Eldorado Canyon State Park - Extensive Closures - 8/26/25

Good afternoon.

On August 26, 2025, most of Eldorado Canyon State Park will be closed to visitors. A very large crane will install a bridge that connects from the Milton Boulder to the base of the West Ridge Trail. That crane will occupy most of the roadway, and that makes staging rescues in most of the canyon far too difficult on rescuers and other emergency services providers.

On August 26th, the only open crags will be:

• The Wind Tower
• The Whale's Tail
• The Bastille

Please know that this decision was made out of concern for the safety of park visitors and emergency responders. Those of you who were around for the 2013 flood know that Eldorado reopened to visitation and climbing well before neighboring areas; park staff is resolute in its mission to provide outdoor recreation opportunities for all visitors. This decision was made after consultation with all adjacent land managers and emergency services providers.

Respectfully

Mike

RIP slippery traverse? Say it ain't so! 

(In seriousness - thanks for all you and the staff do Mike!)

Thanks for the notice, Mike. Is there any possibility of videoing/time-lapsing the install? That seems like a really cool engineering challenge.

Thanks for the heads up post!

All the best with the actual install day going smoothly! I too would watch a time-lapse video... but Im a nerd.

WOW!  Great job, Mike!!!!

Thank you for the hard work Mike! We appreciate you

As someone who has fallen in the creek while jumping across… I thank you for your services. 

skye bacuswrote:

As someone who has fallen in the creek while jumping across… I thank you for your services. 

Same!

This is an outrage! /s

As someone whose partner has fallen in the creek, while jumping across…aww, thanks anyway. I guess it could have been me.