What's the news on the palisades?

Many now know about the damage done to the Palisades by a rock fall this year, as well as another slide further downgrade, but what is being done about it.  Well, from my recent reading on the Narrow Gauge Discussion Forum...nothing.

As far as I can make out from the back and forth on the forum, the Forest Service, which owns the land, has experienced cuts in funding and also is funneling their budget towards forest fires and other more pressing concerns.

Sadly, in the meantime, that seems to mean that no repair work is in the wings and no automobiles are able to reach West Portal for the foreseeable future.

Thankfully, there are a lot of exciting C&S restoration efforts in full swing around Colorado.  Since my first love in railroading is the Alpine Tunnel, though, I hope that the restoration fever can swing down towards Altman Pass too.