PESHIO CAVE, NEVADA

September 12, 2017

Dakota Drew and Jamie Goodwin in Peshio Cave, Nevada
 After we got back to Ely From Eureka, We grabbed some lunch and headed over to the range where Peshio Cave is located. I wanted to get the group up to another cave and check out some more Nevada caves, so we decided to camp up on the range.

The Campsite near Peshio Cave, Nevada
We got as far up the road as possible in Justin's 4 Runner where we had a beautiful view of the basin below and a great place to camp on a slightly sloping decline.

Dakota, Justin, and Jamie in Peshio Cave, Nevada
The following morning, we woke up to a herd of Elk running down the mountain as their hooves clamped down on the limestone.


Campsite at night PHOTO BY: JUSTIN BAILEY

 In the distance, I could hear some shots being fired so I am sure that hunting season has started.

Dakota, Justin, and Jamie in Peshio Cave, Nevada
We woke up and broke down camp so we could head out and back to Las Vegas in good time. The Hike up to the entrance was steep so it took a little longer than anticipated. The elevation we got up to was around 7200ft.
Another entrance in Peshio Cave, Nevada
We went into one entrance and there was some crawling in dusty rat piss and shit until we broke out into a standing room.  We continued down and shortly after, we made it to the coral room.
Dakota, Justin, and Jamie in Peshio Cave, Nevada
This room was quite interesting.  There was folia, popcorn, formations, and some other residue like material on the walls and on the formations inside of this room. Looking at the details, the room was actually quite detailed and busy inside.

interesting folia, and various formations in Peshio Cave, Nevada

We walked up to the back of the room and there was some interesting flowstone formations with an abundant amount of popcorn on the walls.

Justin, Dakota, and Jamie in Peshio cave, Nevada.
We snapped a few photos of this passage and the previous room which proved to show a lot of interesting gypsum formations on the walls and ceiling!

Dakota Drew and Jamie Goodwin coming out of Peshio Cave, Nevada
We found the main entrance when we hiked out so instead of crawling through the ratscat, we walked out of the main entrance.

The Campsite near Peshio Cave, Nevada
This was a very interesting cave to visit and I am glad we got a chance to go to this cave.  There is a lot of interesting mineralogy going on within this 730ft cave so I am glad that we can protect this place as much as possible.

Justin Bailey in Peshio Cave, Nevada

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