Oh, gotcha. Ken, do you mind advising a bit on these caves a bit? I'm in the planning phase for a trip in June and have never been to any of these caves. SBF is one I want to see, are any of the others in the same area or easy driving distance for a same day trip? I looked around online looking for a general description of these caves, similar to what NPS and BLM have posted about their recreational caves, but found nothing other than a few pictures.
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Charles On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Ken Harrington <[email protected]> wrote: > Charles, > > They were only opened up again last Friday. > > Ken > >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:35:12 -0600 >> Subject: Re: [NMCAVER] Guads cave list >> To: [email protected] >> >> Thanks for all of the work you have done for us Ken. I'm glad to see >> these caves back open to us. I recently had asked for permits for a >> couple of these (within the last month) and was denied. >> >> Charles - cavetex list administrator >> >> On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Ken Harrington >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Some day i will remember that that the nmcaver routing does not allow >> > attachments. >> > >> > >> > >> > So.... >> > >> > >> > >> > The following is a recreation of a document that I got from the Forest >> > Service this morning. Please be aware that this is a draft document. >> > >> > Up dated 03/04/2010 >> > >> > The Lincoln National Forest is opening a limited number of caves for >> > recreational caving. The limited number of caves is due to the limited >> > amount of time that qualified personnel are able to conduct the monitoring >> > requirements. The monitoring will be done with assistance from cave >> > specialist with other federal government agencies (BLM, NPS) in the area. >> > The normal regulations will apply with the following provisions: >> > >> > 1. The permit request will be required two weeks in advance of the date >> > of the permit. >> > >> > 2. Permitted groups may be accompanied by a Forest Service >> > representative for monitoring purposes. >> > >> > 3. The Forest Service representative has the authority to end any trip >> > anytime due to any one of the following reasons: >> > >> > a. Lack of proper equipment >> > >> > b. Improper actions during the trip >> > >> > c. Violations pertaining to resource concerns >> > >> > The following caves are the ones open for recreational caving: >> > >> > 1. Black Cave >> > 2. Cottonwood Cave >> > 3. Hidden Cave >> > 4. Red lake Cave >> > 5. Sentinel Cave >> > 6. Sitting Bull Falls Cave >> > 7. Ain’t Dean’s Cave* >> > 8. Hell Below Cave* >> > 9. Pink Panther Cave* >> > >> > The High Guads Restoration Projects will continue as planned by HGRP >> > coordinator. >> > >> > * Requires Trip Leader >> > >> > >> > _________________________________________________________________ >> > The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your >> > inbox. >> > >> > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_3 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > NMCAVER mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://caver.net/mailman/listinfo/nmcaver_caver.net >> > > > ________________________________ > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. > Learn More.
