From a Single Tipi

Back in 1976 we made our home in a tipi. We set our lodge on a mountainside in Breckenridge, Colorado at 11,000 feet elevation and watched the stars pass and the seasons change. We were hooked on the simple life! It wasn't long before some of our friends wanted the same experience so we made them tipis. Soon after, we placed an ad in the classified section of Mother Earth News and began taking orders. The adventure called Earthworks Tipis began.

Over thirty years later this enterprise has evolved into the Colorado Yurt Company. Our tiny workshop moved from Breckenridge to Alma to Ridgway as we grew and is now a small campus in Montrose, Colorado, a beautiful little town at the base of the San Juan Mountains where we get over 300 days of sunsine a year. Our dedicated staff is a group of talented craftsmen and craftswomen who make guitars, climb mountains and do a whole host of other really interesting things when they aren't busy designing and creating yurts, tipis and tents.

We feel incredibly fortunate that our structures have become known and respected worldwide. What gives us real satisfaction, is providing all kinds of folks with the opportunity to wake up out in the woods where at least for a moment, there are no buzzes and beeps demanding attention; no sound of traffic and no to-do-list.

If you are moved to live, work or play in a unique structure and enjoy the gifts nature has to offer, let our experience be your shortcut to the backountry (or at least the backyard!) We would love to help you design and build a dream of your own.