“B CAVES”
Bear Scat – Analysis of LiDAR DEM models at this location assumed a feature to be the signature of a fallen tree stump well. LiDAR also showed heavy logging trails and it’s a mystery why this cave was never reported to the Forest Service as they clearly operated within view. Matt Skeels discovered the cave on April 29th, 2012. A small collapse holds a small passage trending south with a ceiling height around 3 to 4 feet. Shortly, the cave comes to a small room with an upper ledge. Here a small bear scat pile revealed previous occupation. From this room, the passage turns 90 degrees to the east. The cave passage becomes more complex, with a branching detour passage. The cave continues north, eventually to a low sand room, beyond which, the cave becomes very low and wide over the original floor. Total length is perhaps 300 feet. The cave is relatively rich in fauna. Aside from obvious bear presence, the cave is a known bat habitat, including Townsend’s big-eared. A later trip by Neil Marchington noted invertebrates, many likely cave-adapted, including white millipedes, campodeans, a pseudoscorpion, mites, and evidence of Taracus marchingtoni. Text Skeels.
Bifurcate: 613-89 –Skinner described a 45-foot-long branching surface tube located about 100 feet east of Tumulus Shelter Cave. The entrance is a three foot by five foot opening at the west end of the tube.
Blocked Cave – Northwest of Stumped Cave is a small fissure in flat capstone. The impassable crack slightly issued cold air at the time of inspection by Matt Skeels.
Bonsai Cave: Discovered by Matt Skeels. Cave is a small room with a tight crawl heading south into a smaller room. Two employees from Lava Beds National Monument, Shawn Thomas and Abby Tobin explored the room with Matt, and they observed a mite there.
Bottle Cave Tag 613-036. AKA’s Third Cave, and Greeley’s Cave no. 2.
An unobtrusive hole through talus in the northeast of Vent Cave leads down about a small collapse sink about 500 feet 26 feet to the sandy floor of a cave. Named Bottle Cave by Skinner, its main room is about 25 feet in diameter. A 30-foot passage to the south ends in a lava seal; a breakdown-choked passage was pushed about 25 feet north and may continue. Primary lining is well preserved and short lava stalactites are common. It’s likely a separate cave exists at the north end of the collapse under a couple dozen feet of rock.
Bucket of Rocks: Just a small shelter cave.
Bumble – A surface tube in close proximity to Stumble. Discovered by Matt Skeels with the aid of LiDAR. Text Skeels