Spruce Tree House at Mesa Verde National Park. Editor's note: This story is part of a long term reporting project from CPR News that explores how climate change is affecting Colorado, what's being ...

On Feb. 13, the National Park Service announced it found no significant impact on the human environment for the project to stabilize the alcove arch at Mesa Verde National Park’s Spruce Tree House.

A trench was cut in the rock above Spruce Tree House at Mesa Verde National Park in the 1960s to help divert water above the dwelling. The trench was later filled with concrete after park ...

Mesa Verde National Park officials have decided to close the Spruce Tree House indefinitely due to rockfall concerns. The Cortez Journal reports that the announcement comes after the cliff ...

Mesa Verde’s Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum has its own fine collection. While you’re there, visit nearby Spruce Tree House, the only dwelling in the park accessible by a paved trail.

Mesa Verde from Above: An Epic Drone Journey Over UNESCO Site. Posted: May 6, 2025 | Last updated: ... Spruce Tree House, and Balcony House, where the Ancestral Puebloans once thrived.

Luminarias light Spruce Tree House, an ancient dwelling of the Anasazi people and the third largest cliff dwelling in Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park. Photograph by Ira Block How to Get There ...

New wells in a 2015 BLM plan for public lands near Mesa Verde. 13th. Century when Spruce Tree House was built. ... Mesa Verde is home to the largest cliff dwelling in North America — the Cliff Palace, ...

This is a photo of me climbing the ladder up to Spruce Tree House at Mesa Verde N.P. in May 1978. From 1977 to 1982, my late husband and I lived and travelled in our camper van, visiting most of our ...