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CHECKING OFF A FEW LEADS

Adam Haydock June 13, 2017

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LITTLE FALLS. MT.CHARLESTON, NEVADA

Adam Haydock June 05, 2017

Adam Haydock in Little Falls. Mt. Charleston, Nevada PHOTO BY: JAMES EDWARDS

James and Tena reached out to me to see what I was doing and I was a bit indecisive after spending a long day working with the Red Rock Search and Rescue agency but after a few ideas were tossed around we decided to head up to Mt. Charleston and check out Little Falls Canyon.

close up on formation in Little Falls. Mt. Charleston, Nevada PHOTO BY: JAMES EDWARDS

Mt. Charleston in the summer is quite pleasent as the temp was 30 degrees cooler than it was in the lower valley. These conditions were quite ideal for this short 3CII on the Charleston range.

Adam Haydock Little Falls. Mt. Charleston, Nevada PHOTO BY: JAMES EDWARDS

The sun was hot but the cool winds were ideal for a casual walk up to the top of a saddle and to the top of a butte where we could see an overview of the valley below.

James Edwards in Little Falls. Mt. Charleston, Nevada PHOTO BY: JAMES EDWARDS

Upon our descent into the Little Calls Canyon, we saw noticed that the water was flowing but when we got to the head of the canyon, the water was at a good flow to keep this route interesting, despite the cold 38 degree water.

James Edwards in Little Falls. Mt. Charleston, Nevada PHOTO BY: JAMES EDWARDS

We bushwhack a bit through the brush which is not that bad and come up to our first drop. The anchor is RDC on a ledge and goes down about 30ft to a pile of logs.

Adam Haydock in Little Falls. Mt. Charleston, Nevada PHOTO BY: JAMES EDWARDS

We all wore wet suits and jackets and I wore my cave suit which worked out perfectly in keeping warmth and enjoyment at the ideal level.

Adam Haydock and James Edwards in Little Falls. Mt. Charleston, Nevada PHOTO BY: JAMES EDWARDS

The following drops all came in succession and with one another. We made sure we followed class C protocol with the flowing water as the following drops brought us into full immersion with the 38 degree water temps. I remember looking over the edge on one of the drops and telling James, " Oh yea, we will be in it", and it, we were!

hoanglan tena nguyen Little Falls. Mt. Charleston, Nevada PHOTO BY: JAMES EDWARDS

The sun was able to work itself into the canyon enough to warm you back up once you were fully immersed in the water and the drops were up to 90ft. with a couple of down climbs in water slides.

hoanglan tena nguyen in Little Falls. Mt. Charleston, Nevada PHOTO BY: JAMES EDWARDS

The last sequence is a bend around the canyon to a ledge that had a large seasonal snow glacier that was melting quick. There is some graffiti on the walls and a crowd at the last drop gazing up at us coming down.

Adam Haydock in Little Falls. Mt. Charleston, Nevada PHOTO BY: JAMES EDWARDS

There is a bolt back about 5 ft from the log RDC that can be rigged for the final 20ft which will allow you to go under the log which can be quite fun.

James Edwards in Little Falls. Mt. Charleston, Nevada PHOTO BY: JAMES EDWARDS

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MOMS CAVE, NEVADA

Adam Haydock June 05, 2017

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UNDISCLOSED CAVE

Adam Haydock May 31, 2017

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TRUMPET CAVE

Adam Haydock May 30, 2017

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POWDER CAVE & CLOUD CAVE

Adam Haydock May 30, 2017

Hydro thermal activity in Powder Cave

After checking out the range a bit more, we headed over to three caves called Powder, Cloud, and Lois caves.

Hydro thermal activity in Powder Cave

The three caves are really close to each other which is just another indication that these hydro thermal caves might be associated with weakness pockets that they have created int eh rock when the hydro thermal speleo genetics were once active and created these cavities that later lifted and eventually formed these small caves.

Powder Cave

The first cave we went to visit is called Powder cave. This cave is properly named as you enter the cave and there is 4 inches of talc powder like material on the ground.

Hydro thermal activity in Powder Cave

Jason and I headed out of the cave and headed down another passage that took us to a small room with other passages that ended except for one that kept going and tuned out to be quite interesting. The walls and ceiling were different colors similar to other caves we have seen in the area with hydro thermal activity and we found a cat lair where some animal used the cave as a home. Unfortunately we also found a unused shotgun shell inside the cave leading us to believe that someone chased a cat in here and shot the animal.

Jason Ballensky in Powder Cave

This was an interesting section of the cave and it was better than we thought it would be for the standards that we have been finding in this section of the desert. The cave must be a few hundred feet in total length which is worth mapping.

Powdery passage in Powder Cave

Once we left Powder cave, we headed over to Cloud cave which was also interesting in its own right with evaporitic material and mammalaries at the entrance of the cave.

Hydro thermal activity in Powder Cave

The cave went back a couple hundred feet and we found a grouping of bats hanging out in a terminal passage. We also found a high lead that will need to be checked at a later date.

Cloud cave

After cloud cave we headed over to Lois Cave which was more of a rock shelter than a cave.

hydro thermal activity at the entrance of Cloud Cave

This grouping continues my theory that if there is one cave there are more in the area, I am going to continue to do more research on this theory and see if I can substantiate it with some realistic evidence.