Rio Grande National Forest Supervisor's Office

Other End of River

My previous experience with the Rio Grand River was viewing a mostly dry river bed. What water there was dirty brown. This end is completely different. It is fast flowing and mostly clear. Well wo...

Beautiful

The Rio Grande National Forest is absolutely breath taking. The views are amazing and so is the wildlife. We stayed here for a week and saw a ton of different animals. The moose came out every nigh...

Incredibly helpful visitor's center

We stopped at the National Forest Visitor's Center to learn about the forest and area. The staff was really nice and answered all our questions. Additionally, there are great resources in the center i...

Breathtaking!

We went on a road trip from Colorado, to Utah, to Arizona, then back to Colorado...headed through the Rio Grande on our way back and it did not disappoint! We got to see the old Mesa Verde cliff dwell...

Above it all

Since a national forest is the number one attraction in Monte Vista, it may seem like there's not much to do there. To be fair, however, some of Colorado's best scenery can be found there. In my opini...