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Have you ever traveled
through Colorado and come upon an interesting
looking mountain road, and felt the urge to explore
and experience where it might lead? For more than ten
years the “Colonel” and the “Captain”
have explored the San Juan and Sangre de Cristo mountains,
mapping out routes through this astounding beauty, intimately
available via the “Back Roads.”
 Based
in Crestone, Radical Travel offers an opportunity to
see and experience the most remote and beautiful parts
of Colorado, ranging from Utah-like mesas with interesting
canyons to high alpine valleys surrounded by spectacular
mountains. We travel the “Beauty Road” together
enjoying wildlife sightings of bluebirds, eagles, elk,
deer, antelope and occasionally bear.
Colorado Radical Travel Tours are great for friends,
couples, and families, as a "Rocky Mountain High"
vacation, or to “tune in” before or after
a retreat. Our All Wheel Drive Astro Van holds up to
7 passengers, plus driver. Bring your camera!
MISSION
STATEMENT
 Navajo
spiritual philosophy talks about “Walking the
Beauty Road,” learning to live in harmony with
all of nature.
To facilitate your personal experience of beauty, Radical
Travel guides carefully consider each segment of the
route, planning side trips to unique places, with plenty
time to walk through interesting rock formations, with
consideration as to how they “show” at certain
times of day.
This immersion in natural beauty can subtly stimulate
that place in you which is beauty, aligning you to your
own very intimate “Beauty Road.”
We try to plan for a circular route, so that what you
see is always new and fresh in each moment. When possible,
we plan breakfast, lunch or dinner stops at area restaurants,
ending up at one of the local hot springs for a soak
if included in your tour.
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TOUR DESCRIPTIONS
 LA
GARITA TO SAGUACHE (HALF DAY)*
Discover hidden grottoes at “Elephant Rocks.”
Pass through the portal of “Hells Gate,”
Storm King Mountain, Canero Pass, Big Springs and the
cap rock mesa canyons.
LA GARITA TO DEL NORTE (HALF DAY)
Utah like scenery. Visit the “Cliffs,” La
Ventana Arch, Eagle Rock, Eagle Mountain and more.
BONANZA (HALF DAY)
An old gold mining town with original cabins made into
rustic summer places. Beautiful Valleys surrounded by
mountains.
SAGUACHE PARK, VIA OLD COCHETOPA PASS (HALF
DAY)*
From Saguache we travel through a tilted landscape,
passing over old Cochetopa Pass into Saguache Park dominated
by one of the Navajos Sacred Mountains, Cochetopa Dome.
We visit Dome Lakes and pass through one of the most
beautiful valleys in Colorado.
 STONE
CELLAR (FULL DAY)*
By far the most beautiful place we have discovered so
far, this all day tour winds through Saguache Park,
over two passes into a vast Shangri-la like valley with
standing stones, trout streams, pyroclastic molten ash
flows and incredible views, exploration, hiking, and
camping opportunities.
SAGUACHE TO CREEDE (FULL DAY)
From Saguache Park, we pass the old stage coach road,
then over Los Pinos Pass, and down a spectacular switch-back
road to Cathedral, with great camping and fishing places,
on to Slumgullion Pass, stopping at Clear Creek Falls
. . . sparkling beauty! Dinner at Kips in Creede, then
back to Crestone.
LA GARITA TO ENGLISH VALLEY (HALF DAY)
For up to 4 passengers (high clearance required), we
visit Elephant Rock, La Ventana Natural Arch, and spectacular
volcanic cliffs with embedded hanging rocks.
MYSTERY TOUR
The most pleasurable and spontaneous way to experience
a back country tour is to let your guides select the
route. This frees you from pre-conceived notions and
expectations, leaving the mind open to the present moment,
a pre-requisite to the stimulation of your own inner
beauty and appreciation.
CUSTOM TOURS
As always, your preferences will guide us. You may already
have a destination in mind that we can facilitate in
a creative and fun way.
*NOTE: High mountain passes are usually
clear of snow from May 25 through November 1. Other
destinations can usually be traveled year-round.
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WHAT
TO BRING
- Bring layered clothing, a sun hat, sturdy shoes,
a swim suit and towel if we are ending up at an area
hot springs, your preferred snacks and a camera if
so inclined. We provide a bottled drinking water for
each passenger. For all day tours, pack a sack lunch
or order one of our gourmet sack lunches when placing
your reservation.
WEATHER
- All tours are dependent on favorable weather. Destinations
can be adjusted en-route if weather is likely to adversely
affect road surfaces.
PLANNING
YOUR TOUR
- Half Day = approximately 5 hours
- Full Day = approximately 8-9 hours.
- Half day tours start at either 9 am or noon.
- Full day tours start at 9 am.
TOUR RATES PER PERSON
- Reduce your cost and have fun by getting a group
together to share a tour.
- Checks and credit cards welcome.
- Tours meet at the Sangre de Cristo
Inn at 116 S. Alder Street in downtown Crestone, a
great place to stay! (719-256-4975).
- If you are in the Crestone Area without a vehicle,
we can pick you up.
- PLEASE BE ON TIME!
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RESERVATIONS
- Please make your reservations 3-5 days in advance.
We will do our best to serve you on shorter notice
when possible. To reserve a gourmet sack lunch ($12)
on all day tours, we need 24 hours notice to prepare.
Please specify if vegetarian.
CONTACT
- Call 719-256-4220 (primary) or 719-256-5806, 9 am
to 5 pm (secondary) to reserve your place on a Colorado
Radical Travel Tour. Or email us at:
info@coloradoradicaltravel.com
OTHER TRAVEL TOUR DESTINATIONS
SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK
ZAPATA FALLS
AS REQUESTED
- Treat yourself and your friends or family to Colorado’s
most unique Wilderness Safari Adventure! With virtually
unlimited recreation and photography opportunities,
we travel remote scenic byways, a delightful vacation
from the ordinary. Join us for a Fall Color Tour as
the Aspens turn gold and red.
- Colorado Radical Travel Tours is a permit holder
of the Rio Grande and Gunnison National Forest.
- Colorado Radical Travel Tours is an equal opportunity
service provider.
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TESTIMONIALS
Nate Scarritt, “The Colonel” recently guided
my wife and me to an isolated area, a rugged space of
unique beauty that quickens the senses and inspired
a sense of living in a world apart.
We are happy to recommend him as a guide.
— Richard & Mary Johnston, Crestone
Our tour of the true back roads within the raw beauty
of the San Juans moved seamlessly from one splendid
view to the next, ending up with a soak at the hot springs.
I love these guys. They were the perfect tour guides
of the highest order!
— Jane Booth, Kansas City
OUR CRESTONE,
COLORADO LOCATION
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COLORADO RADICAL TRAVEL TOURS
719-256-4220 (primary)
719-256-5806 (Sangre de Cristo Inn office, 9 am to 5
pm)
or email us at: info@coloradoradicaltravel.com
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