Guided Tours

Bouldering Tours

Hueco Tanks can be visited without a guide, but about 2/3rds of the park is only accessible with a guide. The two types of guides are Volunteer and Commercial.

Volunteer Guides

Scheduled by the park office and cost the standard entry fee upon entering.

Call (915) 857-1135 for requests.

Commercial Guides

Provided by a concession license which is purchased by an independent body to allow for enhanced access to the park. The ranch has been holding it's concession for over 7 years now and has been the most actively used method for climbers to access the backcountry during that time.

There are 2 methods for getting on a commercial tour here at the ranch.

  1. Reservations: $25 per person if not staying at the Ranch. $20 for Ranch guests. If you are very specific about what you want to see/climb during your stay you may wish to schedule a reservation for a guide. With this type of tour the main client can specify where they wish to climb and will get priority over all destinations while on the tour. Only 10 clients are allowed per tour. Clients requesting a private tour must purchase all 10 spots. Clients have access to any designated climbing area within East Mountain, West Mountain, and the East Spur. These tours provide more flexible scheduling and often include multiple guides. Also, open spots on non-scheduled tours may be filled in by walk-in climbers.
  2. Walk-in: The most common method to get on board a commercial tour is by "walk-in". There are times in the season when th eparks resources are maxed out and the visitor cannot get into the park. When this occurs there are usually spots open in the backcountry and can only be used with a private guide. Each day during the busy season there are a number of guides offering commercial tours; primarily because they are permitted to climb on this type of tour. Every morning guides use a whiteboard located in the barn to help organize who and where the tours will be going that day. A "walk-in" can find a tour on this board and sign up for any available spots they wish to fill. Walk-in tours cost $20 and are totally based on guide availability.

Roped Climbing Tours

Rope Climbing can be serious business and having a professional there to help with the ropes can make all the difference between an epic or an amazing experience. The HRR offers rope climbing trips for all levels of ability so if it's the big wall mileage you're looking for or just a fun day on the ropes, let us help make it happen.

  • 1 Person: $150 per day
  • 2+ People: $110 per day for multi-pitch climbing

Top Rope Course

If overcoming new challenges is part of what makes you who you are, then this course is for you. Under the security of a top-rope, our guides professionalism, experience and knowledge will help you to push yourself to the extreme.

You will be introduced to ratings, commands, equipment, safety, climbing knots, belaying, climbing techniques and other aspects of this exciting sport.

$80 per person per day, maximum 3 clients per guide for top rope climbing (Conducted at Franklin Mountain State Park…Single Pitch 45’ walls with fixed anchors atop routes).

Please call Charles here at the ranch to set up your rope climbing trip today @ (915) 855-0142

Commercially Guided Rock Art Tours

Hueco Tanks is known around the world for rock art as well as climbing. Hidden in Hueco's numerous rock shelters and coves are more than 2000 seperate painted marks including over 200 spectacular painted masks. Unlike other rock art sites in the Southwest, these images are not in the open; visitors are unlikely to find many of them on their own. Hueco Rock Ranch now offers commercially guided tours to rock art sites tailored to the interests and abilities of the group.

It is hard to look upon Hueco's pictographs and not wonder about who painted them and why. Rock art guides describe what is known about the images and the cultures who painted them. Plan on 2-4 hours of lively discussion, hiking, and fun.

The fee for private rock art tours is $20 per person with a base rate of $60 whether for one, two, or three clients. A maximum of 25 clients is allowed on a rock art tour.

Let the artist guide you...

Printmaker Deborah Cool-Flowers, whose studio and residence are next to Hueco Rock Ranch, re-creates rock art images as etchings on handmade paper. Her work is on display at Hueco Tanks State Historic Site, Texas Parks & Wildlife and New Mexico State Capitol Building. A certified rock art guide at Hueco Tanks since 1999, Deborah has been invited to show her Rock Art on Paper Collection (www.rockartonpaper.com) and to speak on rock art at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology in Albuquerque, the El Paso Museum of Archeology and the Anasazi State Park and Museum in Boulder, Utah. Along with the perspective into her presentation, explaining why some authorities claim that rock art is not art at all - and refuting that claim.