This is where your majestic tours begins! Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park's Visitor Center located Corner of Highway Junction 160/491.
Enjoy the beautiful land views of our acient ones.
This is the main office located 480 Sunset Blvd. in Towaoc,CO on the reservation.
Jackson Butte located across the street from the Tribal Park's visitor's center on Highway Junction 160/491.
Found at Red Pottery Site in Mancos Canyon, Ute Mountain Ute Reservation.

Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park

 

P.O. BOX 109

Towaoc, Colorado 81334

Direct phone: (970) 565-9653

E-Mail: utepark@fone.net

Visitor Center: Located Corner of Highway Junction 160/491 in the Majestic Four Corners area

Season opens April - October

Tribal Parks Visitor Center will close 10/30/24 for season and will re-open in April 2025

 

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EXPLORE & ADVENTURE!

Come out and enjoy nature learn the history of our land as it was millions of years ago. Enjoy the company of the local Native American Tribe the people (care takers of the land) of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. Make memories that last a lifetime, hear stories of our ancient ones while creating your own memories.Come Visit our Beautiful land, and breath taking sunsets.

 

YEAR 2025 UMTP TOURS 

Tours close October 30, 2024 and re-open April 2025

No tours conducted on Sunday, 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 Information

 We offer array of options in our tour section:
  • Full Day Tours
  • Camping
  • Half Day Tours
  • Transportation
  • Special Tours
  • Cabin Rentals
  • Private Tours
  • Restrooms
  • Student Discount
  • Visitor Center
  • Military Discounts

 

 

 

We sell bottled water and some snacks at our Tribal Park Visitor Center.

 

 

Tour Area Driving Distance

Half day tours: a drive of 40 miles round trip on good gravel road to UMTP Kiva Point and back to the Tribal Park Visitor Center.

Full day tours: a drive of 80 miles round trip on gravel and dirt roads from the Tribal Park Visitor Center to UMTP North Lion Canyon Cliff Dwellings.

A UMTP tour transportation fee can be paid at $18.00 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.

Children's rates do not apply with Private Tours, Park Transportation fee rates, or remote section tours.

 

Essential Tour Information

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

No dogs are allowed. No professional photography is allowed.

It is our duty as Native Americans to preserve and protect our historical land sites so, PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE pottery shards or deface prehistoric or any historical elements while on tour(s).

*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.

Ute Mountain Tribal Park Visitor Center has rest rooms with running water.All rest rooms with non-running water or outdoor type are cleaned and stocked with toilet paper.

TOUR GROUPS ARE TO STAY WITH THE UMTP TOUR GUIDE DURING THEIR TOUR OF THE UMTP.

We do sell bottled water and some snacks at our Tribal Park Visitor Center. We suggest to bring extra water and snacks.

 

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TWENTY- FIFTH ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE

The following event is scheduled for MAY 24, 2025

During the National Preservation month of May Ute Mountain Tribal Park will have an Open House on May 24, 2025, from 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. The Open House will be the Tribal Park Visitor Center/Museum at Highway Junction 160/491 (formerly Highway Junction 160/666), twenty miles south of Cortez, Colorado, and eight miles south of the Ute Mountain Casino.

Events are scheduled for May 24, 2025

 

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No tours conducted on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, national and Tribal Holidays (Bear Dance

Half Day 9am-12pm

Full Day 9am-4pm

Special Tours

Tour Area Driving Distance

Transportation reservations

Camping Cost

Cabin Rental

Private Tours

Tour reservations can be set by calling 970-565-9653 or by e-mail: utepark@fone.net

 

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Come and join us?

The Ute Mountain Tribal Park is offering to the public Pool Canyon Nordenskiold Cliff Dwelling tour, a rarely visited area of the park. The Tours are scheduled to start at the entrance of Mesa Verde National Park and across to the Ute Mountain Reservation.

We will not conduct the Pool Canyon tour this 2025. Due to trail conditions. Sorry for the Inconvenience.  

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Want to visit a rare area of the park?

The Ute Mountain Tribal Park is offering to the public Inaccessible, Casa Colorado, and Casa Blanca Cliff Dwelling tour, a rarely visited area of the park.

The Tours are scheduled to start at the entrance of Mesa Verde National Park (MVNP) from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Tours Conducted: Wednesday to Saturdays

The tour involves a drive thru Mesa Verde National Park and across to the Ute Mountain Reservation. The hiking time from the parking area to visit the cliff dwellings are approximately five hours hiking and two miles round trip.

Visitors must be physically active for the tour and must provide their own back pack, drinking water, lunch, and wear comfortable gear.

Tours are not handicapped accessible.


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Do you like a physical challenge?

This is the tour for all you adventures and hikers alike. This tour involves a climb of two ladders and 1 mile hike (round trip) to Porcupine House Cliff Dwelling. Train site is a low level hike across the Mancos Creek and 2.5 miles round trip from the gravel road to the site.

Both tour areas will take approximately 7 to 8 hours.

Starting location is at the Ute Mountain Tribal Park Visitor Center/Museum.

    Note:

  • This tour area is not handicapped accessible
  • Arrive 15-30 min before tour starts
  • Must bring lunch, water, and comfortable hiking gear.
  • Reservations required.

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We do not provide water or snacks with tours but we do sell bottled water and some snacks at our Tribal Park Visitor Center for your convenience. You are more than welcome to bring your own water and snacks for your tour.