The next Colorado Cave Survey meeting will be Wednesday, January 27, 2021, starting at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held online using Google Meet. A link for joining the meeting has been posted to the CCS mailing list, or ask the CCS officers or your grotto representatives for more information if needed.
Updated White Nose Syndrome decontamination procedures
The national White Nose Syndrome Response Team has updated their guidelines for WNS decontamination procedures. Cavers should follow these new decontamination procedures whenever visiting any Colorado caves. More information about WNS can be found at the WNS Response Team web pages. WNS, and the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) that causes it, still have not been … [Read more…]
Grizzly Creek fire update
The Grizzly Creek fire has been largely contained now. Firefighters were able to stop it from crossing the Coffee Pot road again, and Deep Creek canyon was successfully protected. The Forest Service and BLM have reopened Coffee Pot road beginning Saturday September 12. The area to the south of the Coffee Pot road is still … [Read more…]
Grizzly Creek Fire
The Grizzly Creek Fire near Glenwood Canyon started along Interstate 70 on August 10th, and rapidly spread on both sides of the canyon and on the plateaus above. As of August 18th, the fire was estimated to have burned about 25000 acres. It has shut Interstate 70 indefinitely as well as closing many Forest Service … [Read more…]
Road to Fulford Cave area will be closed
For anyone going to Fulford Cave or the nearby area this summer, the usual access road (East Brush Creek Road, FSR 415.1) will be closed from 5 August to 7 September to replace a culvert. For more information and a map, see the White River National Forest web page. Updated 29 September: The culvert work … [Read more…]
National Forest caves are open again
As of June 1, 2020, the temporary COVID-19 related closures of caves on the White River National Forest have been ended. Permits are still required for all cave visits on any Region 2 national forests, using the same permitting process as in previous years. For more information see the WRNF caver information web page.
Forest Service closures for COVID-19
The White River National Forest has closed many of its public facilities, including most campgrounds because of the risk of spreading COVID-19. Most trails remain open, but no cave permits will be processed until at least May 31st.
Messages from the NSS about COVID-19
The National Speleological Society has announced that the 2020 NSS convention in West Virginia has been canceled because of the risks of spreading COVID-19. The NSS has also requested that local grotto as well as regional meetings be canceled for now. Many grottos have successfully moved to online meetings instead. Geary Schindel, the president of … [Read more…]
Update on proposed Glenwood Springs quarry expansion
The Colorado Cave Survey, as well as most of the individual NSS grottos in Colorado, have joined Glenwood Springs Citizens’ Alliance as sponsors to oppose the proposed expansion of the Rocky Mountain Resources quarry above Glenwood Srpings. We believe this quarry expansion poses severe hazards to caves and karst in the area, as well as … [Read more…]
Colorado Cave Survey meeting, January 9, 2020
The next Colorado Cave Survey meeting will be on Thursday, January 9, 2020, at 7 p.m. We will meet in the upstairs meeting room at O’Meara Ford, 400 W. 104th, in Northglenn, CO. This is on the south side of 104th, just west of the intersection with I-25. The meeting is planned to run until … [Read more…]