CHIMNEY ROCK
-- SPECIAL EVENTS --
Chimney Rock Special Events give participants an opportunity to experience first-hand the environment, culture and lifestyle of the early people of Chimney Rock. Early people developed sophisticated skills to utilize the natural resources in the area for food, medicine, tools, clothing, baskets and pottery.
Workshop fees include all materials unless otherwise indicated. Instructors for each workshop have extensive experience in their topics. Pre-paid advance reservations are required for workshops by the dates indicated. Fees are not refundable after deadline dates.
Weather in Colorado can change by the moment. Workshops will be held unless weather is very severe, in which case paid workshop participants will be notified. Lodging and meals are not included. Please bring a sack lunch as food is not available at the site. For multiple-day workshops, lodging is available in nearby Pagosa Springs, and camping is available at Ute Campground, just 4 miles from Chimney Rock.
Life at Chimney Rock: A Festival of Crafts and Culture
- Free Festival & Indian Market
- 2008 Life at Chimney Rock Flyer
- Saturday, June 28:
- 10:00 to 4:00 - Indian Market
- 10:00 to 12:00 - Flint Knapping Exhibit
- 12:00 to 4:00 - Life-skills Demonstrations: Atlatl throwing, Pottery making, Pictograph rock art, Spinning Fiber, Grinding corn, Yucca pounding
- 1:00 to 3:00 - Flint Knapping Workshop ($20 fee; limited to 10 people)
- Sunday, June 29:
- 10:00 to 4:00 - Indian Market
- 10:00 to 12:00 - Crafts Exhibits: Heishi Jewelry & Dine' Flutemaking
- Indian Market shopping opportunities - Native American artisans from the nations of Taos, Santo Domingo, Laguna, Acoma, Navajo, Southern Ute, Zuni, Hopi, and Conchiti. Crafts include pottery, silversmith and jewelry, flutes, drums, gourds, Kachinas, fetishes, oil pastels, and more!
- Food Booths featuring Frybread & Colorado Cowboy Catering
- The normal, 2-2.5 hour, guided site tours are offered during the event; these tours are at 9:30am, 10:30am, 1:00pm, 2:00pm for fees:
- $10 for adults
- $5 for children ages 5-11
- Free for children under 5
- No reservations required
- Sponsored by Chimney Rock Interpretive Association, Inc. in partnership with USDA Forest Service, San Juan National Forest, Pagosa Ranger District
Puebloan Pottery Workshop
 In a Chimney Rock special workshop with Greg Wood (Instructor's website at http://www.ancientarts.org), participants will replicate a Pueblo III Mesa Verde, black-on-white, organically painted, pottery mug in the same manner as the ancient Ancestral Puebloans may have done a thousand years ago. You will hand form, burnish, decorate, and trench kiln fire using only prehistoric methods, thereby gaining an understanding of the fundamentals of craftsmanship, design, and prehistoric technology that are required in creating and firing this ancient pottery.
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- Date: August 1-3 Friday - Sunday (3 days)
- Enrollment limited to 18
- $150 course fee includes all materials and Chimney Rock tour admission fee
- Two Graduate Credits from Adams State College, Colorado available for additional fee of $45.00 per credit hour (payable at the workshop)
- Pre-paid registration required
- Registration form, mailing instructions on bottom of form (those without Internet access may either contact Greg Wood directly at 970-223-9081 to obtain a form or call the Chimney Rock Interpretive Assn., Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at 970-264-2287)
- Workshop Photo Essay, Workshop Photo Essay
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Hours of Operation: In-Season May 15 - September 30, Daily 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Guided Walking Tour Schedule: 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m.
Location: 3 miles South of Hwy 160 on Hwy 151 (map)
Mailing Address: Chimney Rock Interpretive Program, P.O. Box 1662, Pagosa Springs, CO 81147
Phone: (970)883-5359 Visitor's Cabin In-season, (970)264-2287 Leave Message Off-season
E-mail: chimneyrock@chimneyrockco.org
Download Chimney Rock Brochure
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