The Gilpin Slash Site opened ahead of schedule and set a single-day record April 4, as residents respond to recent windstorms and wildfire mitigation needs.
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Residents lined up to unload their slash for free. Non-residents can use the site but need to pay a user fee. Vehicles in the slash yard need to follow the instructions of the slash yard supervisor.
Opening day at the Gilpin County Slash Site, Wednesday morning April 1, 2026, before the onslaught began.
Five days and 508 loads later, the Gilpin Slash Site was piled ten feet high in slash. A single day record of 161 loads was recorded on Saturday April 4, 2026.
Bins used to house logs that have been infected with pine beetles. Logs must be 4-6 feet in length and less than 16 inches in diameter.
Where it starts. Slash from a private property, cut and stacked at the side of the road ready to be taken to the slash site.
Gilpin County Slash Site Supervisor Richard Conklin, responsible for traffic management inside the yard.
GILPIN COUNTY — Opening three weeks ahead of schedule to help deal with the latest windstorm, the Gilpin Slash Site set a single day record of 161 loads on Saturday April 4, 2026. The previous record was 160, set after the December windstorms.
Through the first five days of operation, the site logged 508 loads, about 10% of the total loads for all of 2025 (4,915).
The site will be open until November 8, 2026, with hours of operation 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday.
The slash site is free for Gilpin residents. Non-residents can also use the slash site but will pay a user fee which is determined by the size of the load. The fee schedule is on the Gilpin Public Works Transfer Station and Slash webpage. Click on the Trash and Debris or Recycling tabs. The Fee Schedule link is at the bottom. Non-resident fees are on page 19.
Richard Conklin returns as the Slash Site supervisor for 2026 and will manage traffic inside the yard. Other County Public Works employees will be working in the yard with heavy equipment.
The County is also accepting logs that have been infected by pine beetles. The infected logs need to contain active beetle populations, be four to six feet in length, and less than 16 inches in diameter.
Ask the yard supervisor for directions to the location for dropping hot logs. It is elsewhere in the yard and away from the slash.
Between the past windstorms and the threat of wildfires, Front Range residents are engaged in cleanup and mitigation projects that will keep the slash site busy going into the summer.
It is good to know that ACE Hardware in Nederland, as of April 4, 2026, had a turnaround time for chainsaw maintenance at six weeks.
For more information about the operations at the Gilpin Slash Site, contact Public Works at 303-582-5004 or gilpincounty.colorado.gov/departments-offices/public-works.
