Also see our FAQ on Cave Access
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Due to White Nose Syndrome, any cave where bats reside should be avoided during the winder months to avoid stressing surviving bats any more than they already are.
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Aeolus Bat Cave is currently closed until a proper management plan can be
implemented. The VCA is doing its best to ensure that the cave will be reopened to
cavers. The VCA is asking cavers to be responsible and abide by the closure.
As with any negotiation process, irresponsible acts can seriously jeopardize the
situation and make it more difficult to regain access.
Nickwackett & Chaffee Mountain Caves, Chittenden. These
caves are now closed for five years to study the bat population. A summer
management plan is being developed to ensure future caving at these excellent
caves. Nickwackett cave was gated in the summer of 2004.
Purgatory Karst-- including Purgatory, Brian's, Boulder, Falls Cliff, Tallow,
Quarry, Chimney, and Webster's Bonus Caves
Horse Farm Road Cave, Middlebury
Maidstone Caves, Maidstone
Plymouth Caves, Plymouth. NOW CLOSED due to White Nose Syndrome.
Brandon Silver Mines, NOW CLOSED due to White Nose Syndrome
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