Tribal Park

Ute Mountain Tribal Park P.O. Box 109 Towaoc, Colorado 81334 970-565-3751 x.330 1-800-847-5485 Visitors Center & Museum 1-970-749-1452 E-mail utepark@fone.net Fax# 970-564-5317


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Come experience a trip back into time and witness a special Native American interpretation of the culturally diverse homelands of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Spend time in our incomparable Ute Mountain Tribal Park with one of our knowledgeable Native American Ute tour guides. Guides interpret Ute* Indian History, Ute pictographs, geological land formations, and Ancestral Pueblo* petroglyphs, artifacts and dwellings. The half-day tours will visit Ancestral Pueblo petroglyphs, scenic lands, Ute pictographs panels, geological land formations and surface sites. All sites on the half-day tour are within a short walking distance of the gravel road. The full-day trips require additional time and effort, including a three-mile walk on unpaved trails and a climb on five ladders to visit four well-preserved canyon cliff dwellings in Lion Canyon A round trip drive on gravel and dirt roads from the Tribal Park Visitor's Center is 80 miles for the full day tour and 40 miles for the half-day tour. Check in time is 8:30 a.m. and departure is a 9:00 a.m. Tours begin at the Visitor Center/Museum- 20 miles south of Cortez, Colorado at Highway Junction 160/491. Thank You for your interest in the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Special Prices are available to school groups. 1st grade - 8th grade- $9.00 per student 9th grade - 12th grad- $15.00 per student College age- $24.00 per student Rates for children within a family are: 8 and under- $6.00 per child 9 - 15- $12.00 per child No senior rates apply. A half-deposit is required for weekend groups and special tours. Deposits are only refunded with one week's notice.	FULL DAY (Active)
	9:00 AM to 4:00 PM $44/Per Person/ Per Day (20 or more people within a group $24.00 per Person)

	HALF DAY (Easy)
	9:00 AM to 12:30 PM $24/Per Person/Per Day (1:00 p.m. half day tours can be arranged with prior notice.)

	SPECIAL TOURS TO REMOTE SECTIONS OF THE PARK
	$60/Person/Per Day (minimum of four people, 5.6 miles of hiking and climbing on original Ancestral Pueblo trails. Private Tours $100/person/per day

	TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED BY THE GUIDE:
	$9.00 Extra per Person (Prior reservations required half, full and remote tour fees are an additional cost.)

	CAMPING IN THE TRIBAL PARK
	$12/Per Per Vehicle/Per Day Cabin Rentals $10.00 located at the Tribal Park Primitive Campground (Reservations required)

Ute Mountain Tribal Park
Pool Canyon Cliff Dwelling Tour

July 7, 2007 & July 21, 2007
August 4, 2007 & August 18, 2007

The Ute Mountain Tribal Park is offering to the public tours of the Nordenskiold Cliff Dwellings - a rarely visited area of the park. The tour is scheduled to start at the entrance of Mesa Verd National Park at 9:00 am and end at 5:00 pm.
The tour involves a drive through Mesa Verde National Park and across to the Ute Reservation. Visitors will be guided into the Pook Canyon and visit four Nordenskiold cliff dwellings.
The time it will take to hike from the parking area to the end of Pool Canyon is approximately four hours. Visitors must be physically fit for this visit and must wear comfortable hiking shoes. Also visitors must provide their own water and luch.

Per Person/20 people maximum $60.00
Transportation provided by UMTP $12.00

The tour fee is $60.00 per person and transportation is $12.00 per person. A half-deposit is required. A tour packet will be provided prior to the visit. The tour will start from the Ute Mountain Pottery plan (eleven miles south of Cortez, Colorado) at 8:15 am; the Cortez Welcome Center at 8:30 am; and Mesa Verde National Park entrance at 9:00 am. The tour will be conducted depending upon the weather. Reservations must be made at the Ute Mountain Tribal Park by e-mail at utepark@fone.net or by contacting phone numbers 1-800-847-5485 or 1-970-565-9653. The tour must be paid in foll on the day of the tour. Ute Mountain Tribal Park does not accept credit cards. Accepted forms of payment are: cash, traveler's checks, money orders, and personal checks from the state of Colorado.

S P E C I A L P R I C E S

School groups only: 1st to 8th grade $8.00 per student, 9th to 12th grade $14.00, college and higher education: $20.00 per student. Children eight and under: $3.00. (applies within a family group only). No senior rates apply. A 50% deposit is required for weekend groups and special tours. Deposits will be refunded only with one week's notice.

* * * ESSENTIAL TOUR INFORMATION * * *

The Tribal Park is operated as a primitive area in order to protect its cultural and environmental resources.

Water or food is not available in the Park. Water and soft drinks are available for purchase at the Tribal Park Visitor Center/Museum. Bring plenty of drinking water, and a lunch for the all-day trips, insect repellent, sun screen, a hat, and sturdy hiking shoes would also be advisable. Have a full tank of gasoline. No dogs are allowed. Professional photography is not allowed. Please inform the tour guide of serious health problems before taking the tour. The meeting point for tours is at the Tribal Park Visitor Center at Junction of highways 160/491, 20 miles south of Cortez, Colorado. The Ute Mountain Tribal Park may cancel tours due to weather. National Park Service's GOLDEN EAGLE PASSPORTS, credit cards or other passes are not valid here.

YOU MUST HAVE A UTE TRIBAL MEMBER GUIDE TO ENTER THE
UTE MOUNTAIN UTE TRIBAL LANDS.
WE DO NOT ALLOW SELF-GUIDED TOURS.

The meeting point for tours is at the Tribal Park Visitor Center at Junction of highways 160/491, 20 miles south of Cortez, Colorado.

The Ute Mountain Tribal Park has the right to close off remote section sites for cultural or preservation reasons.

*The Ute Mountain Ute's are the Weeminuche band of the Ute's, one of the seven original Ute bands that inhabited the entire state of Colorado. The Ute Mountain Ute's presently, reside on their reservation in Southwestern Colorado.

*Ancestral Pueblo, or Anasazi, were people of the Pueblo culture. These Pueblo people resided in the Four Corners areas (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona) until about 1300AD. The Puebloan Tribes that are presently living in the states of Arizona and New Mexico are the descendants of the Ancestral Pueblo.