Gateway to Success
602 Yale Place, Cañon City, CO 81212
Southern Peaks RTC
Address: 700 Four Mile Parkway, Cañon City, CO 81212 · Map
Phone: (719) 276-7500
Intake: (719) 276-7567
Website: southernpeaksrtc.com
About Southern Peaks RTC
Located in south-central Colorado, Southern Peaks Regional Treatment Center is a trauma-informed facility serving male and female adolescents ages 10–18. It provides care for mental health concerns, behavioral difficulties, substance use, and related co-occurring issues. Using a client-centered, evidence-based approach, the center helps young people dealing with mental health challenges, trauma, aggression, and multiple overlapping diagnoses. The program emphasizes emotional recovery, strength-building, and active family participation, offering a supportive setting where progress can take root. Across its residential and day treatment services, Southern Peaks tailors treatment to each individual’s needs. Clients may receive support for more than one diagnosis. Services are guided by detailed evaluations, individualized aftercare plans, and established therapeutic interventions such as trauma-informed cognitive behavioral therapy (TI-CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), equine-assisted therapy, and recreational therapy. Together, these approaches promote healing, emotional regulation, resilience, and healthier choices. Care is delivered by a multidisciplinary team that includes psychiatrists, therapists, nurses, and educators who collaborate to support whole-person recovery. Southern Peaks also focuses on continuity after treatment through organized discharge planning and coordinated aftercare. Discharge preparation includes relapse-prevention planning and educational transition support so youth can return to their communities with confidence and practical life skills. The center’s mission is to prepare adolescents for successful reintegration—helping them move forward with confidence, tools they can use, and hope for what comes next.
Services reported to SAMHSA
- Levels of care
- Residential/24-hour residential · Long-term residential
- Treatment focus
- Substance use treatment
- Opioid treatment
- Prescribes naltrexone · Relapse prevention with naltrexone · Lofexidine or Clonidine detoxification
- Medications used
- Naltrexone (oral) · Clonidine · Medication for mental disorders · Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
- Treatment approaches
- Anger management · Brief intervention · Cognitive behavioral therapy · Contingency management/motivational incentives · Motivational interviewing · Relapse prevention · Substance use disorder counseling · Trauma-related counseling
- Education and counseling
- HIV or AIDS education, counseling, or support · Hepatitis education, counseling, or support · Health education services other than HIV/AIDS or hepatitis · Substance use disorder education · Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling · Individual counseling · Group counseling · Family counseling · Marital/couples counseling · Vocational training or educational support (for example, high school coursework, GED preparation, etc.)
- Special programs
- Adolescents · Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders · Clients who have experienced sexual abuse · Clients who have experienced trauma
- Ages accepted
- Children/Adolescents · Young Adults · Adults
- Genders accepted
- Female · Male
- Payment accepted
- Medicaid · Private health insurance · Cash or self-payment · State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- Licensing and accreditation
- State substance use treatment agency · State mental health department · The Joint Commission
- Ownership
- Private non-profit organization
- Recovery support
- Mentoring/peer support
- Transitional services
- Aftercare/continuing care · Discharge Planning · Outcome follow-up after discharge
- Other services
- Case management service · Mental health services · Social skills development · Transportation assistance · Integrated primary care services · Suicide prevention services
Facility-provided information
- Accreditation
- Joint Commission
- Care offered
- Residential Rehab · Co-Occurring Mental Health
- Substances treated
- Alcohol · Co-Occurring Disorders · Drug Addiction
- Conditions treated
- Anxiety · Bipolar · Depression · Post Traumatic Stress Disorder · Self-Harm · Sex Addiction · Stress · Suicidality · Trauma
- Therapies
- 1-on-1 Counseling · Cognitive Behavioral Therapy · Dialectical Behavior Therapy · Equine Therapy · Family Therapy · Group Therapy · Life Skills · Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy · Trauma-Specific Therapy
- Approaches
- Experiential · Family Involvement · Individual Treatment
- Who it serves
- Adolescents · Boys · Children · Girls
- Aftercare
- Continuing Care
- Languages
- English
Questions to ask Southern Peaks RTC
- Is my specific plan in network, and do you need prior authorization before admission?
- How long is the typical residential stay, and can family visit?
- Which medications do you prescribe (buprenorphine, methadone, naltrexone), and can I continue a medication I already take?
- Do you treat mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety at the same time?
- Is there a waitlist, and how soon can you do an assessment?
- What happens after the program ends: aftercare, alumni groups or step-down care?
Also confirm the facility is licensed by Colorado (this facility reports accreditation). If you are withdrawing from alcohol or benzodiazepines, ask about medical detox; do not stop suddenly on your own.
Paying for treatment at Southern Peaks RTC
Southern Peaks RTC reports accepting Medicaid, Private insurance, Self-pay. With Colorado Medicaid, treatment is usually covered at little or no cost, though some levels of care need prior authorization. Most private plans must cover substance use treatment on terms comparable to other medical care under federal parity law.
Distance to specialized care from Cañon City
Measured from the population center of Fremont County, using SAMHSA locator data mapped by FindRehabMap:
- Nearest medical detox: Colorado Springs, about 34 miles
- Nearest methadone clinic (OTP): Pueblo, about 34 miles
- Nearest buprenorphine (Suboxone) provider: Cañon City, about 2.2 miles (1 within 25 miles)
See the Fremont County treatment map, methadone clinics near Fremont County and Suboxone doctors near Fremont County.
Frequently asked questions
What services does Southern Peaks RTC offer?
Southern Peaks RTC reports these levels of care to SAMHSA: Residential, MAT, Dual diagnosis. Call to confirm current services and openings.
Does Southern Peaks RTC accept insurance?
It reports accepting Medicaid, Private insurance, Self-pay. Ask whether your specific plan is in network before admission.
Where is Southern Peaks RTC located?
700 Four Mile Parkway, Cañon City, CO 81212.
How far is the nearest medical detox from Cañon City?
From the center of Fremont County, the closest program offering medical detox is in Colorado Springs, about 34 miles away (straight-line), based on SAMHSA locator data mapped by FindRehabMap.
Other treatment facilities in Cañon City
Gateway to Success
602 Yale Place, Cañon City, CO 81212
Rocky Mountain Behavioral Health Inc
3239 Independence Road, Cañon City, CO 81212
Rocky Mountain Behavioral Health Inc
3239 Independence Road, Cañon City, CO 81212
Southern Peaks RTC
700 Four Mile Parkway, Cañon City, CO 81212
Solvista Health
701 S 9th St, Cañon City, CO
See all 8 facilities in Cañon City · Outpatient · MAT · Accepts Medicaid · Accepts Medicare · Private insurance · Sliding scale
Last reviewed 2026-10-06. Facility details come from SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov locator and facility-provided information. Confirm services, availability and payment directly with the facility.