Trip Leaders:
Ute Tribal Park Guides
Description of Site/Tour: 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.
Meeting Place Location Meeting Place Location:
Tours begin at the Visitor Center/Museum, 20
miles south of Cortez at Highway Junction 160/491.
Tour times/Length:
Check in time is 8:30 AM and departure is at 9:00 AM. The tour will last 3.5 hours.
Cost: $27/person.
Plus optional $10/person for transportation
by the guide. You may also drive your
personal vehicle in a caravan with the rest of the vehicles. (We may be able to get a group discount if
enough people sign up). PAY AT THE
TRIBAL PARK ON DAY OF TOUR. Credit
cards, National Park Service's GOLD
EAGLE PASSPORTS and other passes are not valid here.
Other information:
-The round trip drive on gravel and dirt roads from the Tribal Park Visitor's Center is 40 miles for the half day tour.
-The half-day tour 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.
-Water and food are not available
in the Park, but water and soft drinks are available for purchase at
the Tribal
Park Visitor Center/Museum. Bring plenty of drinking water, lunch
for the
all day trip, insect repellant, sun screen, a hat and sturdy hiking
shoes.
-Have a full tank of
gasoline.
-NO DOGS ARE
ALLOWED.
-PROFESSIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHY IS NOT ALLOWED!
-Please inform
the tour guide of serious health problems.
-YOU MUST
HAVE A UTE GUIDE TO ENTER THE UTE MOUNTAIN UTE TRIBAL LAND. WE DO
NOT ALLOW
SELF-GUIDED TOURS.
-The Ute Mountain Tribal Park may cancel tours due to weather.
Visit their web site
for more information (http://utemountainute.com/tribalpark.htm).