Slimey Salamander Cave CITO

The state of Missouri is nicknamed "The Cave State" and St. Louis County is no slacker when it comes to caves.  Many of you are probably familiar with this park's namesake Cliff Cave, but did you know there are several other caves and a huge number of sinkholes in this park?  Unfortunately, these places have historically been used as trash dumps (out of sight, out of mind....) and the caves and sinkholes of Cliff Cave are no exception.  Slimey Salamander Cave has quite the pile of trash in and around it and we would like to clear it up and see if we can even find the cave entrance again.  Join folks from the Meramec Grotto caving community to help heal up this cave and get rid of the trash which has piled up over the decades.  

Please bring gloves and whatever tools you may want to use.  Some of the trash is large (appliances, etc.) so some of it may be a challenge.  I'm hoping to bring our UTV with a winch, but the trails are narrow and I don't know if I can get it to the cave, so be prepared to have a possibly challenging time with some of the trash.