Moderate Hiking for Mellow People

The Bears Ears National Monument is located in southeastern Utah and is renowned for its extraordinary archaeological resources and beautiful geological formations. It has the largest concentration of pre-Columbian archaeological sites in North America. A professional southwest archaeologist will be joining us.

This seven-day outing will explore the canyon country near the community of Bluff. From here we will hike to some of the most spectacular cliff dwellings and petroglyph panels in the southwest. On October 30 we will travel to Cortez and visit Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. The next day we will take a special day tour of the cliff dwellings in the Ute Mountain Tribal Park.

Hiking will be to seven or eight sites with distances less than seven miles and less than 700 feet of elevation change. Hiking will be on slick rock and up arroyos. Climbing ladders is required for the Ute tour.

Everyone will be placed on a waitlist and those with 4wd high clearance vehicles will be given priority along with those that I have hiked with previously. Attendance will be limited to 12.

Attendees may find lodging in Bluff or camp in the Sand Island Campground or surrounding BLM land.

Pets are not allowed on archaeological sites.

Rider fees:
$90 to carpool to Bluff.
$30 to carpool to trailheads

$100 feet for Ute Park.

Yes you read that right, bowling plus shoe rental FREE for an hour for up to 6 people. I bid on this to support Feline and Friends and won!

So please join me. Everything but dinner is free. Please bring cash for dinner.

This will be FUN!!

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Meet at Two Dog Cafe which is part of Bishop's Lodge and a coffee shop for coffee first.

Hike is total of about ~4 miles. see photo section for more info. the hike is technically 3.4 miles but we have to walk around Bishop's lodge to trailhead going behind Bishop Lamy's chapel. Park at bishops lodge.

This is a relatively easy hike. But starts from different side then usual. round trip. please look at photos and check alltrails.

We will head out from the coffee shop at appropriately 9am. we walk behind the Bishop's lodge complex till we come to a small waterfall and follow the trail down the Tesuque creek until it meets up with Hyde park road then we turn around and return. this is a lovely hike, not too difficult but on uneven terrain. we as a group have done this hike before.

bring poles if you need them wear good hiking boots hat sunscreen snack, plenty of water.

Release and Waiver. By attending, the Participant releases the Event Leaders from liability arising from the Event and assumes all risks of the Event, including: 1) injuries from falls, living things, pre-existing health conditions, vehicles, and weather, and 2) injuries resulting from the Event Leaders not undertaking the least risky option available (e.g., hiking a steep slope instead of a gentle slope) or not treating an injury in the optimal way (e.g., due to insufficient training). The preceding sentence supplements any other exculpatory arrangement to which the Participant is subject.