The Burn Pit Facility is located next to the RV Storage Lot and Pasture Golf and Archery Range on Albino Road. It is open during summer months for the disposal of forest slash from community properties. The slash piles are burned under supervision of the Fire Department during winter months at a time deemed safe for a controlled burn.
The Burn Pit is currently closed for the 2025 season. In 2026 the burn pit will be open every Friday and Saturday from 8:30am – 2:30pm from May 29th till August 29th or until full, provided volunteers sign up to monitor the pit. A big thanks goes out to all the volunteer pit monitors. Without them we would be unable to open the Burn Pit. A big thanks also to the property owners who tirelessly work to clear forest slash from their parcels, not only for cosmetic reasons, but most importantly to help reduce or eliminate fuels as a fire mitigation approach.
To sign up to volunteer at the Burn Pit please go to this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C45ABAC28AAFBC07-63608042-burn. Please be sure to click on the “Sign Up Now” button at the bottom of the page to finalize your sign-up.
Burn Pit Rules:
- You must get a Burn Pit Permit (not to be confused with the Fire Department’s Burn Permit) before you go to the burn pit to dump slash at the Indian Mountain Community Center’s office which is open Wed – Sat, 9am – 1pm.
- You must show your Burn Pit Permit to the volunteer Burn Pit Monitors before you drive into the pit. The volunteers will inspect your load and tell you where and how to dump it. Volunteers have ultimate authority for enforcing Burn Pit Rules.
- Please stack the slash high and tight into vertical teepee shaped piles. This allows for an efficient and complete burn.
- Only stack the slash in piles that have an “open” sign in front of them.
- The use of a chainsaw in the pit is expressly prohibited or anything else that can cause a spark.
- The pit is only for dumping forest slash (trees and branches). Dumping of the following items is strictly prohibited: Large stumps and root balls (if one person can’t carry it, it is too big), large green wood, sawdust, wood chips, pine needles from the ground, weeds/grass/sod, dirt, rocks, lumber, construction waste, treated wood like railroad ties, household waste, furniture, tires, auto parts, appliances, propane tanks, hazardous materials, or anything else containing metal (spikes, nails, screws, wire, etc.)
- There will be a pile on the right side of the driveway marked “Firewood”. If you have good firewood, please put it on that pile. Please no punky or rotten wood. Green wood is fine. Everyone is permitted to take wood home from that pile.
We are allowed to use our Burn Pit because we follow the rules of Park County, Jefferson-Como Fire Protection District, and the State of Colorado. Please help us keep the privilege of the Burn Pit by following the rules.