ESSENTIAL TOUR INFORMATION
Q: Are reservations required?
A: No, but we would prefer if you contacted our office and made a reservation so that we may have a guide waiting for your group and to check tour availability. We also try not to book tours Sundays and holidays for the guides but if you have a large enough group we may make an exception.
Water or food is 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. Visitors should have their own insurance. The meeting point for tours is at the Tribal Park Visitor Center at Junction of highways 160/491, 20 miles south of Cortez. The Ute Mountain Tribal Park may cancel out tours due to weather. Credit cards, National Park Service's GOLDEN EAGLE PASSPORTS and other passes are not valid here.
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 has the right to close off tour
areas for cultural or preservation reasons at anytime.
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe/ Ute Mountain Tribal Park and its employees
are not liable for illnesses, accidents, thefts, and injuries.
The meeting point for tours is at the Tribal Park Visitor Center at Junction of highways 160/491, 20 miles south of Cortez
Reservations made at the Ute Mountain Tribal Park Office(address as above) : By e-mail: utepark@fone.net or umtp@utemountain.org
By phone: (970) 565-3751 ext. 330 or (970) 565-9653.
Note:The Ute Mountain Tribal Park has the right to close off tour areas for cultural or preservation reasons at any time. Ute Mountain Ute Tribe/ Ute Mountain Tribal Park and its employees are not liable for illnesses, accidents, thefts, and injuries.
Half Day 9am-12pm
Full Day 9am-4pm
Special Tours 5.6 miles
Transportation reservations
Camping Cost
Cabin Rental
Private Tours
Come and join us?
During the National Preservation month the Ute Mountain Tribal Park will have an Open House on May 26, 2018 from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm at the Ute Mountain Tribal Park Visitor Center at Highway Junction 160/491 twenty miles south of Cortez, eight miles south of the Ute Mountain Casino.
Want to visit a rare area of the park?
Then this is the tour for you! Inaccessible Casa Colorado & Casa Blanca Cliff Dwelling Tour at the entrance of Mesa Verde National Park from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
The tour involves a drive thru Mesa Verde National Park and across to the Ute Mountain Reservation.
Do you like a physical challenge?
This is the tour for all you adventures and hikers alike. This tour involves a climb of four ladders and a four and a half mile hike to Morris 3 Cliff Dwelling.
This tour takes approximately 5 - 7 hours. Starting location is at the Ute Mountain Tribal Park Visitor Center/Museum. Note:
This tour area is not handicapped accessible