For many visitors to scenic Williams Canyon, north of Manitou Springs, Colorado, the aging bronze plaque was a curiosity. Erected on the Ordovician-age Manitou limestone wall near the locked Williams Canyon gate, the plaque commemorated Henry Truman Williams, a New York City author and editor, who died in 1915.
Sometime between June 22 and June 24, [...]

Cavers and rescue personnel from throughout Colorado and the Rocky Mountain West are encouraged to attend the April 10-11, 2010 Cave Rescue Seminar at Colorado Springs. The seminar includes a full day Saturday classroom and exercise session at the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department and a full day mock rescue in one or more of [...]

This April’s National Speleological Society Board of Governors meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado could bring dozens of cavers from eastern states to the caves of Williams Canyon. In many eastern states, cavers are currently refraining from entering or visiting caves in an attempt to combat the spread of White Nose Syndrome, a fatal fungus that [...]