Sleeping ute access?

[TheDunedain]

Hey Backcountry posters,

I was just recently in Cortez, CO and I tried making a trip up into the Ute mountains near there and when I reached the road my GPS told me to take it was gated and locked. Does anybody know a way to get up there or if you need Navajo permission to go up there because I know Sleeping ute is sacred to the Navajo. I know you need permission to go up on Navajo mountain on the UT/ AZ border and I'm wondering if sleeping ute is the same. Does anyone know?

 

[IntrepidXJ]

You need an approved Ute guide from the Ute Mountain Reservation...they don't allow anyone to hike up there without a guide. Look up the Ute Mountain Tribal Park.

 

[TheDunedain]

Ah I see. I guess I won't be going up there any time soon then.