Tag: mesa verde
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Touring Colorado’s most famous and wondrous cliff dwelling
MONTEZUMA COUNTY • Why did the people leave? This was the question of tourists standing high on a platform overlooking round and square towers and circular gathering places built eight centuries ago under an arching, sandstone overhang. The site here in the remote wilds of southwest Colorado is known as Cliff Palace. It’s the biggest…
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Mark your calendar for free days at Colorado’s national parks
It’s the busy season for Colorado’s national parks and monuments — summer, when more than ever drivers pay entrance fees up to $35. That won’t be required on select dates in the weeks and months ahead. June 19 is the National Park Service’s next “fee-free day.” That will be in honor of Juneteenth, the federal holiday…
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LIFE | A look inside Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park
Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park, located in Towaoc in Southwest Colorado, features cliff dwellings, artifacts, and villages of the Ancestral Puebloans. (Video by Christian Murdock)
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Mesa Verde reopening delayed by snowfall, rockfall, road damage
CORTEZ — Officials say it will take some time before Mesa Verde National Park reopens to the public despite President Donald Trump signing a bill that reopens the federal government for three weeks. The Cortez Journal reports park public information officer Cristy Brown says “several large rock falls occurred on the main park road” during…