Info for caving near Boulder, CO

Two friends and I will be in the Boulder area the third week in July for climbing. We are thinking about possibly doing some caving for any rainy/rest days. If you have any recommendations for cool caves to check out, please let me know. Also, if anyone would be willing to guide us caving for camaraderie and dinner, that would be most excellent! Thanks!

I wouldn't count on those rainy days too much. We've had like 10 mintues of rain in almost a month I think.

Yeah, I wish CO would get rain and put a damper on the fires. My best wishes for the people, critters, and land affected by them...

The Boulder area is either conglomerate sandstone or granite. Neither are capable of making anything larger than shelter caves. Unless there is a big limestone or marble deposit around Boulder I am unaware of you won't find any caving there.

The best caving in Boulder is over off of Arapahoe at Avery. Aside from that, I hear Twisted Pine is expanding their caving operation. & then there the mandatory visit to The Southern Sun's spacious cavern.

PM me and we'll set up the tour

Fulford cave near Eagle is the closest cave I can think of to Boulder, and its 2 hrs away. I heard rumors that it reopened after the white nose fungus shutdown, but I can't confirm them.

Caving may not be the best idea, as most caves in CO are closed right now to prevent the fungus from entering.

I'm a former caver and have never even tried to get access to local caves, including the ones that are open to the public like Fulford. It's really a hassle and a lot are still closed due to white nose syndrome in the bat populations.

Let us all buy you beers on any "rain days" if such things ever happen in July. Hiking a peak is actually not a bad rain activity if the rain isn't infused with lightning.

To the best of my knowledge, all caves on national forest land, including fulford, are still closed under last years extention to the emergency cave closure. The extension is due to be over on july 26, but I would be supprised if they lift the closure. If anyone knows anything news on this, I'd be happy to hear it as I can't seem to find any.

I was down near fulford two weeks ago and the signs indicating closures were still posted.

I wouldn't plan on caving in colorado for a while...

Jeffeos wrote:The best caving in Boulder is over off of Arapahoe at Avery. Aside from that, I hear Twisted Pine is expanding their caving operation. & then there the mandatory visit to The Southern Sun's spacious cavern. PM me and we'll set up the tour

I love caving there...

The closure was extended for ANOTHER year, unless your in the speliological scociety, no caves for you!

No cave for you!

Dustin B wrote: unless your in the speliological scociety

Hah, figures.