Chingaza National forest. Colombia Located in the eastern Andes Range of Colombia, the Chingaza National Forest the park expands over 76,000 hectors and rises in elevation to over 13,100ft of elevation. Chingaza National forest. Colombia The high elevation grasslands are home to over 500 alpine lakes within the Andean ranges and protect a large array of diversity within the national park. Chingaza National...
Cueva De Los Carracos. Colombia Cueva De Los Carracos is a El Penon Santander North Andean cave in the high elevation wetland forest of Colombia. This is one of the longer systems in the area with a few thousand feet of passage, most remains above a exposed climb. Cueva De Los Carracos. Colombia The main trunk passage was about 700 meters in length...
Ringpin Canyon, Arizona Ringpin canyon is Black range (lake Mead) canyon just south of Las Vegas. Ringpin Canyon, Arizona It is a low elevation and very short canyon for the area. Ringpin Canyon, Arizona There is a 1/2 mile pack raft for the exit but another option is to hard rig the drops and ascend back out. Ringpin Canyon, Arizona 2 out of...
Portal Canyon. Virgin River Gorge, AZ Within the steep hills of a mountainous high desert, Portal canyon is a limestone canyon within the Virgin River Gorge, in between Utah and Nevada. Portal Canyon. Virgin River Gorge, AZ There are a number of canyons within this region that exist and portal canyon has been known to be one of the better ones but one...
La Madre Wilderness Just outside of las vegas is a nice limestone range with Mississippian era limestone called the La Madre wilderness. People have enjoyed hiking through out this wilderness but there has not been much cave exploration going on among the area. On-going ridge walking has been occurring to identify caves within the La Madre wilderness. La Madre Wilderness The limestone is...
