluride is a few snowmen on Saturday after a shelter in place order was given earlier in the week. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Only a few people were seen moving about on Saturday in Telluride after a shelter inplace order was given earlier in the week for San Miguel County. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters talks Saturday about the order to shelter in place. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Lynn Reafsnyder of Rico stops into Mountain Top Fuel on Saturday to buy a small grill in case things get worse. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Frank Strachan, of Rico, stops into Mountain Top Fuel in Rico on Saturday to pick up a few groceries. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

San Miguel County Sheriff Bill Masters talks Saturday about the order to shelter in place. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Anna Mills and her dog, of Rico, stops in the U.S. Post Office in Rico to mail a package as a letter carrier walks by. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Mountain Village above Telluride is a virtual ghost town on Saturday after a shelter inplace order was given earlier in the week. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Only a few people were seen moving about Saturday in Telluride after San Miguel County was ordered to shelter in place. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Orion Willits, left, and Kevin Iverson walk back to their place Saturday in Telluride after skinning up a slope at the closed Telluride Ski Resort. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Only a few people were seen moving about Saturday in Telluride after San Miguel County was ordered to shelter in place. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Mountain Village above Telluride is a virtual ghost town on Saturday after a shelter in place order was given earlier in the week. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Only a few people were seen moving about on Saturday in Telluride after a shelter-in-place order was given earlier in the week for San Miguel County. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Only a few people were seen moving about Saturday in Telluride after San Miguel County was ordered to shelter in place. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Brown Dog Pizza Manager, Mike Courter, in Telluride, talks about the down turn in business on Saturday after a shelter-in-place order was given earlier in the week for San Miguel County. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Raul Toledo, of Brown Dog Pizza in Telluride, gives Julie, who did not want to give her last name, her pizzas on Saturday after a shelter inplace order was given earlier in the week for San Miguel County. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Sky Brueske, of Telluride, talks about how life changed after the ski area closed and San Miguel County sheltered in place. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

A statue wears a mask in Mountain Village.
Telluride, Rico and Mountain Village operate under social distancing rules that have hurt business.
“Normally we would be slammed right now with the spring break celebration,” said a Telluride resident. “Now, it’s a ghost town.” Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Steve Pruett, of Telluride, stops and talks after skinning up the closed Telluride Ski Resort about how life has changed in town after a shelter-in-place order was given earlier in the week. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

A Telluride skier gets a little recreation time in as he skis down the closed Telluride Ski Resort after skinning up the mountain after a shelter-in-place order was given earlier in the week. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Brandon Williamson, with Bottle Works in Telluride, talks about business on Saturday after the shelter-in-place order was given earlier in the week for San Miguel County. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Bottle Works in Telluride posts their Corona hours on Saturday after the shelter-in-place order was given earlier in the week for San Miguel County. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Jimmy Doyle, a manager with Clarks Market in Telluride, works the check out line on Saturday at the busy grocery store after the shelter-in-place order was given earlier in the week for San Miguel County. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald