YEAR 2024 UMTP TOURS
No tours conducted on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, major holidays and Tribal Holidays (Bear Dance first weekend of June Monday)
- Wednesdays: Full and Half day tours conducted. Tour reservations required.
- Thursdays: Full and Half day tours conducted. Tour reservations required.
- Fridays: Full and Half day tours conducted. Tour reservations required.
- Saturdays: Full and Half day tours conducted. Tour reservations required.
Tour reservations can be set by calling 970-565-9653 or by e-mail: utepark@fone.net
When calling a tour reservation select the type of tour requested. Review the website first for Ute Mountain Tribal Park at utemountaintribalpark.info
Tour Area Driving Distance
A UMTP tour transportation fee can be paid at $16.00 per person. UMTP Transport vehicle is a 12 passenger van. An ice cooler can be brought on the UMTP transport vehicle and removed to a picnic area.
- Full day tours: a drive of 82 miles round trip on gravel and dirt roads from the Tribal Park Visitor Center to UMTP North Lion Canyon Cliff Dwellings.
- Half day tours: a drive of 34 miles round trip on good gravel road to UMTP Kiva Point and back to the Tribal Park Visitor Center.
Children's rates do not apply with Private Tours, Park Transportation fee rates, or remote section tours.
ESSENTIAL TOUR INFORMATION 
Q:WHAT TO WEAR?
A: The Tribal Park has elevations of 5,000 ft. to 6, 000 ft. Be prepared for typical Colorado mountain weather, everything from cool to very hot temperatures. Protection from the sun is important. Dress in layers. Long sleeved shirts and long pants are recommended. Wear sturdy boots or sturdy hiking shoes. Sneakers are no recommended and open toe shoes/sandals.
Q:WHAT TO BRING?
A: At least one to two quarts of water and a backpack per person for the afternoon hour. There will be a climb of four ladders into North Lion Canyon for the full day tour. This is the area you will have all your items in a backpack. Lunch, snacks, (and or energy drinks) hat, insect repellent and sunscreen. Campers are to bring sealed food containers, trash bags, and plenty of water.
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.
When calling a tour reservation select the type of tour requested. Review the website first for Ute Mountain Tribal Park at utemountaintribalpark.info
No dogs are allowed.
Alternative for your pets: CORTEZ ANIMAL BED AND BREAKFAST - SOUTH FROM CORTEZ, SOUTH FROM ROAD G. 970-564-1385, 4X4 PENS, BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TYPE. $28.00 PER DAY. MUST HAVE CURRENT SHOTS. OPEN M-F, 8 TO 12 3-5 P.M
Professional photography is not allowed.
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.
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 Ute Mountain Utes are the Weenuche band of Utes, one of the seven original Ute bands that inhabited the entire state of Colorado. The Ute Mountain Utes 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 1300 AD. The Puebloan tribes are presently living in the states of Arizona and New Mexico and are the descendants of the Ancestral Pueblo.
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
TOUR GROUPS ARE TO STAY WITH THE UMTP TOUR GUIDE DURING THEIR TOUR OF THE UMTP.
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.
*It must be noted that the Ute Mountain reservation is sovereign nation, and we ask you respectfully to accept our ways of life and our cultural believes.
