A different idea. I would stay in he Ouray area, rent a Jeep and take the kids over to Lake City. When we were living in Ouray I would take our girls and some of their friends over to Camp Red Cloud and a week later, go get them. Sometimes using Engineer and other times Cinnamun Pass. For camping in the area we normally stay in Gunnison at the KOA or one of the campground on Blue Mesa Res. probably have been to Lake City several dozen times but never camped there. Or I would consider staying in Silverton, rent a Jeep, go up north to Animas Forks, turn right over Cinnamun Pass and go to Lake City.