0% complete
$7,500 Goal
Colorado Gives Day is Tuesday, December 8, 2026! Early giving starts November 1, so you can schedule your gift now.
Every gift to Chimney Rock Interpretive Association keeps the stories of Chimney Rock alive. CRIA receives no federal funding. Our volunteer guides, school programs and special events are made possible by people like you.
A much appreciated gift today will brighten the day of many area school children through our School Week and Youth Workshop Programs.
Your generous monthly/recurring gift will bring excitement to the Annual Life at Chimney Rock festival, where attendees are immersed in hands-on cultural activities and experience the awe of Native American dancers.
Any size donation will support daily guided tours, special programs at Chimney Rock National Monument, and our Cultural Lecture Series as we prepare for the 2027 season.
Thank you for helping us share this special place!
Chimney Rock Interpretive Association, a non-profit organization, is devoted to providing our community, youth, visitors and volunteers a meaningful connection with the National Monument by creating enjoyable, educational, interpretative programs that connect our modern lives to those of the ancestral Puebloans.
Chimney Rock Interpretive Association (CRIA) has provided the interpretive program at Chimney Rock for more than 25 years. CRIA obtained non-profit 501(c)(3) status in 2004 and has maintained 85+ volunteers who are the backbone of this organization. These amazing volunteers are passionate about this small, remote outlier of Chaco Canyon. They love to tell the more than 20,000 visitors to the site each season (May 15 through October 15) about the solar and lunar alignments that would have been important to the ancient residents, alignments that most likely were of critical importance to the ancient culture throughout the Four Corners area.
The story is presented through daily guided tours, monthly lunar and solar programs, and a free ancient arts festival focusing on the people and the place as it was a thousand years ago. CRIA's volunteers operate under a partnership authority agreement with the San Juan National Forest, Pagosa Springs District.
Organization name
Chimney Rock Interpretive Association
other names
CRIA, Chimney Rock chapter, San Juan Mountain Association, Friends of Chimney Rock
2004
Tax id (EIN)
68-0568361
Category
Arts, Culture & Humanities
Organization Size
Small Organization
Address
PO BOX 1662Archuleta County, CO, US