Prior to the use of small skin tepees, the Eastern Ute used a conical
or domed-shaped shelter of brush. These were used even after white
contact, but usually only for summer habitation. The door faced east.
Gifford and Stewart both note that the Ute used available rockshelters
and lean-tos on hunting trips. C. T. Hurst in 1943 excavated an
overhang containing evidence of Ute habitation. According to several
sources, sweat houses were built.