RESTROOMS & CAMPER SERVICES Making Reservations From May through September, the Reserve a yurt year-round by THE YURTS Camper Services in the calling the reservation hotline at: Dakota Terraces Campground is open AT with coin-operated hot showers, snack 1-800-244-5613 machines, laundry facilities and change Or at cpwshop.com RIDGWAY machines. Year-round restroom facilities with flush toilets and sinks are Rental Fee: $90 per night April STATE PARK available next to Yurt #10. through October, and $60 November through March. WATER & TRASH DISPOSAL Site Limits: 6-person maximum Immediately across from the yurts are occupancy. all-season water hydrants and trash dumpsters. Ridgway State Park also Vehicle Pass: $8 per day for offers aluminum recycling bins by the park pass, or purchase an annual dumpsters. Please do not leave any pass. food or trash around your as it may attract animals. RV/: May be added for a fee, contact the park for specific PETS fees. Pets are allowed in Yurt #14 and #12 for an additional pet fee of $10 per night. When outside the yurt, all pets must be kept on 6-foot leashes. Please Please call the park office at (970) INFORMATION remember to pick up after your pet and 626-5822 with any questions. dispose of waste properly. NO pets are FACT SHEET allowed in Yurt #10.

CHECK-IN AND We look forward to CHECK-OUT seeing you at the park! Yurt check-out time is 12 noon. Check- in time is 2 p.m. to allow park maintenance staff will have sufficient Ridgway State Park time to clean the yurt. In your 28555 Hwy 550 reservation confirmation letter, you Ridgway, Colorado 81432 will receive the yurt door combination. (970) 626-5822 If you misplace it, a park staff will be happy to help you obtain the code. Last Updated: 8/19/2019

YURT FURNISHINGS LIGHTING & ELECTRICITY

Yurt 10: Beaver Lodge

When you rent one of our three yurts, For your lighting needs, you’ll find a you’ll find all the creature comforts of ceiling fan with lights as well as while still preserving a rustic fluorescent lights above the food experience. Every yurt is preparation area. There are also furnished with a small dining table and 6 reading lights with clamps to move around chairs, twin sized bunk beds and two queen History of Our Yurts for your convenience. Each yurt also offers sized futon couches. The yurts offer several electric outlets. For more than 3,000 years, people in Central sleeping accommodations for up to 6 Asia have lived in the circular dwellings known people. Bring your own bed linens & as ger or yurts. These portable dwellings were pillows. used by many groups throughout the YURT HEATING & COOLING centuries: the horse-riding of Scythia (600 BC and AD 300); the Huns (AD 300 to 500) YURT APPLIANCES and the Mongolian nomadic tribes from the 1200s to the present. In fact, the people of still live in yurts today. In the Mongolian capital city , for example, more than half of the population resides in these structures.

Here at Ridgway State Park, our yurts differ somewhat from the traditional construction of wooden poles and sheep felt found in Mongolia. In the United States, these Regardless of the weather, you’ll find the dwellings are constructed of canvas and plastic yurts are comfortable year round. During with wooden framing, floors and doors. In All three yurts offer a food preparation area the summer months, stay cool thanks to 1999 the Colorado Yurt Company in nearby with counter top, microwave oven and the windows, small cooler, and ceiling fans. Montrose built our yurts in Dakota Terraces small refrigerator. For other cooking needs, In winter, the antique looking wood stoves, Campground in the Dutch Charlie area of the please use the outside grill and fire pit or which are actually thermostat-controlled park. They are available to rent year round. cook outdoors with your own cooking gear. propane heaters, keep the yurt warm and For your safety, only cook with camp stoves toasty. A small electric space heater is also indoors during inclement weather. available in each yurt.