Trout Lake Caves

More Information coming soon. Last updated 7-14-10

Some links to Trout Lake caves. 

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 and Falls Creek cave descriptions.

 812 Cave:                   

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

 A-mazing Cave: 615 of cave passage

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

 Arachnophobia: 633-209

 Ash Hole cave: This cave has it entrance on one track of logging spur. The cave is short and filled 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.

 Backdraft: AKA Datus Perry New Cave: 633-207. A nice cave near the Big Lava Beds.

 Bashful Cave: 2296 feet of passage.

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

 Beer Bottle: part of Madison's Fence cave system.

 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 and roof layers exposed. cave # 633-53 at 3209 elevation.

 Big Creek: 631-74

 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.

 Blister: 633-203 Falls Creek area cave.

 Bogus cave: 145 feet of passage.

 Boogy Bear: 470 feet of passage.

 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 known as "Lower Falls Creek System" with about 200 feet of passage at 2570 elevation.

 Broken Back Cave: A Crawl cave not mapped near Sour Grapes Cave. 633-33

 Butter Cave: 1350 feet of passage. 

 Candle Cave: 619 feet of passage with massive breakdown. 633-12

 Cave "B" 60 feet of cave. 633-14

 Cheese cave: 2060 feet of cave passage. Cave was used to store cheese. The biggest cave for height and width in the area. Fine more info in history and photos.

 Chocolate Sundae: 605 feet of muddy cave if I remember right.

 Christmas Tree: This cave is closed and gated for bat use.

 Chubby Bunny Cave: GATED. 633-49. 6900 feet of nice cave. AKA Fat Rabbit.

 Clear Cut Cave: 100 feet of crawly cave. 633-15

 Cog Cave: 633-21. 800 of passage.

 Cone Pickers Cave: 100 feet of cave near Dry Creek Cave.

 Cougar Den Cave: 633-42. Have no information on this cave. 

 Cowbones: 

 Datus Perry's Dug Cave: This guy was digging through breakdown in a big sink. I crawl a little ways in. Kind of scary do to lots of loose rock. Never did get to end or see if he every hit passage.

 Datus Perry New cave:  AKA Downdraft cave. Near the Big Lava Beds. A very nice cave.

 Deadhorse Cave: 14,441  feet of passage. This is a very complex cave with a spring in creek running through year round. Has a great maze in the cave to crawl around in.

 Dirty cave: 300 feet of mostly crawly cave. Should be more info in history page.

 Double Eagle: 633-200: A tight vertical entrance into a nice little cave. Mostly walking.

 Downdraft: 633-206.

 Draftdodgers: 633-206

 Dry Creek Cave: 633-27

 Dynamited Cave: 633-50: One of the longest caves in the Trout Lake area with many vertical drops and levels.  12,345 feet.

 Eliminator Cave: 1388 feet.

 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.

 Falls Creek: 633-204

 Firecracker Cave: 633-51

 Flashcube: 633-17, 670 feet.

 Folgers Cave: 633-213: A nice cave with a few passages, some formations. Lots of breakdown and mostly walking passage.

 Frog Hollow: 633-07

 Goose cave: 

 Gopher Hole: 633-09

 Hairy Fungus: 633-04

 Hemlock Cave: 633-37

 Hoarfrost: 633-18

 Ice Rink Cave: 633-22

 J.a.R Cave: 633-43

 Lizazd: 633-202

 Metrecal Cave: 633-32. A little maze like crawly cave with nice mineral formations.

 Mrs. Olesons: 633-212

 New Cave: 633-54. The lower section is a nice easy walking passage with one crawl. Some very cool passage forms. Upper section is all breakdown. 

 Overflow Cave: 633-28

 Peterson Ridge Road Cave: 633-44

 Pickards Sink: 633-08: Very nice complex cave. Crawl, squeeze, walk, climb. 

 Pickings Cave: 633-56

 Pine Martin Cave: 633-47 

 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

 Poderosa Arch: 633-211

 Prince Charming Cave: 633-36

 Red cave System:

 Salamander: 633-201

 Skamaniac: 633-205

 Skin Mite Cave: Nice cave with about half walking with many passages.

 Slide Cave: 633-52

 Slime Cave: 633-39

 Slime Cave Annex: 633-38

 Spearpoint Cave: 633-30

 Techno-9 Cave: 633-40. Large cave with lots of breakdown piles. The only floor you will see is at very end. 

 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.

 Todd's Cave: 633-25

 Tooth Cave: 633-26: Only remember a low cave not too long. Long time since last visit (1980's).

 Unnamed Cave: 633-29

 Vine Maple Cave: 633-31

  Wounded Elbow cave: Dennis saw this hole on a trip to Prince Charming cave back in the late 80's after Wounded knee was found. I explored uphill while Dennis explored down hill. The upper passage was all crawling as far as I can remember. I went maybe 1000 feet before it got to tight. It was finally mapped around 2007 or so and pushed beyond where I went. In 2008 a 2nd entrance was opened up. 633-35

   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.

 Y Not Cave: 633-23

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04: Hairy Fungus

05: Dot's

06: Tooth Cave

07: Frog Hollow

08: Pickards Sink

09: Gopher hole

10: Goose

11: Ash Hole

12: Candle

13: Asher's

14: Cave "B"

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16: Squeaking Pica

17: Flashcube

18: Hoarfroast

19: Sour Grapes

20: Big Trench System

21: C.O.G.

22: Ice Rink

23: Y Not Cave

24: Apple

25: Todd's

26: Tooth

27: Dry Creek

28: Overflow

29: Unnamed

30: Spearpoint

31: Vine Maple

32: Metrecal

33: Broken Back

34: Bee

35: Wounded Elbow

36: Prince Charming

37: Hemlock

38: Slime Cave Annex

39: Slime Cave

40: Techno-9

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42: Cougar Den

43: JaR

44: Peterson Ridge Road

45: Peterson Prairie 1

46: Peterson Prairie 2

47: Pine Martin

48: Peterson Prairie 4

49: Chubby Bunny

50: Dynamited

51: Firecracker

52: Slide Cave

53: Big

54: New

55: Ice

56: Pickings

200: Double Eagle

201: Salamander

202: Lizard

203: Blister

204: Folgers

205: Skamaniac

206: Downdraft

207: Backdraft

208: Draftdodger

209: Arcahnophobia

211: Ponderosa Arch

212: Mrs. Olesons

213: Folgers