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Western Slope · Durango, CO

Cross Bar X Youth Ranch

Cross Bar X Youth Ranch is a Christian youth ranch on 150 acres in Durango, Colorado. It runs its own summer camps for at-risk youth and rents its lodges and cabins to outside groups for retreats, sleeping up to 100 guests who cook their own meals in the on-site commercial kitchen.

Facts verified from the camp’s own website · Last verified 2026-09-11

100
Sleeps

Getting there

  • 1 h 10 min from Farmington, NM
  • 3 h 20 min from Moab, UT
  • 4 h from Grand Junction

2111 County Road 222, Durango, CO 81303 · drive times are typical, not rush hour

On the property

Ropes courseClimbing wallZip line

The facts

LodgingCabins (100 beds)
MealsSelf-catering kitchens
SeasonYear-round
HostsYouth groups
Affiliationnon-denominational Christian
Property150 acres
Established1977
Phone(970) 259-2716

Cross Bar X has run youth programming for socially and economically disadvantaged youth on its 150-acre Durango property since 1977, marking a 50th-anniversary celebration.

Visit Cross Bar X Youth Ranch’s own website →