Picture Canyon; $35pp
Picture Canyon has been a crossroads for travelers since people came to what is now know as southeast Colorado. With readily available water and mild winters, it provided fertile grounds and protection. The canyon is in southwest Baca County and borders Oklahoma. It houses petroglyphs, pictographs, a stunning equinox site and many clues for the debate over the pre-history of America and pre-Columbian European visitors. The canyon also has picnic tables, good walking paths, good opportunities for birding and wildlife viewing, camping, and restroom facilities. Area history and WPA sites included on the tours on the way to the canyon.
Time required for tour: from Pritchett 3hrs, from canyon site 1-1.5hrs
Carrizo Canyon; $25pp
Carrizo Canyon is a beautiful site that provides opportunity for viewing petroglyphs, birding, hiking, and camping. The canyon is a good example of early Indian inhabitance with live water year round, and protection. Restrooms are also available. Area history and WPA sites included on the tour on the way to the canyon. Time required for tour: from Pritchett 2.5-3hrs, from canyon site 45min
Cottonwood Canyon Driving Tour; $25pp
County Rd M winds down into and back out of Cottonwood canyon in Baca County, SE Colorado. The drive is scenic ranging from flat prarie with open range roads, to flat top mesas and canyon lands where deer, turkey and desert big horn sheep like to graze in the field bottoms. Good for birding and a snap shot of area history, the tour is mainly for wildlife viewing and is best done in the evening or very early morning. Time required for tour: from Pritchett 2-2.5hrs, from Carrizo Canyon, 45min-1hr, from Picture Canyon 1.5-2hrs.
Santa Fe Trail - Cimarron Cut-Off; $35pp
Guided to and around several Santa Fe Trail Sites in north eastern New Mexico. Learn little known facts and see the actual ruts of the Santa Fe Trail on private property. Can be customized to include museums, other local rock formations, dinosaur tracks, and other local attractions or simply kept to the Santa Fe Trail. Did you know there was up to 8 tracks coming across north eastern New Mexico on the Cimarron Cut-off? Let us show you all the things you might miss! Time required for tour: from Pritchett 4-5 hrs. This is an all-day tour. You can make it a two way or one-way to Clayton, NM.