Ancient Colorado Hunting Site Dates Back 10k Years

While Colorado's most famous example of ancient ruins is the National Park known as Mesa Verde, there are a few other remarkable examples of structures built by Native Americans thousands of years ago.

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Places like Mesa Verde and Hovenweep are fairly easy to get to, but one example of ancient ruins in Colorado is completely as it's located high in the Rocky Mountains up Rollins Pass - an old hunting site known as Olson Site.

Colorado's Ancient Hunting Ruins at Olson Site Date Back Millennia

While first discovered by modern-day Coloradans in the 1950s, the ruins at present-day Olson Site are said to date back an estimated 10,000 years.

Ancient Native Americans placed rocks in lines across the grass to guide game to the hunters hiding in holes that resemble foxholes known as 'blinds,' and would capture the animals when they got close enough.

In all, there are an estimated 4,288 feet of these low rock walls and 45 blinds, many of which have not been disturbed for many years.

Rollins Pass, the route that leads to the Olson Site, was first used by prehistoric Indigenous people of the area and was later transformed into a wagon route and eventually the seasonal dirt road we know it as today.

While the ruins at Olson Site are rather difficult to get to and the pass is only accessible certain times of year, if you keep scrolling, you can take a virtual tour of this remarkable prehistoric hunting site: