Heaven's Gate Cave, Utah I hiked up almost two and a half miles of mountainous limestone terrain to an elevation of around 8 to 9,000ft. to seek out the photogenic Heaven's Gate Cave in Utah. I morning was clear with a thin scent of pine in the air and blue skies across the ridge. It was quite the hike to get to the this 170ft....
Fernando at the Top of Frayed Knot Falls Pit in Main Drain, Utah Main Drain Cave is one of the most formidable and environmentally hostile cave systems for human exploration in the United States. Extreme care and consideration must be taken when entering this system. The very nature of this cave is extremely demanding with regard to the environment (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); and one wrong...
Colombine Pit, Utah We went back up tot he Unita Mountains to get away from the city a bit and visit another cave in the area. This cave is a 30ft drop that slopes into a room and ends with no passage to be found. Colombine Pit, Utah At 10,100ft., this cave is the highest in Utah which had some nice views of...
We headed up for a casual day to thunder shower cave and GMZ to check out some of the other tony grove caves in the area which was a nice get away from all of the people in the surrounding campgrounds and cities due to the holiday weekend. Thunder Shower Cave, Utah After parking on the side of the road in the full...
Grave Cave, Utah Grave cave has a 10ft drop that continues to go another 20ft down to a 30x20ft room. There is a ladder on the second pitch but it is easier to drop on rope. Grave Cave was named by the people who found it and it is said that a grave stone was placed near the entrance for unknown reasons. This...