Tours run from April through October, and include the remarkable Casa Colorado and Casa Blanca cliff dwellings. Pottery shards scatter the land, untouched for centuries in line with sacred beliefs to not disturb what is found. The Ute Mountain Tribal Park also offers a chance to escape the crowds of the much more popular Mesa Verde, with visitors frequently enjoying parts of the park and canyon entirely to themselves.

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