{"id":1319082,"date":"2020-03-25T18:07:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T00:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=994981"},"modified":"2020-03-25T18:07:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T00:07:42","slug":"rocky-mountain-pbs-to-air-episode-about-glenwood-caverns-adventure-parks-fairy-caves-thursday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/rocky-mountain-pbs-to-air-episode-about-glenwood-caverns-adventure-parks-fairy-caves-thursday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Mountain PBS to air episode about Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park\u2019s Fairy Caves Thursday night"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Children enjoy a tour of the Fairy Caves at the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park. Jack Affleck \/ Photo Provided<\/strong>
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From its perch at 7,100 feet above sea level, the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park has been pretty quiet lately.<\/p>\n

Since shutting down<\/a> earlier this month due to the coronavirus pandemic, the park \u2014 generally bustling with locals and tourists alike \u2014 has come to a standstill, at least for the time being.<\/p>\n

\u201cColorado Experience,\u201d a series about the state\u2019s most iconic people, places and events, will showcase the historic Fairy Caves in an episode set to air Thursday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis show is so special to us as it chronicles the history of the Fairy Caves as well as Glenwood Springs,\u201d Jeanne Beckley, who co-owns the adventure park with her husband Steve Beckley, said in a news release. \u201cWe got a sneak preview and it brought tears to my eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Every year, \u201cColorado Experience\u201d asks viewers to submit their own episode ideas for the popular series.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always get a long list of interesting and important topics,\u201d Producer Eric Hernandez said in the news release.<\/p>\n

According to Hernandez, last year, the show received 360 submissions.<\/p>\n

However, that lengthy list was eventually whittled down to six finalists spanning various regions and eras.<\/p>\n

Fans voted for their favorite entry and ultimately the Fairy Caves at the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park came out on top.<\/p>\n

According to Steve Beckley, the majority of filming occurred at the park last May and concluded a few months ago.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s premiere will examine the Fairy Caves\u2019 rich history, including when Charles W. Darrow first opened them to visitors in 1895.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince then we\u2019ve found so much more,\u201d Beckley said.<\/p>\n

In the late 19th century, explorers believed the caves extended about 800 feet.<\/p>\n

Today, over 4 miles of passageways have been mapped in the Fairy Caves, Beckley explained.<\/p>\n

The adventure park had planned on hosting a watch party for Thursday night\u2019s episode, but that was canceled in conjunction with the park\u2019s temporary closure.<\/p>\n

However, the Beckleys still hoped the community would tune in from home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re really excited about it. It\u2019s really special,\u201d Steve Beckley said. \u201cThey did a great job putting all the history together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cColorado Experience: The Fairy Caves\u201d airs Thursday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m. on Rocky Mountain PBS.<\/p>\n

Additionally, viewers outside of Colorado may stream the episode on http:\/\/www.rmpbs.org\/coex<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Children enjoy a tour of the Fairy Caves at the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park. Jack Affleck \/ Photo Provided From its perch at 7,100 feet above sea level, the Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park has been pretty quiet lately. Since shutting down earlier this month due to the coronavirus pandemic, the park \u2014 generally bustling with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1319082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 22:47:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1319082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1319082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1319082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1319082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1319082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}