Trout Lake Caves

More Information coming soon. Last updated 11-20-07

Some links to Trout Lake caves.

http://a2zgorge.info/area/GulerIceCaves.htm

http://www.katu.com/outdoor/story.asp?ID=70691

http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/showcave/wa.html

This area has hundreds of lava caves. There are large caves with 60 foot high ceilings (Cheese cave) to belly crawling caves. Too many of them to name. There are maze like caves like Deadhorse cave, Pickings cave and more. There are Ice caves (Gular Ice cave). Caves with cool formations, lava trenches (Wildcat cave), Natural Bridges and more. Then there are big long caves with lots of breakdown to give you a good work out like Big cave. Then there are caves with cool minerals in them like Happy cave, Slime cave and Metrocal cave.

Email Kim with corrections and updates. Will be adding many more cave descriptions over the next few months. Also will add cave number list. 

                             Trout Lake cave descriptions

 A-Cave: This is a cave in The Fallen Arch System.

 Apple cave: This short cave is noted for it's round room and short side passage. About 200 feet of cave. cave # 633-24.

 Ash Hole cave: This cave has it entrance on one track of logging spur. The cave is short and filles with sand. The entrance was first Entered after enlargement using a car jack to enlarge a small opening. Has 60 feet of passage, cave # 633-11.

 Asher's cave:  Ashers Cave was named after an elderly local resident who directed cavers to it after being interviewed by Charlie Larson in a White Salmon barber shop during the 1972 NSS Convention in White Salmon. In 1974, beyond the long breakdown section, tha cave was floored with gooey, sticky mud, and small clastic gours were noted. Cave is 700 feet long # 633-13

 Backbone Cave: This cave name because of the back bone features on the ceiling of the cave. Cave is also know as "Hidden Treasure" has a jar of coins was found on a mapping trip. Cave lenght 1700 feet. Elevation 2900.

 Bee Cave: Small cave in the Prince Charming cave area. Cave # 633-34.

 Big Cave: This 2700 foot long cave has some wide passages up to 90 feet. Cave is mostly all breakdown but has some nice wall linings abd roof layers exposed. cave # 633-53 at 3209 elevation.

 Big Trench Cave System: Mostly collasped with some nice bridges. cave # 633-20 about 4000 feet of passage.

 Bills' Cave: 633-03, A small cave with about 100 feet of passage, elevation 2737.

 Breakdown Mountain cave: The cave is named for the prominet breakdown mountains in the cave. The small entrance sink, 8 foot deep, leads through a low opening (4 feet high) to a more spacious cave with 15-25 foot ceilings. Also knowed as "Lower Falls Creek System" with about 200 feet of passage at 2570 elevation.

 Elk Trap Cave: This cave first partly explored fall 2007 is a pit entrance and has a recent dead elk in cave and many other bones. The cave has a fair size room at entrance then goes at least two direction. A crawl past the dead elk has not been explored at this time.

Pond Cave: This nice walking cave usually has a large pond in it. Not much for breakdown in the cave and some nice flow features. Photos

Thanks Cave is a complex, rambling network of branching and re-entrant passages, located about three miles southwest of Trout Lake. Most passages are broad and low (avg. 4-ft high), and seldom of walking height. Well decorated, this cave was discovered by Oregon Grotto members Bill and Maurice Magee on Thanksgiving, 1968, hence the name.

 Wounded Knee cave: This cave found on a skiing trip in the late 1980's by Kim Luper. The cave has two entrances and is a very long crawly cave. So named by Dennis because I said something about my knees hurting from the long Crawl.