Derbyshire Caving Association.

Access Guide

Peak District
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The online guide to the caves of the Peak District

Access Issues

Access Problems?

Please report any access problems or questions to the Access Officer via email or the online form here.

Coming Soon

Sat Jun 06 @10:00 - 01:00PM
Council Meeting

Sat Oct 03 @10:00 - 01:00PM
Council Meeting

The aim of the Derbyshire Caving Association is to foster the spirit of co-operation between organisations and individuals interested in any aspect of caving and kindred subjects in the area of Derbyshire and vicinity and to foster co-operation between the caving world and other bodies or individuals.

Membership

Membership is open to Caving Clubs, Individual Members and non-club group Members. Click here for how to join. See here for our constitution.

Latest news ...

The DCA AGM and Council meeting will be held on the 22^nd February in Monyash Village Hall starting as 10am. All welcome.

For details see here

It has been reported to DCA that the fixed ropes on the up pitches in Eldon Hole are in a poor state with a number of damaged sections. A group that was in there today have managed to isolate the damage and re-rigged the pitch as best they could with the original rope to remove the immediate danger, but a new rope will be needed here as soon as possible.

The DCA does not install and maintain any fixed ropes, so we would not be in a position to offer any rope for this. If anyone knows the length of rope that would be required to replace the in-situ one, then that would be good information to have though.

We are contacting the team of DCA anchor installers to see if we can review the anchor placements in this area and potentially install further resin anchors to remove the rub points if possible.

Visits to this area of Eldon Hole should be undertaken with extreme caution in the short term and with great care for the formations in this area at all times.

Pete Knight, DCA Projects Officer