Six months after a major rock slide closed public access to the namesake cave at Montana’s Pictograph Cave State Park, it has reopened.
The viewing platform at the cave, near Billings, was reopened to the public on July 4th after months of restoration and stabilization efforts.
Park officials describe it as a major undertaking: "Before we could open the viewing platform after the rock fall, we had to do an assessment. We had geo-stabilization and a rock fall consultant group come out and remove some over-hanging rock, then set up a better system for monitoring the movement of the cave." said Jarret Kostrba, Montana’s Pictograph Cave State Park Manager
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http://cavingnews.com/20150708-montanas-pictograph-cave-reopens-after-lengthy-repairs
According to a report by Montana’s KTVQ.com, the rock fall was initiated by natural erosion due to a temperature shift — a change in frigid air to warm temperatures.
http://www.ktvq.com/story/29495625/pictograph-cave-state-park
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