Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, 15 percent is owned by the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, and the remaining 35 percent is privately owned. Visit the Archuleta County Government website. Archuleta County is a gateway to the beautiful Southwest Colorado. Pagosa Springs, the county seat and largest city of Archuleta County, sits quietly at 7, feet in the heart of the San Juan Mountains.
The springs sit just beside and above the San Juan River that runs through the heart of town. When two feet of snow cover the frozen river, where better to be than a degree pool of healing, cliffside waters, sipping a smooth Syrah? The Springs have not been exempt from ownership skirmishes and land grabs. The property has changed hands many times. Worldwide attention during the last decade brought many changes to the site. The Springs Resort offers 23 naturally heated, outdoor pools of varying temperatures.
With a deserved reputation for the best and most snow in Colorado, Wolf Creek Ski Area boasts an average annual snowfall of 38 feet. Alpine and telemark ski and snowboard rentals are available. This is one family-friendly mountain. The Wolf Pup Program for children ages 5 to 8 teaches skiing and boarding in an all day format that includes lift tickets, lunch, and peer support. Wolf Creek offers complete ski school programs for all ages and levels, in group or individual formats.
The eats at Wolf Creek are outstanding with several venues offering hearty sustenance. Many guided tours are offered at Chimney Rock National Monument during their season, which begins in mid-May and runs through September, closing for the winter.
The monthly Full Moon and interpretive programs are especially popular:. Full Moon: Guests hike a lighted trail to the mesa top where a speaker shares stories of the Anasazi and their close relationship to the moon, sun, and stars. A Native American flute plays while the full moon rises over the eastern mountains and the sun sets over the west.
Moon Viewing Plus: After an interactive talk on the archaeoastronomy of Chimney Rock, visitors drive to an upper area and view specific moon locations through telescopes.
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In the army began its abandonment of the Pagosa Springs outpost. The military had completely left the Pagosa Springs area by In the state legislature created Archuleta County out of territory from Conejos County.
The town of Pagosa Springs, named after the Ute word for the nearby hot springs, grew around Fort Lewis and was incorporated in By , the prevalence of logging and ranching brought the railroad to Pagosa Springs. When the railroad connected to towns further west, such as Durango, it made the logging and ranching industries the backbone of the regional economy. By loggers had finally cut all of the accessible timber, and the logging boom petered out. By the railroad brought more visitors seeking a soak in the springs, but advancements in medicine over the next two decades made health-seeking trips less popular.
In the s, with the roads full of vacationing families, entrepreneurs began building motels that offered access to the springs, and the waters regained their popularity. Today in Pagosa Springs, tourism and services are the most important industries, and construction of both permanent and second homes is also regarded as an economic driver.
However, after the first few exploratory wells failed to turn up promising geothermal resources, the Department of Energy pulled its funding. As of January the future of geothermal development in Archuleta County remains unclear. Donna K. Lloyd Levy Consulting, Donna Graves, et al. Paul M. You are here Home. Archuleta County. Chimney Rock.
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