Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park

A Limestone Cave System Opened To Visitors In 1895 As The Fairy Caves Among The First Electrically Lit Show Caves In The United States Closed In 1917 And Reopened In 1999. Reached By A Gondola From Glenwood Springs, With An Amusement Park Built On The Mountaintop Above It. · Glenwood Springs, Colorado

The Fairy Caves opened to paying visitors in 1895 with electric lighting strung through them, which made them one of the first lit show caves in the country and a considerable novelty at a time when most of America had no electricity at all. They closed in 1917 and stayed shut for eighty-two years. When they reopened in 1999, explorers had found far more of the system than the Victorians ever saw, including the big decorated chamber called Kings Row. What has grown around them since is odd: the whole thing sits on top of Iron Mountain, reached by a gondola from Glenwood Springs, and the summit now carries an amusement park - an alpine coaster, a canyon swing that throws you out over the Colorado River twelve hundred feet below, and a cave tour, all on one ticket. The cave and the funfair are two entirely different propositions sharing a mountain, and it is worth deciding which one you came for.

51000 Two Rivers Plaza Road, Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 81601, United States

Open year-round with seasonal hours, weather-dependent for the gondola and the outdoor rides, which close in high wind, lightning and ice. CAVE ACCESS IS BY GUIDED TOUR ONLY, on a rolling schedule, with the longer and more strenuous wild-cave options running less often and selling out. The gondola is the only practical way up and is included in admission. THE RIDE LINE-UP HAS CHANGED since a fatal accident in 2021 - check what is currently operating rather than relying on older accounts.

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