Smith Creek Cave, Utah After pushing the underwater passage as far as I could in the Gandy Warm Springs Beware Cave, we spotted the large cave entrance to Smith Creek Cave five miles from the cave itself on the dirt road. We made my way over to the cave via another more rocky dirt road until we got to the point where we could...
Day two of the crews desert caving trip and we went to visit 5 caves. Each of these caves were pretty close to each other and the caves were small but interesting enough fit 5 of them into our day. The caves are small but they have some interesting geologic features to them that make these caves great to visit. The first cave...
The deserts mystery is infinite and will always hold its secrets with a very steadfast determination to keep those secrets from being visited to all but the few who are lucky enough to visit them. This trip was to explore some of these fascinating places and and help responsible cavers develop skill sets, photo document, some of the caves, and to help preserve...
Pink Lime Pit, Utah Pink Lime Pit is a 60ft. hole on a ridge of rock located on a range west of Salt Lake City. The pit itself is said to have been an ancient volcanic fumarole or geyser and if the bottom material would be dug out than the pit will become considerable deeper. Pink Lime Pit, Utah. I did not see...
HOT SPRINGS OF FISH SPRING BASIN Fish Spring National Wildlife Refuge is situated about 40 miles east of the Nevada border in Utah. This remote basin reminded me a bit of Death Valley but nestled in the basin were a series of interesting geothermal features including springs that rose out of the ground like mini calderas with water temperature near the boiling point....