[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR7.39]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 7_SPECIAL REGULATIONS, AREAS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM
--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 7.39  Mesa Verde National Park.

    (a) Visiting of cliff dwellings is prohibited except when persons 
are accompanied by a uniformed National Park Service employee. However, 
the Superintendent may issue special written

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permits to persons engaged in scientific investigations authorizing such 
persons to visit the cliff dwellings without escort. The Superintendent 
shall approve issuance of a permit provided:
    (1) That the investigation plan proposed, in purpose and in 
execution, is compatible with the purposes for which the park was 
established;
    (2) That the investigation proposed will not jeopardize the 
preservation of park resources;
    (3) That the study undertaken will have demonstrable value to the 
National Park Service in its management or understanding of park 
resources; and
    (4) That the permit applicants are adequately experienced and 
equipped so as to insure that the objectives of paragraphs (a) (1), (2), 
and (3) of this section will be obtained.
    (b) Hiking is permitted only on trails designated for that purpose 
by the Superintendent by the posting of appropriate signs or by marking 
on a map which shall be available for inspection by the public at park 
headquarters and other convenient locations within the park. Persons 
hiking on the Pictograph Point or Spruce Canyon Trails must register in 
advance with the Superintendent.
    (c) Commercial automobiles and buses. The prohibition against the 
admission of commercial automobiles and buses to Mesa Verde National 
Park, contained in Sec. 5.4 of this chapter shall be subject to the 
following exceptions: Motor vehicles operated on an infrequent and 
nonscheduled tour on which the visit to the park is an incident to such 
tour, carrying only round trip passengers traveling from the point of 
origin of the tour, will be accorded admission to the park upon 
establishing to the satisfaction of the Superintendent that the tour 
originated from such place and in such manner as not to provide, in 
effect, a regular and duplicating service conflicting with, or in 
competition with, the services provided for the public pursuant to 
contract authorization with the Secretary.

[24 FR 11049, Dec. 30, 1959, as amended at 37 FR 23334, Nov. 2, 1972]